Lead UX Designer, Smart Home Ecosystem

Job Description

Our mission is to redefine the home experience with tech and services to create a smarter, greener, safer home that saves our customers money every month.

Lead UX Designer

Goal:

Hire top tier talent to partner with the SHE leadership and lead design and user experience on the vertical. The goal is to have a player/coach who is involved in helping drive the vertical strategy, ensure user value is created, manage designers, and participate in IC work

Top responsibilities:

Partners with SHE leadership to influence product strategy. --- Represent the voice of the customer within Vivint's Smart Home Ecosystem team as the team does research, defines, develops, and maintains products and experiences that keep people safe and comfortable in and around their homes. You will partner with product, technical, and program leadership to bring these experiences to life.

Participates in and drives Discovery for current and future products. --- A successful UX Lead will ensure value is clearly identified as the team explores solutions within the Smart Home space. They will also advocate for that consumer value throughout the entire development process. The UX Lead will have several areas of support throughout the discovery process, but it is expected that they lead out and set the culture for an always-learning mindset.

Identifies problems, ideates on solutions, and delivers world class end-to-end experience designs. A successful Lead UX designer does not just grind out UI. The Lead UX designer is passionately invested in solving the right problems in the most valuable way. The Lead designer delivers experience designs that provide user value, business value, and are technically feasible.

Helps up-level design within the vertical. -- A successful UX Lead will be an advocate for user experience in all venues, including among the development team and stakeholders. This person knows the value that design brings and can articulate that value to others.

Additional responsibilities include

• Lead UX on multiple projects
• Ensure all projects within the Smart Home Ecosystem come together to create a unified and valuable consumer experience
• Lead and mentor other UX developers within the Smart Home Ecosystem team. Help those on your team to elevate their design skills and progress their careers within the company
• Own and ensure consumer value across the complete development process
• Coordinate with UX Leads from other teams to provide and receive feedback, ensure consistency, and promote a resilient design culture

Previous experience / qualifications

• Proven, successful development of digital and physical products on the market.
• Proven ability to partner with Product and Engineering leaders & peers to deliver great experiences.
• Extensive experience in discovery and research.

Learn about the Vivint Culture and why it's a great place to grow your career!

Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about:

• Free daily lunch and drinks on site
• Paid holidays and flexible paid time away
• Employee/Friends/Family Discounts
• Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables
• Medical/dental/vision/life coverage & 24/7 Medical Hotline
• 401(k) + Employer Match
• Employee Resource Groups

WORKING CONDITIONS:
This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

SAFETY:
Vivint enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe working environment. Each new employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. Additionally, the employee must accept they have responsibility for maintaining the safety of themselves, their co-workers, and the public. Employee must adhere to all written and verbal instructions, promptly report and correct all hazards or unsafe conditions, question non-standard operations or unmitigated hazards, and provide feedback to management on all safety issues.

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