Sr Digital Product Designer

Horizontal Talent; Rochester (MN); On-site; USD 56,000 - 107,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

Retirement Plan

Job summary

Horizontal Talent is seeking a Senior UX/UI Designer to craft intuitive, accessible experiences for a complex enterprise application. You will collaborate with product owners, engineers, analysts, and research stakeholders across the full product lifecycle.

The ideal candidate has 5+ years in UX/UI design, a strong portfolio, and hands-on experience with user research, usability testing, and design systems. Proficiency in Figma and Agile teamwork is required.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional UX/UI design experience with complex web applications or enterprise software.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating full UX lifecycle: research, journeys, wireframes, prototyping, interaction design, high-fidelity UI.
• Hands-on experience conducting user interviews and usability testing.
• Deep understanding of user-centered design principles and WCAG accessibility standards.
• Experience working in Agile, cross-functional product teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with product owners, engineers, business analysts, and research stakeholders to understand user needs and translate requirements into effective digital experiences.
• Conduct user research, stakeholder interviews, and usability testing to identify pain points and validate design decisions.
• Develop user journeys, workflows, information architecture, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• Create high-fidelity UI designs and detailed design specifications for engineering implementation.
• Use Figma and established design systems to create scalable, consistent, and reusable design patterns and components.
• Incorporate user feedback, analytics, and usability findings into iterative design improvements.
• Ensure designs meet accessibility standards, including WCAG guidelines and user-centered design best practices.
• Present design concepts and rationale to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate within an Agile product development environment and maintain close alignment with engineering throughout implementation.
• Balance usability, accessibility, business objectives, and technical constraints when making design recommendations.

Skills

UX/UI design

Portfolio development

User research

Usability testing

Accessibility (WCAG)

Agile teamwork

Communication skills

Tools

Figma

Job description

• Must pass a drug test and background check once offered position*

• Must pass a drug test and background check once offered position*

Position Overview

We are seeking an experienced Senior UX/UI Designer to design intuitive, accessible, and user-centered experiences for a complex enterprise application. This role will support a single strategic project and work closely with product owners, software engineers, business analysts, and research stakeholders throughout the full product development lifecycle.

The ideal candidate brings strong end-to-end UX/UI experience, from user research and workflow definition through prototyping, usability testing, and high-fidelity design. This individual will help establish consistent design patterns while balancing user needs, accessibility, business requirements, and technical feasibility.

Key Responsibilities

• Partner with product owners, engineers, business analysts, and research stakeholders to understand user needs and translate requirements into effective digital experiences.
• Conduct user research, stakeholder interviews, and usability testing to identify pain points and validate design decisions.
• Develop user journeys, workflows, information architecture, wireframes, and interactive prototypes.
• Create high-fidelity UI designs and detailed design specifications for engineering implementation.
• Use Figma and established design systems to create scalable, consistent, and reusable design patterns and components.
• Incorporate user feedback, analytics, and usability findings into iterative design improvements.
• Ensure designs meet accessibility standards, including WCAG guidelines and user-centered design best practices.
• Present design concepts and rationale to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Collaborate within an Agile product development environment and maintain close alignment with engineering throughout implementation.
• Balance usability, accessibility, business objectives, and technical constraints when making design recommendations.

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional UX/UI design experience supporting complex web applications, enterprise software, or digital products.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating the full UX lifecycle, including user research, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, interaction design, and high-fidelity UI design.
• Advanced experience with Figma or comparable modern design and prototyping tools.
• Hands-on experience conducting user interviews, usability testing, and iterative design validation.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and WCAG accessibility standards.
• Experience working within Agile, cross-functional product teams alongside product managers, engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly explain design rationale to technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience designing AI-powered, conversational, or agentic user experiences, including chat interfaces and human-AI interactions.
• Experience designing data-intensive applications, analytics platforms, research platforms, or scientific software.
• Experience within healthcare, life sciences, biomedical research, or other regulated industries.
• Strong understanding of design systems and experience creating reusable UI patterns and components.
• Experience leveraging analytics and user behavior data to guide design decisions.
• Familiarity with generative AI concepts and how users interact with AI assistants.

Nice to Have

• Experience with service design, process design, or workflow optimization.
• Knowledge of biomedical or clinical research workflows.
• Experience collaborating across distributed teams within large enterprise organizations.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to effectively collaborate with front-end development teams; hands-on coding is not required.

For those that join the team, we offer competitive compensation and benefits including medical, dental, vision, and retirement.

The pay range for this role is $41 - $78 per hour based on qualifications and experience.