Senior Product Designer – Tax Product Development

BDO USA; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

BDO USA is seeking a UI/UX design expert to contribute to the Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation practice, crafting intuitive interfaces for complex tax products with a human-centered approach.

You will collaborate with product managers and engineers, creating wireframes, prototypes, and visual designs, while advancing our design system and accessibility standards across our tools.

Qualifications

• Five (5) or more years of experience in UI/UX product design or related field, required
• A strong portfolio of shipped product design work with polished UI and clear thinking

Responsibilities

• Contributes to design workstreams for assigned products or features
• Designs intuitive and user-friendly interfaces for complex tax products
• Creates and maintains wireframes, storyboards, user flows, prototypes, and visual designs
• Uses data, research insights, and creative problem-solving to support customer-centered design decisions
• Collaborates with product managers and engineers in an iterative product development process
• Presents design concepts and recommendations to product teams and stakeholders
• Contributes to evolution of design system and interaction patterns across products
• Supports Tax Digital Transformation initiatives through strong design execution and cross-team collaboration
• Other duties as required

Skills

UI/UX design

Prototyping

User research

Human-centered design

Design systems

Accessibility

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design or HCI

Tools

Figma

Figma Make

GitHub CoPilot

LLMs in design

Job description

Job Description

The Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation practice at BDO USA drives the success of our business through intuitive and human-first digital experiences that our employees and clients engage with. We're elevating the way tax professionals deliver services to our clients and the way we help them manage their taxes and tax strategies.

Job Summary

The Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation practice at BDO USA drives the success of our business through intuitive and human-first digital experiences that our employees and clients engage with. We're elevating the way tax professionals deliver services to our clients and the way we help them manage their taxes and tax strategies.

Job Duties

• Contributes to design workstreams for assigned products or features, supporting zero to one initiatives as well as iterative enhancements


• Designs intuitive and user-friendly interfaces and experiences for complex and technical tax products, grounded in human-centered design principles


• Creates and maintains wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, prototypes, and visual designs to clearly communicate interaction and design intent


• Uses data, research insights, and creative problem-solving to support customer-centered design decisions across projects


• Collaborates closely with product managers and engineers in a highly iterative product development process, building on ideas together through continuous experimentation and refinement


• Presents design concepts and recommendations to product teams and stakeholders, incorporating feedback effectively


• Contribute to the evolution of our design system and interaction patterns, ensuring experiences remain cohesive, scalable, and high quality across our products and tools.


• Supports Tax Digital Transformation & Innovation initiatives through strong design execution and cross team collaboration


• Other duties as required

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Acts as a career advisor and mentor as assigned

Education

Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Bachelor’s degree required; focus in Design or Human-Computer Interaction, preferred

Experience

• Five (5) or more years of experience in UI/UX product design or related field, required


• A strong portfolio of shipped product design work - polished Ul, clear thinking, and evidence of good judgment, preferred


• Experience in using qualitative insights, experimentation, and product data to inform design decisions, preferred


• Strong prototyping skills with a maker mindset, using prototypes to regularly explore ideas, test concepts, and drive collaboration, preferred


• A high level of curiosity in Al and interaction patterns, with an active interest in the latest capabilities, tools, and emerging user behaviors, preferred

License/Certifications

• Certification in UX Design or Interaction Design, preferred

Software

• Fluency in Figma and other design and prototyping software, preferred


• Experience with LLMs and other agentic tools in the product design process (e.g., Figma Make, Claude Code, v0, GitHub CoPilot), preferred

Proficient in Proficient in Microsoft Office 365 Microsoft Office 365

Language

• N/A

Other Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

• Knowledge of leading practices in conducting user research and usability testing, with a data-driven approach to design


• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across different teams and disciplines


• Excellent knowledge of leading practices in design


• Strong problem-solving skills


• Ability to collaborate with other designers, developers, product managers and end-users


• Strong organizational skills, especially the ability to meet project deadlines with a focus on details


• Strong knowledge of human centered design


• Strong knowledge of accessibility requirements for designs


• Ability to work in a deadline-driven environment and handle multiple projects simultaneously


• Ability to encourage team environment on projects and contribute to the professional growth of others


• Ability to successfully interact with professionals at all levels

Individual salaries that are offered to a candidate are determined after consideration of numerous factors including but not limited to the candidate’s qualifications, experience, skills, and geography.

National Range: $80,000 - $140,000

Maryland Range: $80,000 - $140,000

NYC/Long Island/Westchester Range: $80,000 - $140,000

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

"BDO USA, P.A. is an EO employer M/F/Veteran/Disability"