SummaryAs a Staff User Experience (UX) Designer for Governance, Risk, and Compliance solutions at Workiva, you will be responsible for designing SOX and audit products and solutions. But what is that? SOX is a regulatory framework that sets standards for financial reporting, while audit products are software tools that help organizations comply with SOX requirements by facilitating efficient and effective internal control monitoring and auditing processes. You’ll be designing products that drive efficiency for internal auditors. Your role will involve creating robust artifacts and driving the user experience across a defined area of the Workiva platform. You will take the lead on high-impact challenges that ultimately delight our customers. Your expertise in leading product discovery will help you transform ambiguous opportunities into innovative experiences that solve deeper user needs. In addition, you will coordinate the work of other UX designers and product managers related to your product area and make critical group-level design decisions. You should be able to effectively communicate the vision across teams and with upper management to execute and ensure efficient, effective, and aligned product goals. What You’ll Do:Ensure intuitive user experiences across a defined product area, driving innovation, and delighting customersPartner with research to lead customer interviews and testing to synthesize into design constraints and ideasFacilitate empathy building activities, ideation, and design critique. Look past obvious solutions to solve deeper problemsCraft vision and evangelize to stakeholdersPrototyping and testing are core to your design process, iteratively progressing toward the desired business and user outcomesDrive planning for cross-product, multi-team, multi-designer projectsProactively partner with engineering across multiple product areas to drive product qualityEnsure success metrics are defined and revisited after deployment in order to iterate on delivered solutionsWork closely with Principal UXD to define a strategy and direction across all of GRCProvide consistency in experience and quality across multiple solutionsBuild strong connections and accuracy between the projects and the OKRsWhat You'll Need: Minimum qualifications:6+ years of professional UX experience, shipping multiple successful productsUndergraduate Degree or equivalent combination of education and experience in a related fieldRelated degree fields include Design, Human Computer Interaction, User Experience Design, Software Engineering, Psychology, and Technical CommunicationPortfolio demonstrating a strong design process is requiredPreferred qualifications: Show large and complex work where significant UX improvements were reimaginedExperience leading alongside engineering and product management in a Lean UX / Agile software development environmentPassion for making high-quality, user-centered products and a demonstrable portfolio to prove business and user outcomes.Experience directing and mentoring other designersExpert-level, user-centered design skills and systems thinkingStrong analytical and problem solving skillsExceptional interpersonal, presentation, and communication skillsInnovative thinking, empathy, and a desire to continuously learn and evolveExcellent influential skills when collaborating with multiple teams and stakeholdersSolid with design and prototyping tools such as Figma, XD, Sketch, InVision, etcAbility to create and maintain working relationships with a geographically distributed teamTravel RequirementTravel is expected up to 25% to participate in customer research or collaborate in other office locations (depending on project assignment)Working Conditions & Physical RequirementsReliable internet access for any period of time working remotely, not in a Workiva officeHow You’ll Be Rewarded:Salary range in the US: $120,000.00 - $204,000.00A discretionary bonus typically paid annuallyRestricted Stock Units granted at time of hire401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits packageThe salary range represents the low and high end of the salary range for this job in the US. Minimums and maximums may vary based on location. The actual salary offer will carefully consider a wide range of factors, including your skills, qualifications, experience and other relevant factors.Where You’ll WorkOur values drive how we work and who we hire. You will see these values ingrained in how we support our customers, work with team members, build our products and in the work environment we’ve created.We believe our people are our greatest asset, and our unique culture gives employees the opportunity to make an impact everyday. We give our employees the freedom and resources they need—backed by our culture of collaboration and diverse thought—to continue innovating and breaking new ground. We hire talented people with a wide range of skills and experiences who are eager to tackle some of today’s most challenging problems.At Workiva, you’ll enjoy: Fantastic Benefits: With coverage starting day one, choose from competitive health, dental, and vision plans on the largest physician networks available.Casual Dress: Workiva has a casual work environment, most people wear jeans to the office.Involvement: Ability to participate in Business Employee Resource Groups (Black, Hispanic, Asian, Women, Rainbow (LGBTQIA+), Veterans, Disabilities), Volunteering, Company wide celebrations, and moreWork-life Balance: We have competitive PTO, VTO and Parental Leave. We encourage employees to spend time enjoying life outside of work. Learn more about life at Workiva: https://www.linkedin.com/company/workiva/Learn more about benefits: https://www.workiva.com/careers/benefits Workiva is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. We believe that great minds think differently. We value diversity of backgrounds, beliefs, and interests, and we recognize diversity as an important source of intellectual thought, varied perspective, and innovation. Employment decisions are made without regard to age, race, creed, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, disability status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression genetic information, marital status, citizenship status or any other protected characteristic. We strongly encourage and welcome people from historically marginalized groups to apply.Workiva is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with disabilities. To request assistance with the application process, please email talentacquisition@workiva.com. Workiva supports employees in working where they work best - either from an office or remotely from any location within their country of employment.#LI-LP1
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