Senior Product Designer

$145,000 - $145,000/Yr

Blackline Systems LTD - Pleasanton, CA

Full-time - Mid Level

Pleasanton, CA

1,001-5,000 employees

Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services

About the position

The Senior Product Designer at BlackLine is responsible for leading UX strategy and designing user-friendly interfaces for the BlackLine Consolidation & Financial Analytics product. This role involves collaboration with cross-functional teams to create a user-centered design that aligns with business goals and technological capabilities. The designer will contribute to the overall design direction, advocate for accessibility, and ensure adherence to the BlackLine Design System while delivering high-quality design artifacts.

Responsibilities

• Apply product strategy and vision to design and deliver an innovative end-to-end user experience across web and mobile platforms.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to create a user-centered product design.
• Communicate and influence internal teams and customers by visualizing ideas through documentation and presentations.
• Deliver design artifacts from conceptualization to final product, including user flows, wireframes, mockups, and prototypes.
• Support and adhere to the BlackLine Design System and best practices.
• Conduct and analyze quantitative and qualitative UX research.
• Set up and collect success metrics for the products.
• Stay updated on best practices, competitor UI designs, and industry trends.
• Advocate for accessibility and develop applications designed for international users.
• Contribute to scope, estimate, and plan design and research efforts.
• Solicit feedback and contribute constructively to design reviews.
• Support the vision for the product's creative identity and guide the team through its implementation.
• Evangelize design thinking and lean UX.
• Emphasize and advocate for users.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• 4+ years of experience designing software as an interaction, user experience, or product designer.
• Bachelor's or master's degree in Interaction Design, Graphic Design, HCI, or related discipline or equivalent experience.
• Strong user experience or interaction design experience.
• Excellent visual design skills.
• Expert knowledge of responsive design and mobile UI.
• Expert knowledge in Figma and design systems.
• Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills.
• Ability to influence and persuade around design concepts.
• Ability to lead and integrate the design thinking process in fast-paced environments.
• Competency in interaction design, prototyping, visual design, data visualization, and UX research.
• Experience in design processes, methodology, and lean UX.
• Experience in designing AI/ML products and data visualization.
• Familiarity with agile environments.
• Experience with HTML/CSS and JS.
• Strong product design portfolio.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience working with large data sets.
• Enterprise SaaS experience.
• Experience in legacy system transformation.
• Experience in designing within a large product organization.

Benefits

• Short-term and long-term incentive programs based on eligibility.
• Robust offering of benefit and wellness plans.