Senior, Digital UX Designer (6 month Contract)

Signify Health Ireland, part of CVS Health; Galway; Hybrid; EUR 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A health technology company in Galway seeks a Senior UX Designer for a 6-month contract to transform user experiences through a collaborative and agile approach. The ideal candidate will have over 5 years of UX experience, strong skills in user-centered design, and proficiency with design tools like Figma. Flexible work arrangements are offered, allowing for a hybrid work model between home and the Galway office.

Benefits

Flexible work arrangements

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional experience in a UI/UX role.
• 2+ years in at least one of the three design pillars: user research, interaction design, or visual design.
• 1+ year working effectively within Agile and lean methodologies.

Responsibilities

• Ensure product success and end-user satisfaction.
• Solve the right problems by understanding user needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams.

Skills

User-centered design principles

Collaboration

Creative problem-solving

Agile methodologies

Communication

Curiosity

Education

Bachelor's Degree in HCI, Psychology, Fine Arts, Computer Science or similar

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Axure

InVision

HTML/CSS

Job description

CVS Health, the parent company of Signify Health, is increasing investments in digital, data, analytics, and technology, and Signify Health is excited to be involved!

We are hiring for a dynamic new initiative for CVS Health that will operate out of our state-of-the-art offices at Bonham Quay. This is an opportunity to be involved with a pioneering business transforming health care in the United States by making customer experiences more seamless, convenient, and personalized.

CVS Health aims to drive business agility and growth through technology, data, digital, and experiential innovations. 'Digital First, Technology Forward, and Data Driven' are core to our strategy for accelerated growth.

Bring your heart to CVS Health. Our shared purpose is: Bringing our heart to every moment of your health. This guides our commitment to delivering human-centric health care in a rapidly changing world. Our brand, with heart at its center, emphasizes that how we deliver services is as important as what we deliver.

Our Heart At Work Behaviors support this purpose, empowering employees to transform our culture and innovate in making health care more personal, convenient, and affordable.

Reflecting on our remote work successes, we offer a flexible work environment at our Galway facility at Bonham Quay. Careers will include flexible work arrangements, allowing individuals in the Republic of Ireland to split their time between the Galway office and their home office.

Position Summary

Please Note: This is a defined term 6-month contract role.

As a Senior UX Designer, you will be key to an innovative initiative aimed at transforming experiences for colleagues, clients, and members. You will ensure product success and end-user satisfaction within a collaborative environment following lean and agile methodologies. Your role involves applying a user-centered design approach to find optimal solutions in small, cross-functional teams, educating teams on lean and agile processes, and leading products from discovery through delivery while maintaining a human-centered design perspective.

A strong understanding of user-centered design principles and research methodologies is essential. Empathy, creative problem-solving, adaptability, collaboration, excellent communication, curiosity, and a learning mindset are fundamental traits for success.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Solve the right problems by understanding user needs to deliver impactful products and services.
• Adopt a lean/iterative mindset; prioritize conversations over extensive documentation.
• Be a full-stack designer: engage with research, usability evaluation, information architecture, wireframes, visual design, CSS, and HTML. Expertise in all areas is not required, but a willingness to learn is essential.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, pairing with designers, product managers, and engineers.
• Embrace a Lean/Agile mindset, adapting and experimenting with design processes.
• Stay updated on UX/UI industry best practices and trends.

Required Qualifications:

• 5+ years of professional experience in a UI/UX role.
• 2+ years in at least one of the three design pillars: user research, interaction design, or visual design.
• 1+ year working effectively within Agile and lean methodologies.
• 1+ year experience working independently with clients or stakeholders on business or enterprise applications.
• 1+ year executing user-centered design methodologies from research to implementation.
• 1+ year proficiency with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Axure, or InVision.
• 1+ year experience with modern front-end technologies and open-source frameworks (e.g., Material Design, HTML/CSS, responsive design).

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience advocating for UX design within large organizations.
• Exceptional communication skills and a strong work ethic.
• Ability to rapidly prototype.
• Willingness to present on design topics internally.
• Healthcare industry experience.

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Psychology, Fine Arts, Computer Science, or similar. Equivalent experience may be considered in lieu of a degree.