User Experience Design Lead Job at Accenture in Vienna

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Join Accenture Federal Services to do the work you love in an inclusive, collaborative, and caring community, where you can be empowered to grow, learn and thrive through hands-on experience, certifications, industry training and more.

Join us to drive positive, lasting change that moves missions and the government forward!

**If you are:**

A creative problem solver and design leader, skilled in the team sport of crafting solutions that are smart, simple and lovable. You analyze the needs of the target users and how they perform tasks to create an optimized user experience.

**Responsibilities:**

+ Expertly apply complex user interface & interaction design principles

+ Guide persona, archetype, or mindset development, user journey/flow creation, task analysis, and information architecture creation

+ Define & guide the planning, execution, & synthesis of user research and usability testing, and ensure research translates into meaningful ideation and actionable recommendations

**Must have:**

+ 5 years of experience delivering interface design solutions for various clients or stakeholders

+ 5+ years of experience demonstrating proficiency or expertise in relevant professional design software such as Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, and more

+ 5+ years of experience with user research

+ Bachelors degree

**Bonus points if:**

+ Excellent written and oral presentation skills, including facilitation of small to large groups (5-30+ people)

+ Demonstrated expertise with Agile methodology and ability to work in iterative product design cycles

+ Ability to provide clear, articulate rationale for design choices and approach

+ Experience and comfortability using scrappy design tools like paper and slides

+ Background in Software Engineering or familiarity with custom development practices in order to effectively communicate with a highly technical, multidisciplinary team

+ Experience delivering design products across multiple networks

+ Experience leading small to medium sized teams of designers/creatives (3-7+ people)

+ Demonstrated ability to translate user research findings into design requirements and design deliverables

**Security Clearance:**

+ Active TS/SCI with polygraph clearance

As required by local law, Accenture Federal Services provides reasonable ranges of compensation for hired roles based on labor costs in the states of **California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Washington, and the District of Columbia** . The base pay range for this position in these locations is shown below. Compensation for roles at Accenture Federal Services varies depending on a wide array of factors, including but not limited to office location, role, skill set and level of experience. Accenture Federal Services offers a wide variety of benefits. You can find more information on benefits here. (https://www.accenture.com/us-en/careers/your-future-rewards-benefits) We accept applications on an on-going basis and there is no fixed deadline to apply.

The pay range for the states of California, Colorado, Hawaii, Maryland, New York, Washington, and the District of Columbia is:

$126,400$256,300 USD

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