Senior UX Design Lead for Security

Introduction
At IBM work is more than a job – it’s a calling: To build. To design. To code. To consult. To think along with clients and sell. To make markets. To invent. To collaborate. Not just to do something better but to attempt things you’ve never thought possible. Are you ready to lead in this new era of technology and solve some of the world’s most challenging problems? If so lets talk.

Your Role and Responsibilities
IBM Security is looking for a UX Design Leader who has a passion for leading and designing user experiences that people love. IBM Security helps the people who are responsible for securing and protecting our personal data and important business data from cyber criminals. We are a global team with collaboration at the heart of our success. As part of the larger Security design team you will inspire mentor and lead excellence in craft for our global team. You will help enforce high quality standards for our products and for our customers.
As a UX Design Lead you lead by example. You will lead designers as well as product managers architects and development leaders from idea to user outcome. Each sprint you will advocate for your users’ needs and push your product team to innovate and deliver minimal valuable experiences that exceed user expectations. We need a hands-on design leader who is interested in shaping the future by defining strategies and leading the creation of end-to-end customer experiences. We need someone passionate about learning who will go deep into the subject matter and understand the intricacies of the cybersecurity problems plaguing the industry.
The preferred applicant will have 3–5 years of relevant experience leading a small design team and/or designing the user experience for a product from ideation to delivery. They will have experience with adapting their design process without compromising on quality as they partner with Product Managers Architects and Development Managers. They should be able to guide their team and be proactive in planning for design UX and research needs. They should be adept at presenting and communicating their thinking/work to senior leaders. They should be able to break-down ambiguous asks and translate features into clear user experience outcomes. They should have a wide variety of artifacts in their portfolio that show how they solve problems from low to high fidelity. They should also have a good understanding of how their work has impacted business results.

Responsibilities

• Fearless in asking questions and getting into deep discussion with subject matter experts and knowing when to push back and defend design choices
• Evangelize a clear vision of best-in-class designs to senior executives
• Responsible for project engagements including deliverables (such as concepts wireframes interactive prototypes specifications etc.) engagement agreements and timelines.
• Define user experience requirements that map to and support product business goals advocating user centered design industry best practices and effectively managing design resources
• Craft user experiences alongside key product stakeholders with high-level models/diagrams of how the system needs to support the user experience requirements detailed experience storyboards and customer journey maps and interactive prototypes to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas
• Work closely with design team to implement IBM Carbon Design System in all solutions
• Conduct competitive analyses of other products to define end-user expectations and acceptance criteria that create differentiated design solutions
• Identify user research objectives that help support overall business strategy with your design team to implement proper design assets needed for research and participate in conducting stakeholder and client interviews
• Coach and mentor a strong team of design professionals
• Effectively listening and leading product teams in design thinking and agile methodologies
• Cultivate a healthy collaborative and supportive team culture that is inclusive transparent and safe for everyone to be themselves and bring their best to each day
• Communicate (written & verbal) decisions risks dependencies timelines and expectations up down and across the organization

Required Technical and Professional Expertise
Overall 10-12 years’ experience in the following:

• Analytical creative and strategic thinker – Able to develop innovative solutions to solve business problems
• Solving complex user problems through hands-on expertise in use case development user interface design creating mock-ups and prototypes (low and high fidelity) as well as documenting interaction patterns for product UI
• Expertise in collaborating with and leading user research
• Strong project organizational skills and an attention to detail using JIRA / GitHub tools and agile methodologies
• Open to feedback and knows how and when to defend design choices
• Portfolio of previous work must be presented incorporating UI designs and/or sketches that demonstrate an understanding of wireframing interaction design visual design and design best practices.

Preferred Technical and Professional Expertise
At least 5 years’ experience in the following:

• Degree in Human Computer Interaction Web Design with a focus on User Experience or related field
• Excellent storytelling and documentation skills
• Successful track record leading interdisciplinary teams
• Strong clean visual design sense
• Strong understanding of front-end web technologies and cyber security
• Passion for emerging technologies and hunger to innovate
• Enterprise product design
• Experience creating clickable prototypes (Figma Sketch Flinto Invision Adobe XD