Have to be passionate about user experience and want to take advantage of working with highly collaborative and talented team members. Have the opportunity to create and transform digital experiences for a commercial audience being offered the leading edge in automotive technology and supporting solutions. Balancing the business needs while always keeping our users and their goals in mind will be paramount.Will be responsible for guiding the user experience across website strategy inclusive of web-based software. Have to work with several product teams across Ford and will be expected to take a leadership role working with multiple designers.
Evangelize UX practices across a portfolio of projects, and be a strong voice for Human Centered design, supported by a growing team of talented designers and leaders.
Provide design guidance and support to designers deployed to cross-functional groups responsible for multi-team, digital products.
Mentor designers to support their growth as UX practitioners. Contribute to the inclusive culture of the larger Digital team.
Advocate user-centered design perspectives for your areas of focus that are informed by business needs and technical feasibility.
Provide consistency in approach, and integrity in usability and accessibility, across design efforts with multiple products units.
Drive the delivery of design work, raising the bar for team-wide, human-centered approaches.
Engage in project planning and scoping to support business needs and design opportunities, setting teams up for success.
Balance user needs, business objectives, and technical feasibility to solve problems effectively, with a focus on delivering high quality experiences.
Work cross functionally with leaders and colleagues to define, and execute against, strategy and projects.
Concept, design, test, launch and refine new products and services through systems thinking that solve known and emergent user needs.
Support design efforts for a data-driven, test & learn program, while incorporating analytics.
Work with stakeholders to proactively identify problems & solutions.
Support design leadership team on communication and presentation needs
6+ years of experience in the digital and software design.
2+ year of experience with leading and coaching UX designers (directly or indirectly) by demonstrating standard methodologies in design communication and approaches, mentorship, and sharing your work and knowledge with others.
Bachelor's and/or Master’s in User Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Service Design, Graphic Design, or a design related-degree (i.e. Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology, Human Factors, etc.).
Ability to earn trust, maintain positive and professional relationships, and contribute to a culture of inclusion in a remote and dynamic working environment.
Strong knowledge of Interaction Design, Service Design, Design Research, Information Architecture, and/or UX.
Demonstrable expertise in UX design in all phases across a variety of projects.
Experience delivering projects from definition thru execution and refinement.
Proven ability to build consensus, influence, and work effectively within a cross-functional team of designers, product managers, and engineers. Experience with building relationships, credibility, and proactive communication with team members and leaders.
Ability to communicate the value of product features and identify trade-offs to deliver useful digital products
Requisition ID : 23105