Director of User Experience

Company: Power Home Remodeling
Location: Cherry Hill
Posted on: May 13, 2022

Job Description:

At Power, we build our own application suite of products to run our entire business. We create complete solutions for finance, recruiting, sales, contact center, and even meeting software. We also build solutions for augmented reality in the home, satellite photo measurements, and artificial intelligence suggestion engines. We're a tech powerhouse built inside a remodeling company.As UX Director, you will lead and guide a growing user experience team of 20, which designs and defines the optimal information architecture, flow, taxonomy, navigation, and style of our huge ecosystem called Nitro. Nitro is Power's business operating system. Your leadership will continue to build a top-quality user experience team by defining the design vision, standards, guidelines, best practices, and improvements around how the user experience team interacts with other groups. Your creative thought leadership will drive visual design by combining industry best practices with your expertise and insights about human behavior.You will lead the efforts of our very own design system called Playbook. The ideal candidate will take a systems-mindset to build and integrate consistent, efficient components across the product portfolio. Emphasis will be on the complete systems life-cycle, from establishing a practice and vision that endures to design, build, document, and maintain a library used by many product teams.ResponsibilitiesReports to the Head of User ExperienceUnderstands the importance of a design system and how it powers the business, to evolve Playbook Design System by PowerRecruits, mentors, and develops strong experience design and design system teamsLeads design and design system teams in near and long-term planning of projects, ideation, selection of tools, design process, and concept explorationsEmpowers UX designers and developers to learn and creates an environment that facilities shared learningsGives feedback to designers and developers at various project stages (concepts, development of systems and elements, execution of screens, creation of animations and iconography, etc) in design reviews, team critiques, and 1:1s to improve the output, efficiency, and quality of their UI/UX execution and deliverablesPartners with Product and Engineering Leadership on UI/UX roadmap. Collaborates to define the strategy and experience of consumer-facing productsCommunicates and presents ideas, designs, and solutions to senior management, cross-functional teams, and collaborates with stakeholders to advocate for "what's best for the end-users"Fosters strong relationships with stakeholders and effectively advocate for design strategy, product vision, and goalsDecisively resolve design system priorities, timing, risks, task importance, and possible breaking changesClarifies scope of design system and balances delivering an MVP with a properly scalable systemIdentifies, monitors, and reports on system usage across the business. Interviews and fosters discussions with others using the design systemChallenges the design system team on what to automate vs manually performQualifications10+ years related work experience2+ years of design management experience or in a leadership roleA portfolio of work demonstrating design abilitiesBachelor's Degree in Design, Information Architecture, HCI, or related field / equivalent work experience2+ years of experience using Figma preferredExperience working in a fast-paced, highly cross-functional organizationPassion for understanding audiences and their behaviorStrong analytical and technical skillsStrong verbal and written communication skillsAbility to manage multiple projects simultaneously of varying size and scopeSelf-motivated, interest in new tools and technologyGreat team chemistry and fosters a fun collaborative work environmentAn expert in design system strategy and executionA track record of overseeing large bodies of work and delivering multiple complex projects simultaneouslyBuilt or managed a design systems teamsYou have been proactive in bringing together groups of individuals to solve a problemYou can communicate complex concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences and varying levels of the organizationSalary and BenefitsCompetitive salary - We pay very well at market rates reflecting both location and experience.Full medical, dental, vision, life and disability insurance plans that can be tailored to your specific needs and the needs of your familyA competitive 401(k) retirement savings program matched by PowerAll the tech you need - We'll pay for whatever hardware and software you need to work and make sure you're regularly upgraded to the latest versionsPersonal development - Personal development books, courses, & conferences.Paid vacations and holidaysPaid parental leave - When the time comes to welcome a new member of the family, we offer paid parental leave.We bring our tech teams together 3 times per year for a week-long conference focused on internal development and improvement.LocationRemote, within 3 hours of EST or Hybrid at our HQ just outside of Philadelphia, PA.About Tech at PowerOur teams are distributed, so we live and die by our ability to successfully collaborate. We collaborate using our own slack-like chat client we built internally. We use our home grown handoff tools to support our User Experience team as they create and collaborate with the development and business groups.We're innovating fast and making an impact on our customers' and employees' lives in significant ways. You will be part of a team that is leading innovation by combining technology, industry expertise, and entrepreneurial experience to massively impact employees' of Power as well as our customers'.The user experience team is a tight-nit diverse team made up of UX Designers and UX Engineers. We value diversity of all types at Power and our team is made up of a kind, thoughtful group of people with a wide range of backgrounds. We appreciate designers who think deeply, speak clearly, and work collaboratively. If you are interested in a career where your hard work is always noticed and appreciated among a team of true professionals, then this is the place for you.With a distributed group it's important to connect in person, so we fly the whole distributed team to Philadelphia 3 times a year for our week-long event called Create, focusing on connecting and learning from each other and the business.At Power we have all the upsides of a startup, we move fast, ship rapidly, iterates quickly, but with the benefit of an established organization that is well funded and profitable. The biggest perk of working at Power is that we have a tight-nit, talented team with a very large audience. This means you have the ability to have a huge impact on the product and the company, whilst also having really interesting and challenging problems to work on. We believe deeply in what we do and we're all in this to build something lasting, sustainable, and positive.Power has been awarded Computerworld's Best Places to Work in IT, Fortune Magazine's #1 Workplace for Millennials, one of Glassdoor's Best Places to Work, one of Inc. 5000's Fastest-Growing Private Companies, and Philadelphia Magazine Coolest Companies.

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