User-Centered Design Lead
Company: Leidos Inc
Location: Reston
Posted on: January 17, 2023
Job Description:
Description Job Description:Health Growth Solutions (HGS) is our
Innovation and Incubation Department that identifies unsolved
problems impacting our client and builds new Leidos differentiated
solutions to solve 'real-world' problems. The activities we perform
include but are not limited to performing Proof of Concepts, Vendor
Solution Assessments, building differentiated Leidos solutions and
deploying them to pilot customers.The User-Centered Design Lead
enjoys working with team members to make applications, services and
processes simple. You are familiar with usability and user
experience principles and can apply them to technical topics. You
have experience conducting user research and usability studies. As
a Lead, you will work with a geographically dispersed team of
project managers, UX designers, executives and engineers to support
the design of applications, services and systems. As leader on our
Innovation and Incubation Team, you are comfortable with constantly
changing priorities. You understand that not every project will
make it from idea to market and you find the process of innovation
exciting.What you will do!
- Lead the UX team within HGS product team
- Manage the day-to-day work of the research UX UI team
- Create and provide ongoing HGS UX UI market knowledge
(technology advancements, best practices, etc.)
- Encourage creativity and risk-taking from the UX Team
- Focus on improving and growing the user experience function
within HGS, including but not limited to creating best practices,
developing templates, a methodology, personas, and processes
- Implement and embed user experience into all HGS projects
- Evaluate new and existing interfaces, forms and applications
that support business processes, make recommendations, and
implement solutions to improve the user experience
- Conduct usability studies, user research and testing on
existing and new applications
- Analyze user feedback and activity to enhance the user
experience of a variety of products
- Collaborate with designers, developers and stakeholders with
HGS and in other corporate functions to create user-friendly
applications
- Design and develop wireframes using industry-standard
tools
- Work closely with the UX CIO team's center of excellenceWhat
you need for success!
- BS degree and 8 12 years of prior relevant experience or
Masters with 6 10 years of prior relevant experience
- Successful experience in a Lead role
- Experience in metric driven outcomes
- Experience as a UX Designer, Usability Analyst, User
Researcher
- Strong background of customer service and working with matrixed
multi-functional teams
- Possess the following experience and skills:
- User research
- Information Architecture
- Interaction Design
- Usability testing
- Content Strategy
- Wireframes
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Axure
- Working knowledge of accessibility, WCAG, Section 508
- Experience in a fast paced and nimble environment
- Experience in innovation or incubation environments
- Experience working with regulatory constraints
- US Citizen, ability to gain Public Trust clearanceHighly
preferred:
- Experience in health care product industry (payer, provider, or
product company)Pay Range:Pay Range $97,500.00 - $150,000.00 -
$202,500.00The Leidos pay range for this job level is a general
guideline onlyand not a guarantee of compensation or salary.
Additional factors considered in extending an offer include (but
are not limited to) responsibilities of the job, education,
experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal
equity, alignment with market data, applicable bargaining agreement
(if any), or other law.#Remote#Featuredjob
Keywords: Leidos Inc, Reston , User-Centered Design Lead, Other , Reston, Virginia
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