Senior UX Designer & Design Systems Lead

U.S. Venture; Appleton (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

U.S. Venture seeks a Lead UX Designer to partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate research insights into scalable design solutions across the IT digital portfolio.

You will lead end-to-end user experience for complex, high-visibility initiatives and help shape the function as it scales. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on design expertise and will help build and scale the UX team, guiding governance, patterns, and a shared component library with engineering to

Qualifications

• 7+ years of UX design experience with a strong portfolio showing craft and impact.
• Ownership of end-to-end design for a major product or initiative.
• Proficiency with modern design tools (Figma, Adobe XD, Claude Design).
• Experience leading user research, workshops, persona development, and journey mapping.
• Experience translating design assets into reusable, code-aligned components with engineering.
• Strong communication and ability to influence senior stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end user experience design for key product areas and high-impact initiatives.
• Partner with engineering, product management, and business stakeholders to translate requirements and research into scalable design solutions.
• Establish and evolve design standards, practices, and governance for future growth.
• Drive user research facilitation with Product Management, including interviews, field studies, usability testing, and data analysis.
• Collaborate with cross-functional leadership to align design vision with product goals and technical feasibility.
• Architect and maintain a shared, code-aligned component library with engineering leadership to reduce design debt and accelerate development velocity.
• Identify and prioritize UX opportunities to drive measurable business and user impact.

Skills

UX design

End-to-end ownership

Design systems

User research

Stakeholder collaboration

Effective communication

Tools

Figma

Adobe XD

Claude Design

Job description

U.S. Venture seeks a Lead UX Designer to partner with engineering, product, and business leaders to translate research insights into scalable design solutions across the IT digital portfolio.

You will lead end-to-end user experience for complex, high-visibility initiatives and help shape the function as it scales. The ideal candidate brings strong hands-on design expertise and will help build and scale the UX team, guiding governance, patterns, and a shared component library with engineering to