UX Design Lead: Research-Driven, Complex Systems

ExxonMobil; Silver Spring (MD); On-site; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension Plan

Savings Plan

Workplace Flexibility

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

Wellbeing programs

Disability Plan

Job summary

ExxonMobil is seeking a Design Lead for its UX design team in Texas. Leading a small group of UX designers and researchers, you’ll drive research-based, innovative solutions and ensure designs align with project goals and technical feasibility.

You will mentor junior designers, collaborate with product managers and developers, and advocate for best design practices while maintaining velocity to meet dynamic business needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelors in Graphic design, UX design, Human Factors, HCI, Information science, or a similar field.
• 10+ year experience in UX or related field.
• Experience leading a small team of UX resources across a variety of projects.
• Proven experience leading UX design projects from concept to completion, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop junior designers, fostering a collaborative and inclusive team environment
• Experience working closely with diverse cross-functional teams, including product managers and developers, to deliver cohesive and user-centric solutions
• Demonstrate initiative, flexibility, teamwork, and an eagerness to learn
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills
• Have experience working on an Agile software team
• Must be able to work from ExxonMobil campus in Spring, TX

Responsibilities

• Lead a small team of UX designers and researchers, managing work intake for your team, communicating timelines and resource needs with the larger UX team, the stakeholders, and the project team.
• Design innovative solutions which make users more productive so that they can focus on really tough challenges and not their tools.
• Understand research findings and incorporate them into your designs.
• Communicate designs through sketches, wireframes, and prototypes as needed.
• Design elegant interfaces and processes which make the complex, simple.
• Communicate, influence, and collaborate with other UX team members, stakeholders, and project teams.
• Adapt and flex to dynamic project needs and priorities.
• Collaborate with other designers to critique designs, build on standards, and contribute to the upstream technical design language.
• Maintain project flexibility, nimbleness, and velocity to respond to dynamic business needs.
• Educate and advocate for proper design principles and processes.

Skills

UX Leadership

Team Management

User Research

Wireframes Prototyping

Agile Methods

Cross-functional Collaboration

Education

Bachelor in Graphic Design

Bachelor in UX Design

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe XD

Job description

ExxonMobil is seeking a Design Lead for its UX design team in Texas. Leading a small group of UX designers and researchers, you’ll drive research-based, innovative solutions and ensure designs align with project goals and technical feasibility.

You will mentor junior designers, collaborate with product managers and developers, and advocate for best design practices while maintaining velocity to meet dynamic business needs.