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Our cloud software and AI-powered solutions reach thousands of agencies and brokers worldwide, setting the pace for what modern insurance can do.\nWe’re looking for a Lead UX Designer to join our UX team. This person will be designing complex, multi-step, high-volume workflows that insurance agents will use over and over. Success will result in removing time, friction, and errors. The Lead UX Designer will shape strategic direction for this major initiative, providing product vision and leadership to this critical initiative.\nWhat You’ll Do\nPlanning and Process\nDefines UX strategies and frameworks for multi-team initiatives.\nLeads planning sessions to align scope, timeline, and success metrics across disciplines.\nEnsures UX activities connect seamlessly to product and business roadmaps.\nUX Research\nShapes research agendas and ensures insights and tangible success metrics drive cross-product decisions.\nIntegrates data from multiple sources to inform strategic design direction.\nGuides research prioritization and alignment across teams or product lines.\nInformation Architecture\nCreates scalable IA frameworks and models that span multiple workflows and systems.\nAligns content structures and naming conventions across teams for consistency.\nValidates navigation frameworks through iterative testing and stakeholder review.\nInteraction Design\nDesigns system-level interaction models that unify patterns across products.\nLeads development of design frameworks that support reusable experiences.\nMentors peers in designing for scalability, accessibility, and maintainability.\nVisual Design\nDefines visual direction for complex experiences and ensures system alignment.\nShapes evolution of visual standards within the design system.\nDrives collaboration with engineering and marketing to maintain brand coherence.\nDeploying\nOversees design delivery and implementation planning across product teams.\nDefines and enforces standards for QA, design fidelity, and usability validation.\nCollaborates with engineering leads to improve handoff tools and processes.\nFacilitation\nFacilitates high-impact design workshops and cross-disciplinary planning sessions.\nNavigates competing priorities and builds alignment through structured discussion.\nMentors others in effective facilitation and decision-making practices.\nStorytelling\nDelivers compelling design narratives that shape vision and inspire action.\nTranslates design strategy into clear, audience-specific communication.\nCoaches teams in developing storytelling skills for stakeholder alignment.\nKey Performance Outcomes\nExecution: Defines and delivers UX strategies that align product vision with user needs and business goals.\nInsights: Applies research & design leadership across complex initiatives, resulting in depth of user understanding and accurate prioritization of highest impact unknowns, and highest business value opportunities. \nImpact: Ensures design consistency across large product areas through system-level thinking and coaching. Raises UX quality through formal and informal mentorship, critique, and design guidance.\nWhat We’re Looking For\nB2B complex interaction design experience, crafting multi-step, high-volume workflows.\n7+ years of experience in UX/product design, with at least 2 years in a leadership or strategic role.\nBachelor’s or advanced degree in Design, HCI, or a related discipline - or equivalent senior experience.\nProven success leading large-scale design efforts with measurable business and user impact.\nStrong portfolio demonstrating design leadership across complex, shipped digital products.\nDeep experience with user research, design systems, and interaction models.\nExpert-level skills in design and collaboration tools (Figma, Miro, etc.).\nComfortable navigating ambiguity and leading in environments with shifting priorities.\nMastery of UX design principles, systems thinking, interaction models, and product strategy alignment.\nExceptional facilitation and communication skills; able to influence senior stakeholders and guide decision-making.\nDeep understanding of research methodologies and their strategic application.\nAbility to coach designers through complex problem spaces and grow team capability.\nExperience working across multiple product domains or platforms.\nKnowledge of technical constraints and development workflows; collaborates effectively with engineering.\nExperience working across multiple product domains and stakeholder groups.\nBonus points if you also have:\nVisionary thinking with the ability to drive long-term design impact while delivering in the short term.\nTalent shows up in a lot of different ways, and we mean that. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experience levels, including military members and their spouses and those without a traditional degree or tech background. If this role speaks to you, apply.\nWhy You’ll Like Working on Team Applied\nThe best work happens when smart people move fast, together. For over 40+ years, Applied has built technology that solves real problems for insurance professionals - and we’re still pushing what’s possible.\nYou’ll be part of our people-first culture built on trust, inclusion, and growth - where you’re supported to deliver, collaborate with teammates who care, and grow with leaders invested in your success.\nHow We’ll Support You\nWe invest in the whole person, not just the role. 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