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Workiva, Inc Vice President, Head Of User Experience in Denver, Colorado
Job Summary Workiva delivers the world's leading cloud platform for regulatory, financial and environmental, social and governance ("ESG") reporting. Workiva provides more than 6,000 organizations in 170 countries (e.g. Google, T-Mobile, NY Life, Amgen, Slack) with SaaS solutions to help solve some of the most complex reporting and disclosure challenges. People all over the world use our connected, cloud-native platform to seamlessly enable collaboration and deep integration into existing work streams to simplify their most complex challenges at scale.
The Vice President, Head of User Experience,is a leader of leaders who is experienced managing global design teams to produce world class applications. The VP of UX will lead a 50+ team of designers, researchers, and content designers who work in partnership with product and technology teams. At Workiva, UX is centralized and supports all our product lines -- thus, UX is responsible for ensuring a consistent, coherent experience for our customers. The VP of UX sets the strategic vision and goals for the UX Directors and Managers, translating business context and goals into a UX action plan. We are looking for strong people management, operations experience, high business acumen, and strong execution abilities.
What You'll Do
Translate company strategy into operational goals and metrics for the team that serve to align and motivate employee performance
Align with other teams and departments to analyze, monitor, forecast, and prioritize initiatives in accordance with organizational priorities and strategic plan
Build a strong, sustainable organization with high levels of employee engagement by attracting and developing superior talent and rewarding superior performance of teams and individuals. Create 1-3 year scaling strategy that ensures sufficient resources and staffing levels to support business needs
Provides leaders with coaching on their design decisions, people management, and communication skills. Give feedback in a constructive and effective way. Provide developmental opportunities, including leadership development, to enhance their skills, motivation, and performance
Workiva is committed to executives that embody and model "Servant Leadership" qualities. We expect executives to create an atmosphere of respect, mutual support, flexibility, continuous learning, good humor, and commitment to business goals and customer needs to fulfill the compa
Establish and maintain relationships and effectively communicate with customers, business unit leaders and senior management to raise visibility of UX and ensure collaboration with appropriate key stakeholders
Work with design leaders on a strategy to establish guidelines, principles, and standards to ensure design alignment across teams for a consistent user experience
Work with the Research Director to establish a comprehensive research strategy, including an evaluation of methodologies and processes for ensuring that insights are usable and communicated to impact design decisions. Ensure alignment in approach and effective communication across product teams
What You'll Need Minimum qualifications
15+ years of progressive relevant experience in user experience, with strong case studies demonstrating measurable impacts, preferably in B2B software development or other related technology areas
At least 10 years of leadership experience in design management
A B.A. or B.S. degree in human-computer interaction, psychology, computer science or software engineering preferred. Advanced degrees such as MA, PhD, or MBA are desirable but not required.
Preferred qualifications
Experience in the ability to be able to conceive and conceptualize a compelling vision, backed by appropriate strategy and strong execution
Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, frameworks and methodologies, and experience applying them to real-world problems rooted in user insights and feedback throughout the product lifecycle
Demonstrates a solid understanding of user experience principles and B2B research methodologies
Building and scaling design organizations beyond 50+ individuals
Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and build relationships with stakeholders at all levels
Experience working in an Agile development environment
Strong analytical skills, with the ability to use collected data and analytics to inform design decisions
Experience with a wide range of design and prototyping tools, such as Sketch, Figma,... For full info follow application link.
Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an