Product Designer
ParentPay
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United Kingdom
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About the role
- Designing user-centred solutions: Create intuitive and engaging designs that meet customer needs and support business objectives.
- Collaborating with agile teams: Work alongside cross-functional teams to integrate tools and methods for data-guided design and decision-making.
- Driving research and insights: Conduct user research, analyse data, and apply insights to refine designs that deliver measurable value.
- Understanding data fundamentals: Use your understanding of business and product strategy to guide design decisions that improve product performance.
- Engaging with stakeholders: Participate in requirements gathering and contribute to solution design and decision-making.
- Contributing to agile ceremonies: Take an active role in stand-ups, retrospectives, and story kick-offs, fostering a collaborative work environment.
- Championing customer advocacy: Always advocate for customer needs, ensuring that their voice is heard throughout the design and delivery process.
- Supporting iterative delivery: Promote early, iterative delivery of value, using data-guided decisions to drive progress.
- Driving continuous improvement: Embrace agile and lean practices, challenge the status quo, and explore creative solutions to stay competitive.
- Maintaining design consistency: Ensure all designs align with PPG’s design language for cohesive and polished experiences.
- Identifying risks: Work with delivery leads to assess risk and develop strategies to mitigate impacts.
- Facilitating team growth: Mentor colleagues in data analysis and design interpretation, helping teams become more self-sufficient.
Requirements
- Agile expertise: Experience in modern Agile software delivery, preferably for business applications, with clear examples of your contributions.
- Strong visual design skills: A solid understanding of design principles, including tone, colour, and UI best practices across multiple platforms.
- Research proficiency: Experience in user research and developing insights into customer and market needs to inform design decisions.
- Tool mastery: Proficiency with design tools such as Figma and Mural, allowing you to create wireframes, sitemaps, user journeys, and prototypes at various fidelities.
- Collaboration and communication skills: Strong presentation, organisational, and time management skills, with the ability to thrive in cross-functional teams.
- Relevant education or experience: A degree or equivalent experience in Interaction Design, Psychology, HCI, Industrial Design, or a related field.
- SaaS expertise: Experience transitioning software from a premises-based model to SaaS delivery is highly desirable.
- Sector knowledge: While experience in the Education sector is not required, it would be a bonus.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
user-centered designdata analysisvisual designuser researchdesign principlesSaaS deliveryagile methodologiesiterative deliverydesign consistencyrisk assessment
Soft skills
collaborationcommunicationpresentation skillsorganizational skillstime managementmentoringcustomer advocacyproblem-solvingcreativitystakeholder engagement