Staff Product Designer - Remote, US

Paylocity; Schaumburg (IL); Remote; USD 133,000 - 247,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player seeks a Staff Product Designer to lead design initiatives and enhance user experiences. This role involves collaborating with product teams to define user needs, mentoring junior designers, and influencing product strategies. The company fosters a culture of innovation and inclusivity, ensuring every voice is heard. With a focus on developing compelling software solutions, this position offers the opportunity to make a significant impact in the tech landscape. If you are passionate about user experience and design, this is the perfect opportunity for you.

Benefits

Medical Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Match

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

Annual Bonus

Stock Options

Career Development Opportunities

Flexible Work Environment

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in UX design with a focus on complex problem-solving.
• Exceptional visual and communication skills are essential for this role.

Responsibilities

• Lead design initiatives and mentor junior designers in the product organization.
• Collaborate with teams to define user needs and influence product strategy.

Skills

User Experience Design

Communication Skills

Problem Solving

Team Collaboration

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in Human Computer Interaction

Bachelor's degree in Interaction Design

Bachelor's degree in Human Factors

Tools

Design Software

Prototyping Tools

Collaboration Tools

Job description

Paylocity is an equal opportunity employer.

Paylocity is a cloud-based software company that creates customized HR solutions for small to mid-sized organizations. Our workplace enhances communication and enables employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere. Our award-winning culture ensures everyone has a voice and feels truly welcome. Join Paylocity as we shape the future of technology and the workplace!

We give our employees what they need to succeed, including great benefits and perks! We offer medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and a 401(k) match, as well as perks that support you, your family, and your finances. And if it’s career development you desire, we provide that, too! At Paylocity, people matter most and have always been at the heart of our business.

Help Paylocity enhance communication and enable employees to connect, collaborate, and create from anywhere with a position in Product & Technology!

Want to develop the strategies and principles needed to deliver compelling software? Join our team and help us enhance our all-in-one software platform, elevate our one-of-a-kind technology, and improve the employee experience.

User Experience is the function that applies principles and techniques of discovery, research, design, and content strategy to define the experience a user has in a product.

As a Staff Product Designer, you will lead design initiatives to help identify and solve challenges for the Paylocity user groups within the Product organization. You will lead initiatives in a product space and help mentor more junior designer team members, helping establish best practices and uphold standards across your teams. You are a storyteller, have a diverse set of skills, are a driver of change, are open to new possibilities, are impact-oriented, and have a great cultural fit.

Responsibilities:

• Influence the product strategy and lead others in defining the needs of large and/or complex product designs based on multiple factors, such as user insights and business needs.
• Collaborate with product owners and development team members to shepherd end-to-end experiences from concept to ship for large and/or complex products.
• Exhibit complete independence in initiating medium-to-large-sized projects, defining the scope of work, providing effort estimates, and setting timelines with Product and Engineering peers.
• Mentor and support junior designers, actively participating in the requirements definition process and influencing project or feature goals.
• Provide strategic insight for project planning and may work with other team members or report directly to senior leadership.
• Exhibit exceptional negotiation skills, adeptly communicating and facilitating trade-off decisions to reach win-win agreements and consensus among stakeholders.
• Have a significant impact by collaborating with product teams to represent and advocate for user needs in the design process.
• Prioritize critical or frequently encountered user goals and identify the optimal design opportunities.
• Possess the judgment to discern the appropriate timing for conceptual designs, and you understand how and when to present them to Product Design leadership.
• Lead communication workstreams for effective communication across groups, exploring new ways of storytelling, and are recognized as an expert in evangelizing designs through communication.
• Are recognized as an expert storyteller, known for your ability to captivate and influence audiences.

Required Experience:

• Bachelor's degree in Human Computer Interaction (HCI), Human Cognition, Interaction Design, or Human Factors, with 7-10 years of applied experience within the UX field.
• Exceptional visual, communication, and presentation skills.
• Must be able to tackle complex design problems in undefined problem spaces.
• Possess a broad set of UX skills and advanced experience in design and system design within a complex information architecture.
• Proven ability to collaborate on process improvements and influence product/engineering counterparts in an organization.

Soft Skills:

• Expert communicator and facilitator to stakeholders within the business.
• Relentlessly curious about tech and market trends, able to adapt accordingly.
• Unflinching in your desire to advocate for the best user experience possible.
• Ability to build relationships in a highly collaborative environment.

Preferred Skills:

• Experience designing for SaaS products in an agile environment.
• Familiarity with AI patterns, machine learning, and prior partnership with data science teams with referenceable examples of implementation.
• Proven experience in mentoring and coaching team members.
• Stay up to date with the latest design trends, tools, and technologies, and be able to adapt to changing design requirements.

Paylocity is committed to the full inclusion of all individuals. We recruit, train, compensate, and promote regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law. At Paylocity, we believe diversity makes us better.

We embrace and encourage our employees’ differences in age, culture, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion or spiritual belief, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique. We actively cultivate these differences through our employee resource groups (ERGs), employee experiences, perspectives, talents, and approaches to drive innovation in the software and services we provide our customers.

We comply with federal and state disability laws and make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities. To request reasonable accommodation in the job application or interview process, please contact [e-mail].

This role can be performed from any office in the US. The pay range for this position is $133k - $247k/yr; however, base pay offered may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. This position is eligible for an annual bonus and restricted stock unit grant based on individual performance in addition to a full range of benefits outlined here.