Head of Product Design Job at DesignX Community in McLean

At Exiger we’re looking for a Product Designer to bring best of breed UX to all our products. The Product Designer will work across the organization and with internal and external customers to deliver our product roadmap.

Key Responsibilities

• Work with multiple stakeholders from product management and product development as well as our business stakeholders to understand and define the UX for new features added to existing product(s) or new product releases.
• Define and implement a full product design cycle from UX research & usability testing, to design concept, through creating a pixel-perfect UI, and provide final hand-off to development.
• Perform visual QA upon delivery of new product features.
• Present design ideas and concepts to key stakeholders as part of the UX refinement process.
• Ensure design consistency across products by ensuring that design kits and process are available across key stakeholders in the SDLC process.
• Run research exercises with new or existing customers to confirm and inform product design concepts.
• Work on multiple design projects at the same time while being able to understand how best to prioritize competing responsibilities.
• Be a self-starter that is capable of building out the team in the future but is also comfortable to do what needs to be done to ensure deliveries stay on task today.
• Implement a culture of UX design quality and consistency across all products in the platform.

Knowledge & Skills

• Experience with best of breed UX design tooling.
• Strong organizational skills, including an ability to prioritize and work under pressure.
• Ability to effectively handle multiple activities and projects.
• Proven ability to work well, both individually and within a team environment.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to address issues promptly and effectively.
• Strong initiative and self-motivation.
• Strong executive written, verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Track record of being able to conduct user interviews and summarize those findings for utilization in the design process.
• Proven experience applying user-centric UX methodologies, with ability to extract and analyze qualitative and quantitative data to improve the user experience.

Professional Experience Required

• A bachelor’s degree.
• 5+ years working as part of a product or design team for a SaaS product.
• Proven project management and superior communication skills.
• Experience working as part of an embedded designer on an agile product team.
• Proven ability to quickly learn and adapt to a dynamic environment.
• Proficient written and verbal English language skills.
• Proficient in Figma, Invision, Sketch, and Pendo.

We're an amazing place to work. Why?

• Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off.
• Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits.
• Competitive compensation package.
• 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave.
• Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable.
• Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming.
• Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications.

This is a full-time hybrid opportunity in Richmond, Virginia.

Exiger is revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks manage risk and compliance with a combination of technology-enabled and SaaS solutions. In recognition of the growing volume and complexity of data and regulation, Exiger is committed to creating a more sustainable risk and compliance environment through its holistic and innovative approach to problem solving. Exiger's mission to make the world a safer place to do business drives its award-winning AI technology platform, DDIQ, built to anticipate the market's most pressing needs related to evolving ESG, cyber, financial crime, third-party and supply chain risk. Exiger has won 30+ AI, RegTech and Supply Chain partner awards.

Exiger’s core values are courage, excellence, expertise, innovation, integrity, teamwork and trust. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.

Exiger’s hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.