UX Researcher/Designer - REMOTE

Flexion; Madison (WI); Remote; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Paid time off

401(k) matching

Flexible spending accounts

Wellness program

Job summary

Flexion in Madison, WI seeks an experienced UX Designer to lead client projects, translating user needs into scalable interfaces within an agile team. You’ll drive discovery, prototyping, testing, and design systems, balancing strategy with pragmatic delivery.

Bring 8+ years of UX for clients, strong collaboration, and a track record of complex product outcomes. You’ll mentor teammates and champion user-centered design to improve usability and impact.

Qualifications

• Eight+ years of UX design experience with clients.
• Two+ years of experience with agile Scrum methodologies.
• USWDS experience preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• Track record of developing complex products, with user-centered focus.

Responsibilities

• Lead UX design activities on client projects and collaborate with other consultants.
• Iteratively evolve strategy and guidance to solve business problems.
• Facilitate continuous discovery with customers to identify opportunities.
• Facilitate design workshops and communicate designs, research, and requirements clearly.
• Prototype, test, and iterate on designs throughout the product lifecycle.
• Drive and analyze user feedback to improve usability and outcomes.

Skills

UX design

Agile methodologies

User research

Prototyping

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Figma

Sketch

Adobe Creative Suite

OmniGraffle

LucidChart

Job description

Description Why you want to work at Flexion

We're looking for a UX Designer with an unwavering passion for designing meaningful, easy-to-use applications. Most of the work we do is on large-scale, enterprise-wide systems (both commercial and government)-this project in particular will help ensure the uninterrupted, secure, and compliant operation of critical federal acquisition and assistance systems. At Flexion (an agile software company that's been delivering excellence for over 25 years), our company culture is built on autonomy, trust, and transparency. We empower teams to remain self-sufficient and self-directed by hiring people who can solve complex problems through collaboration-this means lending a hand and flexing your multi-skilled muscles ([adjacent skills for role], etc.) as needed. Every member of a cross-functional team is a leader who takes responsibility for the entire team's success, mirroring the company's overall low-bureaucracy structure. We believe that growth comes from working together-and that includes supporting each other through thoughtful, constructive feedback. Flexion team members are expected to help each other grow, challenge ideas respectfully, and integrate feedback as a normal part of the workday.

What the job looks like

As a member of a cross-functional agile development team, you'll partner with our clients to tackle holistic issues. You'll facilitate tough conversations about what clients (and their users!) really need, which isn't always what they want. You'll work to build UX thinking into everything the team does. Specifically, you'll:

• Lead UX and design activities on client projects, which could involve collaborating with designers from other consulting firms
• Iteratively evolve strategy and guidance to help clients solve their thorniest business problems
• Facilitate continuous discovery with customers to not only identify opportunities but to consistently evaluate solutions as the team's understanding of the problem space evolves
• Facilitate design workshops
• Advocate for the users in the context of business needs/goals
• Effectively communicate goals, designs, research, feedback, ideas, and requirements (both verbally and visually, when needed) to the team and client
• Lead and participate in UX design work-on any given project you might be leading the charge on activities involving content audits, heuristic reviews, user research, data modeling, user journeys, card sorting, personas, workflows, requirements, information architecture, sketching, mockups, prototypes, design patterns, microcopy, interaction design, usability testing, and whatever else is thrown your way
• Analyze and provide feedback on proposed technical solutions that affect the interface design or user experience
• Pair or mob with other members of a cross-functional development team
• Coach other team members on basic HCD knowledge that all developers should have
• Prototype, test, and iterate on designs
• Drive and analyze client and user feedback to identify opportunities to improve the overall user experience throughout the design process and product lifecycle
• Follow lean and agile methodologies to deliver a quality product with minimal churn

Why we want to hire you

You are a master of applying human centered design techniques using a startup mentality. You prefer to incrementally drive learning and development, from strategy to surface details, through authentic use and rapid iteration. You have experience with, and understand the principles of Lean UX. You love solving big problems. You can balance high-level strategy with detail-oriented tactics. You're just as at home leading a discovery session with C-level executives as you are sketching prototype ideas or writing user stories. You can speak "developer" and co-create designs and solutions throughout the process. You're a self-starter and don't need to be told what to do next. You have a wide range of UX-related skills and can flex different muscles as required. You know how to create and implement design systems and value consistency-but also know when to make adjustments to improve usability. You value data-driven decision-making, but won't become paralyzed if the data doesn't exist. You understand that often "good enough" is as good as it can get and can live with compromise where it's needed. You embrace agile methodologies preferring to delay design decisions until they need to be prioritized. You design small pieces, while still thinking about how they fit into the whole.

You have

• At least 8 years working on UX designs for clients
• At least 2 years experience working with agile Scrum methodologies
• USWDS (U.S. Web Design System) experience preferred
• At least 1 year of Lean UX experience working with agile methodologies
• A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• A track record of successfully developing complex products
• Strong understanding of Incremental/Agile UX practices
• A black belt in mixed UI/UX disciplines
• A "can do" attitude devoid of ego
• The ability to play nicely with others, and the belief that teamwork is always the best solution
• Skilled in designing interfaces that adapt seamlessly across devices and screen sizes, ensuring a consistent and intuitive user experience
• Experienced in using tools like Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, and Sketch to create prototypes at varying levels of fidelity, enabling effective collaboration and feedback loops
• Superb time-management, communication, and problem-solving skills
• Experience using workflow and modeling tools such as OmniGraffle, LucidChart, etc

At Flexion, we live by these principles

• Speak openly and honestly with your colleagues and clients about problems and proposed solutions
• Welcome and handle changing requirements and priorities with little or no warning
• Collaborate online in small groups about 50% of the time
• Encourage simple and minimal solutions that keep options open
• Expect and vocally advocate for quality first
• Learn new practices and techniques as the situation demands
• Ensure the teams develop demonstrable software every week or two
• Do what needs to be done to deliver the product or project without ego or attitude
• Dig deep to find the root causes of problems so we can create the right solutions
• Relentlessly improve yourself, your team, and your processes
• Offer and welcome constructive feedback as a tool for continuous team and individual growth
• Embrace AI assistants (e.g., ChatGPT, NotebookLM) as force multipliers to accelerate innovation, iterate faster, and maintain high-quality output

The salary range for this role is $120,000 to $160,000.

Benefits

• At Flexion, employees enjoy comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage, along with life and disability insurance, accrued time off, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan.
• Our people-first culture supports balance and growth with generous paid time off, referral bonuses, and a commitment to well-being and career success.

Equal Employment Opportunity Employer

If you require a reasonable accommodation to complete any part of the application process, or are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online application process and need an alternative method for applying, you may contact us at 608-205-8868 for assistance.