UX Lead

UX Lead

Posted 1 day ago by Nityo Infotech Corporation

Negotiable
Undetermined
Remote
Remote

Summary: The UX Lead role focuses on driving the strategy, design, and delivery of exceptional digital and AI-enabled user experiences. The candidate will lead UX initiatives, mentor design teams, and collaborate with various stakeholders to create user-centered solutions. A strong understanding of emerging AI technologies and Human-AI Interaction principles is essential for success in this position. The ideal candidate will possess both leadership and hands-on design expertise.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Define and drive UX vision, strategy, standards, and best practices.
  • Advocate for user-centered design across the organization.
  • Contribute to product roadmaps and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Lead UX governance, design reviews, and DesignOps activities.
  • Conduct and oversee user research, usability testing, and customer journey analysis.
  • Translate insights into personas, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and design solutions.
  • Design intuitive, accessible, and scalable experiences across web, mobile, and enterprise platforms.
  • Ensure consistency through design systems and reusable design patterns.
  • Design AI-powered experiences including copilots, conversational interfaces, intelligent assistants, and recommendation systems.
  • Mentor and develop UX designers and researchers.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and business leaders.
  • Present UX strategies, research findings, and design recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Drive alignment between customer needs, business goals, and technology solutions.
  • Define UX success metrics and KPIs.
  • Utilize analytics and user feedback to continuously improve experiences.
  • Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design principles.

Key Skills:

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in HCI, Design, Psychology, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in UX, Product Design, Service Design, or related disciplines.
  • 3+ years of experience leading UX teams or large-scale design initiatives.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end UX delivery and measurable business impact.
  • Expertise in Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, Service Design, and UX Research methodologies.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.
  • Experience designing AI-powered or data-driven digital products.
  • Understanding of Generative AI, Conversational AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Human-AI Interaction principles.
  • Experience designing chatbots, virtual assistants, copilots, recommendation engines, or intelligent workflows.
  • Knowledge of Responsible AI, explainability, transparency, and AI governance concepts.
  • Must know any one tool from the design and prototyping, analytics and insights, collaboration and delivery, and AI and emerging technologies categories.

Salary (Rate): undetermined

City: undetermined

Country: undetermined

Working Arrangements: remote

IR35 Status: undetermined

Seniority Level: undetermined

Industry: IT

Detailed Description From Employer:

UX Lead AI & Digital Experiences

Role Summary

We are seeking an experienced UX Lead to drive the strategy, design, and delivery of exceptional digital and AI-enabled user experiences. This role will lead UX initiatives across products and platforms, champion user-centered design, mentor design teams, and collaborate with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and business stakeholders to create intuitive, accessible, and impactful solutions.

The ideal candidate combines strong UX leadership, hands-on design expertise, customer empathy, and a solid understanding of emerging AI technologies and Human-AI Interaction principles.

Key Responsibilities

UX Strategy & Leadership

  • Define and drive UX vision, strategy, standards, and best practices.
  • Advocate for user-centered design across the organization.
  • Contribute to product roadmaps and digital transformation initiatives.
  • Lead UX governance, design reviews, and DesignOps activities.

User Research & Experience Design

  • Conduct and oversee user research, usability testing, and customer journey analysis.
  • Translate insights into personas, user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and design solutions.
  • Design intuitive, accessible, and scalable experiences across web, mobile, and enterprise platforms.
  • Ensure consistency through design systems and reusable design patterns.

AI Experience Design

  • Design AI-powered experiences including copilots, conversational interfaces, intelligent assistants, and recommendation systems.
  • Person must know AI tools which are used in UX designing process.

Team & Stakeholder Leadership

  • Mentor and develop UX designers and researchers.
  • Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and business leaders.
  • Present UX strategies, research findings, and design recommendations to senior stakeholders.
  • Drive alignment between customer needs, business goals, and technology solutions.

Experience Measurement & Optimization

  • Define UX success metrics and KPIs.
  • Utilize analytics and user feedback to continuously improve experiences.
  • Ensure compliance with accessibility standards (WCAG) and inclusive design principles.

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in HCI, Design, Psychology, Computer Science, or a related field.
  • 8+ years of experience in UX, Product Design, Service Design, or related disciplines.
  • 3+ years of experience leading UX teams or large-scale design initiatives.
  • Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end UX delivery and measurable business impact.
  • Expertise in Design Thinking, Human-Centered Design, Service Design, and UX Research methodologies.
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, stakeholder management, and leadership skills.

AI Experience

  • Experience designing AI-powered or data-driven digital products.
  • Understanding of Generative AI, Conversational AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and Human-AI Interaction principles.
  • Experience designing chatbots, virtual assistants, copilots, recommendation engines, or intelligent workflows.
  • Knowledge of Responsible AI, explainability, transparency, and AI governance concepts.

UX Tools & Technology Expertise Must know any one tool mentioned in the list below.

Design & Prototyping

  • Figma, FigJam
  • Axure RP
  • Adobe XD

Analytics & Insights

  • Google Analytics (GA4)
  • FullStory
  • Microsoft Clarity

Collaboration & Delivery

  • Jira
  • Confluence
  • Azure DevOps
  • Miro / Mural
  • Notion
  • Microsoft Teams / Slack

AI & Emerging Technologies

  • ChatGPT
  • Microsoft Copilot
  • Claude
  • Gemini
  • Perplexity
  • Figma AI / FigJam AI

AI Platforms (Preferred)

  • OpenAI
  • Azure OpenAI

Key Competencies

UX Leadership

  • User-Centered Design
  • Design Thinking
  • Service Design
  • Interaction Design
  • UX Research
  • Design Systems
  • Accessibility & Inclusive Design

Strategic & Business

  • Customer Experience Strategy

AI & Innovation

  • Human-AI Interaction Design
  • Conversational UX
  • Prompt Design & Evaluation
  • AI Explainability & Transparency
  • Responsible AI
  • AI Product Thinking

Success Measures

  • Improved customer satisfaction, usability, and accessibility scores.
  • Increased product adoption, engagement, and retention.
  • Successful implementation of UX standards and design systems.
  • Adoption and effectiveness of AI-powered features.
  • Positive stakeholder and customer feedback.
  • Growth of UX maturity and design capabilities across the organization.