Staff/Lead Product Designer

Position Overview
Diligent is looking for a Lead/Staff Product Designer to oversee the UX and visual design for our Diligent brands. This role will be responsible for defining and leading an experience strategy for our products and own the complete design process from concept development to hand off.
Key Responsibilities
Assist your team to define an experience strategy for one or more of Diligent's products
Ownership of the complete design process, from concept development to visual design to developer handoff
Close collaboration with other designers, Product Management and Engineering to support quality and timely delivery of the product roadmap
Execution of research (discovery, exploratory and validation) as needed
Succinct communication of design to stakeholders demonstrating a strong understanding of business objectives, design and your users
Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement and learning
Partnering with your team to see products to release and beyond
Mentoring of junior designers

Required Experience/Skills:
7+ years of relevant experience
Portfolio demonstrating design of products, supported by a rigorous process
Degree in design, technology or psychology (or equivalent work experience)
A varied skill profile within User Experience Design, with core expertise in Interaction (UX) Design, UI Design or Design Research
Experience designing SaaS products for the B2B market in a distributed Agile environment
Experience designing products with a high-level of complexity, helping to guide them from inception (or redesign) to release to continued enhancement or sunset
Proficiency with current design tools
Strong verbal and written communication skills
Experience designing mobile and web-based applications

A portfolio of work demonstrating your design process and passion for design – online or pdf is required for consideration!