Staff UX Designer

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

 AI Design Evangelism & Enablement: Champion an "AI-first" design culture by identifying, implementing, and maintaining cutting-edge generative tools

 ● Scalable Design Systems: Architect and evolve the Saviynt pattern library to empower non-designers across the company to generate on-brand, high-fidelity assets autonomously.

● A strong understanding of WCAG 2.1+ compliance, ARIA attributes, and screen-reader testable layouts.

● Technical Prototyping & Innovation: Act as a hands-on technical architect, using AI coding assistants and front-end proficiency (HTML/CSS) to build functional prototypes that push the boundaries of AI-driven UX.

● Strategic Agency & Ownership: Drive and own change across the organization, scoping across all efforts and maintaining responsibility for the health and vision of broad business themes.

● Change Catalyst & Architect: Anticipate shifts before they happen and create roadmaps out of high disorder to solve complex business problems.

● Outcome Owner: Spot needs outside of your immediate work, prioritizing for maximum impact and helping others pivot when transitions occur.

● Systemic Driver: Drive design patterns for the entire team, breaking large initiatives into parts for others and contributing to Saviynt's evolving pattern library.

● Orchestrator & Mentor: Actively mentor junior designers and manage contractor teams, overseeing technical quality across various workstreams and initiatives.

● Strategic Partner: Maintain high-level influence horizontally and vertically, aligning with Product Management, Engineering, and various stakeholders to fulfill the product vision.

● Design Excellence: Cultivate a holistic understanding of the SaaS platform to produce user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and final pixel-perfect deliverables.

● Quality Assurance: QA work post-UI development for visual and interactive perfection, providing detailed feedback to developers for revisions. 

WHAT YOU BRING

AI-First Culture Experience: Proven experience working within an AI-first design environment, with a deep fascination for the technology and a track record of using LLMs and Generative AI to solve complex architectural problems.

● Technical Implementation & Tooling: Highly technical mindset with the ability to set up, maintain, and train the company on AI design tools that allow any department to generate on-brand designs independently.

● Design Democratization: Experience in building scalable systems and workflows that empower the broader organization to utilize AI tools while maintaining high UX standards and brand integrity.

● Experience: Minimum of 8+ years of experience in a web-based, product-centric company, with a proven background in SaaS products.

● Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction Design, or a related product design field.

● Leadership Milestones: Proven track record of driving and owning large-scale initiatives from concept to delivery, with the ability to section work for others and manage contractor teams.

● Strategic Ownership: Experience acting as an Outcome Owner, prioritizing for impact across a broad business theme and helping teams find clarity during transitions.

● Complex Problem Solving: Strong capability to understand complex data structures and provide design options on diverse hierarchies.

● Collaborative Style: A low-ego, highly collaborative approach, with success dependent on being self-motivated, organized, and open to rigorous feedback and peer-critique.

● Technical Design Proficiency:

○ Mastery of creating wireframes and interactive prototypes

○ Proficiency in thinking in non-linear terms to capture complex interactions, edge-cases, and various user states.

○ Experience with HTML and CSS for front-end prototyping to ensure technical feasibility. 

● Domain Expertise: Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) or the Cybersecurity domain is a significant advantage.

● Research & Iteration: Experience with user research and data collection to guide design, with an emphasis on user testing and rapid iteration in an agile environment.

● Portfolio: A customer-centric portfolio representing your design process from initial concept to final deliverables, demonstrating deep problem-solving, user focus, and execution excellence.