Sr. UX Strategy Leader

What are we looking for in our Sr. UX Strategy Leader?

The Information Technology team at Russell Tobin & Associates is supporting one of the top Technology client that has an opening for a Sr. UX Strategy Leader.

Location: Remote in United States (PST Hours)

Pay Rate Range: $80 - $90/hour W2, based on experience

Duration: 6+ months contract

Summary:

We are seeking a dynamic and forward-thinking Experience Design Strategy Leader to join our team of strategists. This role requires a balance of strategic insight, creative problem-solving, and operational excellence. Our Design Strategists are central to our success—they are adaptable, proactive, and capable of floating across different portfolios depending on the business needs. They specialize in connecting dots across multiple domains, influencing the roadmap with big-picture, divergent thinking while being grounded in data, analytics, user needs, and an operational mindset.

What you get to do in this role:

• Strategic Leadership: Shape and drive experience strategy by using data-driven user and product insights and creative approaches to influence future roadmaps.
• Systems Thinking: Provide broad and deep analysis across complex systems, connecting the dots and identifying opportunities for innovative experiences that are scalable and sustainable.
• Operational Excellence: Identify opportunities for innovation, lead and operationalize strategic initiatives, ensuring that goals are achieved efficiently while setting high standards of execution.
• Influential Communication: Effectively communicate design and experience vision and strategy through strong written, verbal, and presentation skills, especially when creating executive-level presentations.
• Cross-Organizational Leadership: Navigate ambiguity with ease, leading cross-functional initiatives and fostering collaboration across teams.
• Collaboration with UX Designers and Researchers: Partner with UX designers and researchers to elevate design craft and uncover new research opportunities that inform experience strategy.
• Design Assets: Develop mockups, concepts, flows, and visual assets to articulate points of view and influence key stakeholders. Shoud know Figma and Miro.
• Adaptability: Connect dots between portfolios, applying a well-rounded understanding of our product ecosystem to solve complex problems and drive innovation.
• Emerging Technology & AI: Leverage expertise in artificial intelligence and emerging technologies to push the boundaries of experience design and ensure that our products remain competitive in an evolving market.

Skills: 

• Experience: Demonstrated leadership in experience design, with a focus on strategic, user-centered approaches that deliver high-impact, scalable user experiences.
• Leadership Skills: Strong ability to lead cross-functional teams, advocating for the user at every stage of the product development cycle. People management background preferred.
• Technical Acumen: Expertise in AI and emerging technologies and their application to enhance user experiences.
• Operational Mindset: Proven ability to operationalize user experience strategies and drive them through to execution.
• Design Background: Strong background in design with the ability to create visual assets, including mockups, flows, and concepts. Proficiency in Figma is required.
• Communication Skills: Excellent written, verbal, and visual communication skills, with experience delivering executive presentations that advocate for user-centric design strategies.
• Curiosity & Proactiveness: A curious and proactive approach to problem-solving, with a passion for improving user experiences across complex product ecosystems.
• Educational Background: A degree in User Experience, Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field, or equivalent experience.

Education:      

Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Visual Design, HCI, or a related field

Benefits Info

Russell Tobin offers eligible employee’s comprehensive healthcare coverage (medical, dental, and vision plans), supplemental coverage (accident insurance, critical illness insurance and hospital indemnity), 401(k)-retirement savings, life & disability insurance, an employee assistance program, legal support, auto, home insurance, pet insurance and employee discounts with preferred vendors.

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Rate/Salary: $80 - $90/hour W2, DOE