Job details
Job type full-time
Full job description
Minimum qualifications
10 years of experience designing and/or building ux solutions for software, web applications and/or mobile native apps
5 years of experience mentoring other design and/or engineering professionals
Bachelor`s degree in user experience, interaction design, communication design, information architecture, psychology, human-computer interaction, human factors, computer science, computer information systems, other related field or equivalent work experience
Experience building, launching and maintaining enterprise design systems
Demonstrated ability with recruiting, hiring and retaining multidisciplinary design teams
Demonstrated ability leading designers and/or engineers, with a proven track record of building and managing strong, effective design teams
Demonstrated ability in creating designs that create a competitive advantage and measure the effectiveness of designs with end users
Demonstrated ability in working with a variety of design tools such as adobe xd, figma, axure, invision and sketch
Demonstrated ability with html, css, and javascript
Demonstrated ability to design digital products, services and experiences for effective and efficient human use
Demonstrated ability in influencing product direction through a deep understanding of user needs and usability
Demonstrated ability in collaborating with multiple disciplines, such as product, engineering and data analysis
Advanced knowledge of the end-to-end iterative product design process, including how to use wireframing, prototyping, user testing and high-fidelity visuals to communicate design intent
Demonstrated knowledge of the software development lifecycle, including planning, architectural design, development, testing and deployment
Demonstrated ability in best practices, key findings and evidence-based rationalization of ux design decisions
Knowledge of balancing human behaviors, technology capabilities and business needs to deliver measurable design solutions
Preferred qualifications
Master`s degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, psychology, sociology, ux, human factors or related field
Job summary
The director of design systems defines the vision for leading and growing a multidisciplinary design and engineering teamThis team delivers a frictionless design system that helps product teams to build beautiful, cohesive, and seamless experiences across our rocket ecosystemThe director of design systems provides direction and guidance for their team`s overall growth and output and partners with cross-functional leaders to drive strategyThey build a strong design practice and influence product and business strategy while driving the quality of the experience.
Responsibilities
Lead a design and engineering team consisting of defining and measuring design strategies that deliver value to our internal teams and clients, helping to achieve business outcomes and accelerate growth
Champion creating a differentiated and competitive client experience by using storytelling and persuasion to connect strategy and vision to business-as-usual work
Drive quality and user-centric experiences and guide the team to develop best practices
Develop an emerging understanding of customer problems, broader organizational context and goals and take the initiative in identifying problems and opportunities to improve the product
Develop and measure key performance indicators that benchmark and track performance and measure our solutions
Hire and retain top user experience design and engineering talent by driving career development and performance and delivering regular feedback and coaching
Collaborate iteratively to deliver highly innovative solutions and drive adoption across our product teams
Oversee and guide the team to work through roadblocks and collaborate with other teams
Measure value to the client by directing priorities and that identify client needs, met and unmet by current digital products
Develop highly innovative solutions and recommend to executive leadership for prioritization
Investigate, evaluate and recommend new and emerging user experience design and usability techniques, technologies and process improvement methodologies
Presents team best practices, case studies and success stories both internally and externally
Who we are
Detroit-based rocket companies® is a family of businesses providing simple, fast and trusted digital solutions for complex transactionsThe name comes from our flagship business, rocket mortgage®, which was founded in 1985Today, we`re a publicly traded company involved in several different industries, including mortgages, fintech, real estate, automotive and moreWe`re insistently different in how we look at the world and committed to an inclusive workplace where every voice is heardWe`re passionate about the work we do, and it showsWe`ve been ranked #5 on fortune`s list of the 100 best companies to work for in 2021, as well as ranking #1 for fortune`s best large workplaces in financial services and insurance list in 2021.
Disclaimer
This is an outline of the primary responsibilities of this positionAs with everything in life, things changeThe tasks and responsibilities can be changed, added to, removed, amended, deleted and modified at any time by the leadership group.
We are proud equal opportunity employers and committed to providing an inclusive environment based on mutual respect for all candidates and team membersEmployment decisions, including hiring decisions, are not based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, military or veteran status or any other characteristic protected by state or federal lawWe also provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with state and federal law.
