Lead UX Designer

Optomi; United States; Sur place; USD 120 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Optomi, in partnership with a financial services organization, is seeking a Lead UX Designer to reimagine a high-visibility, enterprise platform. You will own the end-to-end design process from discovery through delivery and work with product managers, engineers, and stakeholders to shape the product strategy.

The role emphasizes simplifying complex workflows, building scalable UX that balances user needs with technical and business constraints.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of UX or Product Design experience designing complex digital products.
• Experience owning the full design lifecycle—from discovery and research through delivery.
• Strong experience designing enterprise, B2B, SaaS, or other complex digital applications.
• Proven ability to simplify complicated workflows and improve usability.
• A portfolio that demonstrates strong UX thinking, problem-solving, and measurable business impact.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Management and Engineering teams.
• Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools.
• Experience conducting user research and usability testing and translating insights into actionable design decisions.
• Experience working within or contributing to a design system is highly preferred.

Responsabilités

• Lead the end-to-end UX design process from discovery and research through wireframing, prototyping, testing, and final delivery.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and business stakeholders to shape product strategy and influence the future direction of the platform.
• Simplify complex workflows and information architecture into intuitive, user-centered experiences.
• Conduct user research, usability testing, and stakeholder interviews to identify opportunities and validate design decisions.
• Create user flows, journey maps, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
• Contribute to and leverage the organization's design system to ensure consistency and scalability across products.
• Balance user needs, technical constraints, and business objectives to deliver thoughtful, impactful design solutions.
• Advocate for the user throughout the product development lifecycle while collaborating across cross-functional teams.

Connaissances

UX Design

Full Lifecycle

Enterprise SaaS

User Research

Prototyping

Figma

Design Systems

Cross-functional

Outils

Figma

Description du poste

Optomi, in partnership with a financial services organization that's investing heavily in the future of its digital products and is looking to add a Lead UX Designer to the team.

This is an opportunity to help modernize a highly visible, business-critical platform that has been foundational to the organization for years. Rather than simply maintaining an existing product, you'll play a key role in reimagining the user experience by creating intuitive, modern, and scalable solutions for a complex enterprise application.

What You'll Do

• Lead the end-to-end UX design process from discovery and research through wireframing, prototyping, testing, and final delivery.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and business stakeholders to shape product strategy and influence the future direction of the platform.
• Simplify complex workflows and information architecture into intuitive, user-centered experiences.
• Conduct user research, usability testing, and stakeholder interviews to identify opportunities and validate design decisions.
• Create user flows, journey maps, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
• Contribute to and leverage the organization's design system to ensure consistency and scalability across products.
• Balance user needs, technical constraints, and business objectives to deliver thoughtful, impactful design solutions.
• Advocate for the user throughout the product development lifecycle while collaborating across cross-functional teams.

What They're Looking For

• 5+ years of UX or Product Design experience designing complex digital products.
• Experience owning the full design lifecycle—from discovery and research through delivery.
• Strong experience designing enterprise, B2B, SaaS, or other complex digital applications.
• Proven ability to simplify complicated workflows and improve usability.
• A portfolio that demonstrates strong UX thinking, problem-solving, and measurable business impact.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Management and Engineering teams.
• Proficiency with Figma and modern prototyping tools.
• Experience conducting user research and usability testing and translating insights into actionable design decisions.
• Experience working within or contributing to a design system is highly preferred.

Bonus Points

• Experience modernizing or redesigning legacy platforms.
• Experience working in financial services, fintech, insurance, or another highly regulated industry.
• Experience designing data-rich or workflow-intensive applications.
• Familiarity with accessibility standards and inclusive design best practices.