UX Strategy Lead

ZipStaff Inc.; Cleveland (OH); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

ZipStaff is seeking a UX Strategy Lead for enterprise analytics in Cleveland, OH. This hybrid, contract role focuses on turning design insights into Power BI dashboard experiences using Figma, leading workshops and guiding scope, schedule and benefits realization.

You will define personas, journeys, KPIs, information architecture, and prototypes while ensuring feasibility within Power BI data constraints. This is a UX leadership seat, not a report-builder job.

Qualifications

• 8+ years UX, product design, or design-strategy work (lead-level).
• Hands-on Figma for IA, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Experience designing Power BI dashboard experiences—not slides only.
• Workshop facilitation with business and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to balance user need, business goal, and technical constraint.
• Project scope, schedule, and change management. Hybrid/on-site in Cleveland, OH.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Responsibilities

• Lead design-thinking workshops on goals, user needs, and decision-making.
• Translate insights into actionable, feasible Power BI experiences using Figma.
• Facilitate discovery and stakeholder workshops.
• Define personas, journeys, KPIs, and reporting requirements.
• Create information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, and dashboard concepts.
• Keep designs inside Power BI capabilities and data constraints.
• Partner with business, data, and Power BI developers.
• Run usability reviews and iterate.
• Own project planning, schedule, scope, and change control.
• Track benefits so UX work shows business value.

Skills

UX leadership

Design thinking

Workshop facilitation

Information architecture

User research

Stakeholder management

Dashboard design

Hybrid work

Tools

Power BI

Figma

Job description

Job Title:

UX Strategy Lead (Power BI / Figma)

Location:

Cleveland, OH (Hybrid)

Employment Type:

Contract (W2 through ZipStaff — No C2C or 1099)

About the Opportunity

ZipStaff is seeking a UX Strategy Lead for enterprise analytics at a global technology services firm supporting a Cleveland-based program.

You will run design-thinking workshops and turn them into Power BI dashboard experiences in Figma—then manage scope, schedule, and benefits. This is a UX lead seat, not a Power BI report builder.

What You’ll Do:

• Lead design-thinking workshops on goals, user needs, and decision-making.
• Translate insights into actionable, feasible Power BI experiences using Figma.
• Facilitate discovery and stakeholder workshops.
• Define personas, journeys, KPIs, and reporting requirements.
• Create information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, and dashboard concepts.
• Keep designs inside Power BI capabilities and data constraints.
• Partner with business, data, and Power BI developers.
• Run usability reviews and iterate.
• Own project planning, schedule, scope, and change control.
• Track benefits so UX work shows business value.

Required Qualifications:

• 8+ years UX, product design, or design-strategy work (lead-level).
• Hands‑on Figma for IA, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Experience designing Power BI (or equivalent BI) dashboard experiences—not slides only.
• Workshop facilitation with business and technical stakeholders.
• Ability to balance user need, business goal, and technical constraint.
• Project scope, schedule, and change management.Ability to work hybrid / on‑site in Cleveland, OH.
• Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without sponsorship now or in the future.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Benefits realization / value tracking.
• Enterprise analytics or regulated‑industry reporting.
• Usability testing of BI tools.

About ZipStaff

ZipStaff partners with leading organizations to connect skilled technology professionals with high‑impact contract opportunities. We focus on quality matches, clear communication, and long‑term success for candidates and clients.