Staff UX Product Designer

$150,000 - $215,000/Yr

Cribl - Saint Paul, MN

Full-time - Senior

Saint Paul, MN

About the position

Cribl is seeking an experienced and visionary Staff UX Product Designer to join our growing design team. In this pivotal role, you will focus on shaping and executing our design strategy, ensuring cohesion across our product suite, and driving major initiatives for end-to-end user experience (E2E UX) across our products. You will be responsible for developing and implementing a comprehensive UX design strategy that aligns with Cribl's business goals and product vision, ensuring a seamless user experience across all Cribl products. As part of your responsibilities, you will work closely with the design team, product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to create and maintain design systems and guidelines. You will lead and drive major UX initiatives that span multiple products, ensuring an integrated and intuitive user experience from start to finish. Conducting user research and usability testing will be essential to gather insights and feedback, which you will translate into actionable design improvements and strategic recommendations. Collaboration is key in this role; you will partner with the design team and cross-functional teams to define and prioritize design projects, facilitating workshops, design sprints, and brainstorming sessions to foster innovation. Additionally, you will provide guidance and mentorship to junior designers, promoting a culture of growth and continuous improvement within the design team. Your expertise will also be utilized in creating design concepts, high-fidelity prototypes, and detailed design specifications to effectively communicate design concepts and interactions. Advocating for user-centered design principles throughout the organization will be a significant part of your role, as you promote a deep understanding of our users and their needs. You will gain a comprehensive understanding of our tools and how our customers use them to drive product innovation and guide user experiences across all Cribl products. Finally, you will lead by example to help grow Cribl's design maturity through your expert understanding of our products and UX best practices, including design-led workshops, journey mapping exercises, and vision projects.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement a comprehensive UX design strategy that aligns with Cribl's business goals and product vision.
• Ensure a cohesive and seamless user experience across all Cribl products.
• Work closely with the design team, product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure a unified design language and consistent user experience across the product suite.
• Create and maintain design systems and guidelines.
• Lead and drive major UX initiatives that span multiple products, ensuring an integrated and intuitive user experience from start to finish.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to gather insights and feedback.
• Translate findings into actionable design improvements and strategic recommendations.
• Partner with the design team and cross-functional teams to define and prioritize design projects.
• Facilitate workshops, design sprints, and brainstorming sessions to foster innovation and collaboration.
• Provide guidance and mentorship to junior designers, fostering a culture of growth and continuous improvement within the design team.
• Create design concepts, high-fidelity prototypes, and detailed design specifications to effectively communicate design concepts and interactions.
• Gather and incorporate feedback from users, stakeholders, and team members to iteratively improve and refine designs.
• Advocate for user-centered design principles and practices throughout the organization, promoting a deep understanding of our users and their needs.
• Gain a deep understanding of our tools and the way our customers use them to help drive product innovation and guide user experiences across all Cribl products.
• Lead by example and help grow Cribl's design maturity through your expert understanding of our products and UX best practices.

Requirements

• Minimum of 8 years of experience in UX design, with a proven track record of leading design strategy and driving cross-functional initiatives.
• Experience in enterprise software or data management products is a plus.
• Proficiency in design tools such as Figma and prototyping tools like InVision or Axure.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts and decisions to stakeholders at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively in a collaborative, team-oriented environment.
• Experience leading workshops and design sprints is preferred.
• Bachelor's or Master's degree in UX Design, Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in enterprise software or data management products is a plus.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus.
• Experience leading workshops and design sprints is preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Short-term disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid holidays
• Paid time off
• Fertility treatment benefit
• 401(k)
• Equity
• Discretionary bonuses.