AHU Technologies Inc is hiring : Lead UX Designer Washington DC in Washington

Overview

Randstad is seeking an experienced and authoritative Lead UX Designer to join an Agile product team for a major technology client in the Washington, D.C. area, focused on enterprise operations. This role is crucial for designing and delivering intuitive, custom applications that directly enable operations staff to maintain high efficiency and keep critical transportation systems running on time. You will lead the design vision from concept through deployment, collaborating closely with Product Owners, researchers, and engineers while actively championing user-centered principles. This position requires local residency near the Northeast Corridor (DC, NYC, Philly, or Wilmington, DE) and approximately 25% train travel for on-premise workshops, on-train user engagement, and quarterly PI Planning activities.

Responsibilities

• Design Leadership & Delivery : Oversee and execute the end-to-end design process, creating high-fidelity, interactive designs that are user-friendly, accessible, and aligned with technical requirements.
• Design advocacy : Act as the primary design advocate, confidently presenting, defending, and socializing design decisions and user-centric processes to cross-functional teams and stakeholders.
• PI Planning design activities : Lead quarterly PI Planning design activities and ensure design tasks are accurately scoped and delivered in alignment with the Agile project timeline and sprint goals.
• Collaboration with engineering : Collaborate with engineering teams to create detailed design principles and specifications, ensuring accurate and high-quality implementation of designs (Design QA).
• User Experience & Collaboration : Work in deep partnership with Product Owners, Researchers, Developers, and Product Managers to gather requirements, understand complex operational user needs, and deliver visually comprehensive, ready-to-develop solutions.
• User feedback & testing : Incorporate user feedback and testing results (including usability and accessibility testing) into design iterations to continuously enhance the overall user experience for internal applications.
• Agile ceremonies : Actively participate in all Agile ceremonies, including sprint planning, daily stand-ups, and retrospectives, maintaining consistent communication on design progress with the Product Owner.
• Design System Contribution : Play a critical role in the ongoing development and governance of our enterprise design system by creating new, reusable components and patterns.
• Design consistency : Ensure consistency, reusability, and scalability of design elements across all digital products within the operational suite.

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Qualifications

This is a remote position.

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