UX Lead: Strategy, Discovery & AI-Driven Design

Scania Group; Södertälje kommun; On-site; SEK 900,000 - 1,200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health center access

Wellness allowance

Bonus

Flexible working hours

Company car leasing

Employee events and family activities

Commuting support via Scania Job buses

Job summary

TRATON Group R&D in Södertälje, Sweden is seeking a UX Lead to shape and lead user experience across multiple teams within the Software Factories. You will drive discovery, strategy, and high‑quality delivery, mentoring a design team and collaborating with engineers and product owners.

You will blend business needs with technical feasibility, promote accessibility and design system governance, and apply AI‑aided workflows to accelerate quality and speed while advancing UX maturity across EE

Qualifications

• Several years of experience (6‑8) in digital product design, leading UX across complex environments.
• Education in design or equivalent experience.
• Strong communication skills to explain design decisions to technical and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Hands-on across the full product development cycle: research, IA, design, implementation, testing.
• Experience leading end‑to‑end design in technical, engineering software with strong technical understanding.
• Expertise in Figma, design systems, accessibility; AI shift applied in tools.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and build cross‑functional relationships.
• Fluency in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Embed UX thinking into the product development lifecycle from discovery through delivery, facilitating workshops and converting design intent into epics, user stories, and development‑ready specs.
• Define and own the vision, strategy and roadmap for the UX design team, coaching, mentoring and developing team members within the VCT to elevate UX maturity — establishing excellent user experience in products and applications across EE Software toolchains.
• Lead early‑stage problem framing and customer discovery, synthesize research into actionable roadmaps, and translate insights into flows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI (Figma) for web, mobile, and relevant interfaces, customer validation, data driven (qualitative and quantitative).
• Acting as the design voice in product leadership: shaping priorities, highlighting user problems, and advocating for quality while engaging with trade‑offs.
• Driving the adoption of modern design tools and AI‑aided workflows that accelerate both quality and delivery.

Skills

UX design

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

End-to-end design

English fluency

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in design

Tools

Figma

Design systems

Accessibility

Job description

TRATON Group R&D in Södertälje, Sweden is seeking a UX Lead to shape and lead user experience across multiple teams within the Software Factories. You will drive discovery, strategy, and high‑quality delivery, mentoring a design team and collaborating with engineers and product owners.

You will blend business needs with technical feasibility, promote accessibility and design system governance, and apply AI‑aided workflows to accelerate quality and speed while advancing UX maturity across EE