Senior Product Designer

Unissant•Herndon, VA

8d•Onsite

About The Position

Unissant, Inc. delivers innovative capabilities to the agencies that keep our nation healthy and safe. We apply our domain expertise, data acumen, and technology know-how to achieve breakthrough results for our clients. Working collaboratively, we advance missions and careers through a focus on honesty, integrity, and dependability. We continuously look for talent, excited to join that effort. To learn more about our exciting organization, please visit us at www.unissant.com. We are seeking a Senior Product Designer to join our team and support our client in Herndon, VA. The ideal candidate is a senior human-centered design practitioner who can take a complex, multi-party business process and turn it into a clear, accessible digital product. This position supports a Department of the Navy financial management training program as part of a small, senior delivery team working alongside a program manager, a full stack engineer, and a cloud solutions engineer. The work runs from discovery through delivery and covers stakeholder sessions, requirements and workflow definition, wireframes and interactive prototypes, design system ownership, accessibility conformance, and support to user acceptance testing.

Requirements

8 or more years of relevant experience in product design, user experience design, human-centered design, interaction design, visual design, or a related field.
Demonstrated experience designing web-based applications, workflow tools, portals, dashboards, enterprise systems, or other complex digital solutions.
Experience developing user flows, wireframes, prototypes, mockups, and implementation-ready design specifications.
Experience conducting user research, usability testing, heuristic evaluation, or design validation activities.
Working knowledge of modern user experience and design tools such as Figma, Miro, FigJam, Adobe XD, Sketch, or equivalent tools.
Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, analysts, developers, testers, and project managers in an iterative delivery environment.
Familiarity with accessibility practices, including Section 508 compliance principles.
Excellent verbal and written skills, ability to present proposals and performance data, comfortable interfacing all levels of organization.
Ability to write clear and concise creative content in a highly confidential manner.
United States citizenship is required.
An active Top Secret (TS) security clearance is required.

Nice To Haves

A bachelor's degree in a relevant discipline is preferred but not required.
Relevant certifications in user experience, human-centered design, accessibility, or agile delivery are preferred.

Responsibilities

Conduct discovery sessions with stakeholders and users to understand current processes, user needs, pain points, business rules, and desired future-state workflows.
Translate requirements into user journeys, process flows, information architecture, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and high-fidelity interface designs.
Design clear, easy-to-use experiences for data collection, workflow tracking, status visibility, review, approval, documentation, and reporting functions.
Collaborate with business analysts and software engineers to ensure designs are feasible, complete, and aligned with functional and technical requirements.
Conduct usability reviews and user feedback sessions, document findings, and refine designs based on results.
Apply accessibility and responsive design practices in accordance with applicable requirements.
Prepare design specifications, annotated mockups, and other handoff materials to support implementation and testing.
Support user acceptance testing, training materials, and iterative product improvement as needed.