Senior UX Design Leader & Strategy Architect

Aquent; Bentonville (AR); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

Aquent, collaborating with a leading global enterprise, seeks a senior UX leader to drive user experience strategy across a broad product portfolio. You will empower design teams, align with product and engineering leaders, and ensure intuitive, accessible digital experiences for millions of users worldwide.

You will define roadmaps, scale design systems, and guide research to translate complex insights into executive-ready narratives and actionable roadmaps.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in UI/UX Design or related field plus 5+ years in UX/UI/interaction/product design (or 7+ years with no degree).
• 2+ years of supervisory experience leading design teams.
• Experience with UX/Interaction Design, information architecture, wireframes, journey maps, and platform patterns (iOS, Android).

Responsibilities

• Define and champion UX roadmaps balancing business, technical feasibility, and user needs.
• Scale design systems and patterns across native mobile and web platforms.
• Lead end-to-end UX lifecycle for complex initiatives including journeys, IA, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes.
• Guide qualitative and quantitative research to validate hypotheses and inform decisions.
• Review PRDs and architectures to maintain design intent through launch.
• Mentor designers and manage performance, workload, and milestones.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Merchandising, Analytics, and Customer Advocacy leaders.

Skills

UX leadership

Design systems

User research

Prototyping

Cross-functional collaboration

Storytelling to execs

Mentoring teams

Education

Bachelor’s or higher in UI/UX Design or related field

Tools

HTML/CSS/JS familiarity

Figma/Sketch

Job description

Aquent, collaborating with a leading global enterprise, seeks a senior UX leader to drive user experience strategy across a broad product portfolio. You will empower design teams, align with product and engineering leaders, and ensure intuitive, accessible digital experiences for millions of users worldwide.

You will define roadmaps, scale design systems, and guide research to translate complex insights into executive-ready narratives and actionable roadmaps.