Lead Product Designer

Verkada; San Mateo, California, City of Rochester (CA, MO, NY); On-site; USD 190,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in cloud-based security solutions is seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape the user experience of their innovative products. In this role, you will collaborate with product managers, engineers, and fellow designers to create intuitive and elegant designs that enhance user engagement. Your expertise will guide the development of web and mobile tools, ensuring a seamless experience for users. If you are passionate about design and eager to make a significant impact in a fast-paced environment, this opportunity is perfect for you.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in UX/UI design with a strong portfolio.
• Experience mentoring junior designers and leading projects.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user-centered designs.
• Lead brainstorming sessions and manage project scopes.

Skills

UX Design

UI Design

Prototyping

User Research

Collaboration

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Design or related field

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe Creative Suite

Job description

Verkada is a leader in cloud-based B2B physical security. Verkada offers six product lines - video security cameras, access control, environmental sensors, alarms, workplace and intercoms - integrated with a single cloud-based software platform.

Designed with simplicity and scalability in mind, Verkada gives organizations the real-time insight to know what could impact the safety and comfort of people throughout their physical environment, while empowering them to take immediate action to minimize security risks, workplace frustrations and costly inefficiencies.

Founded in 2016, Verkada has expanded rapidly with 15 offices across three continents, 2,100+ full-time employees and 30,000+ customers across 70+ countries.

Everything at Verkada begins with design. Every part of our product experience is carefully crafted to be simple, elegant, and powerful. As a Lead UX designer, you will be responsible for delivering best-in-class web and mobile tools (user interface designs, interaction models, prototypes, etc.) in a fast-paced, collaborative environment. You'll work with product managers, designers, and engineers to design our software, from defining a product vision to tweaking pixels before each release.

Responsibilities:

• Collaborate closely with designers, engineers, and product managers in a highly agile development environment with quick ideation and prototyping.
• Build and foster a collaborative work environment.
• Run inspiring and formal brainstorming sessions with engineers, product, and other designers.
• Developing product strategies that deliver on customer needs and the company's vision
• Build clear, concise and intuitive UX/UI with everything from low-fidelity wireframes to pixel perfect final designs.
• Mentoring junior designers, providing constructive feedback and elevating their work to the highest standards.
• Serve as a project lead, co-owning the final product with engineering leads.
• Manage multiple projects and stakeholder relationships.
• Manage and maintain a project's scope and schedule.
• Initiate and participate in user research as needed on key projects.

Annual Pay Range

At Verkada, we want to attract and retain the best employees, and compensate them in a way that appropriately and fairly values their individual contribution to the company. With that in mind, we carefully consider a number of factors to determine the appropriate starting pay for an employee, including their primary work location and an assessment of a candidate's skills and experience, as well as market demands and internal parity. A Verkada employee may be eligible for additional forms of compensation, depending on their role, including sales incentives, discretionary bonuses, and/or equity in the company in the form of restricted stock units (RSUs)

Below is the annual on-target earnings (OTE) range for full-time employees for this position, comprised of base compensation and commissions (if applicable).

$190,000 — $220,000 USD

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