Senior Product Designer - Government UX & Design Systems

Unissant; Herndon (VA); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Unissant, Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our team in Herndon, VA. You will transform complex multi‑party processes into clear, accessible digital products for a Navy finance training program, collaborating with a PM, a full‑stack engineer, and a cloud solutions engineer.

You will lead discovery, wireframes, prototypes, design systems, and accessibility conformance, supported by a senior delivery team. This role runs from discovery through delivery, including UAT support.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of relevant experience in product design, user experience design, human-centered design, interaction design, visual design, or related field.
• Experience designing web-based applications, workflow tools, portals, dashboards, enterprise systems, or other complex digital solutions.
• Experience developing user flows, wireframes, prototypes, mockups, and implementation-ready design specifications.
• Experience conducting user research, usability testing, heuristic evaluation, or design validation activities.
• Working knowledge of modern UX tools such as Figma, Miro, FigJam, Adobe XD, Sketch, or equivalent.
• Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, analysts, developers, testers, and project managers in an iterative delivery environment.
• Familiarity with accessibility practices, including Section 508 compliance.

Responsibilities

• Conduct discovery sessions with stakeholders and users to understand current processes, user needs, pain points, business rules, and desired future-state workflows.
• Translate requirements into user journeys, process flows, information architecture, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity interface designs.
• Design clear, easy-to-use experiences for data collection, workflow tracking, status visibility, review, approval, documentation, and reporting functions.
• Collaborate with business analysts and software engineers to ensure designs are feasible, complete, and aligned with functional and technical requirements.
• Conduct usability reviews and user feedback sessions, document findings, and refine designs based on results.
• Apply accessibility and responsive design practices in accordance with applicable requirements.
• Prepare design specifications, annotated mockups, and other handoff materials to support implementation and testing.
• Support user acceptance testing, training materials, and iterative product improvement as needed.

Skills

Product design

User experience design

Human-centered design

Interaction design

Visual design

Figma

Accessibility

Wireframes

Prototyping

Design systems

Education

Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

Figma

Miro

FigJam

Adobe XD

Sketch

Job description

Unissant, Inc. is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our team in Herndon, VA. You will transform complex multi‑party processes into clear, accessible digital products for a Navy finance training program, collaborating with a PM, a full‑stack engineer, and a cloud solutions engineer.

You will lead discovery, wireframes, prototypes, design systems, and accessibility conformance, supported by a senior delivery team. This role runs from discovery through delivery, including UAT support.