V2soft is hiring: UX Product Designer Consultant/Expert in Dearborn

V2Soft ( www.v2soft.com ) is a global company, headquartered out of Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, with locations in Mexico, Italy, India, China and Germany. At V2Soft, our mission is to provide high performance technology solutions to solve real business problems. We become our customer's true partner, enabling both parties to enjoy success. We are committed to promoting diversity in the workplace, and believe it has a positive effect on our company and the customers we serve. Position Description: Hybrid - 2 or 3 days per week " Quality Analytics (OA) is a product group that develops on-premises and cloud analytic solutions. Our product line designers oversee a portfolio of product teams, identifying patterns and use cases across the portfolio to better serve their end users. They apply a design thinking mindset, user research skills, and business strategy to align teams around a human-centric roadmap. They collaborate closely with product owners, product managers, and fellow designers across their portfolio. What you'll be able to do: Take the stage. Facilitate and lead design thinking sessions with various technical and non- technical stakeholders Conduct generative user research such as contextual inquiry, ethnography, field research, user interviews, and stakeholder interviews Transform user research into assets such as affinity walls, journey maps, empathy maps, story boards, personas, etc. Justify your research strategy and insights to stakeholders (un)familiar with the UX discipline Work as a collaborative team member with business partners, product managers, developers and fellow designers. Provide mentoring, teaching, and leadership to fellow designers and team members Evangelize UX within your team and across the department Skills Required: User Research Wireframing/Mockups Prototyping Usability Testing Task Flow Information Architecture Peer Leadership Team Collaboration Project Management Skills Preferred: InVision Sketch Excel Word Experience Required: 3+ years proven experience in the UX, product management, or a mixture of the two 2+ years of experience in user research 2+ years of experience in facilitating design thinking and ideation workshops Experience Preferred: Passion for growing your skills, tackling challenging problems, and sharing your learnings with other Research chops, strong leadership skills, and diversity of experience are all a plus! 3 + years of relevant product management experience Ability to build credibility and trust with team members and senior leaders Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities. Prior member of a Lean/Agile product team Education Required: Bachelor's degree Education Preferred: Bachelors' or master's degree in human-computer interaction, human factors, psychology, communications, or equivalent Additional Information: "This role is hybrid, which means the candidate must be located within a drivable distance to Dearborn, MI. Also, the candidate if selected might be asked to come into the office up to 2 or 3 days per week." V2Soft is an Equal Opportunity Employer ( EOE). https://www.v2soft.com/careers - to view all of our open opportunities and to learn more about our benefits.