Staff UX Designer

We are seeking a Staff UX Designer to lead our design execution for the Saviynt SaaS platform experience during this transformative age of AI. In this role, you will be responsible for creating design roadmaps that navigate complex business and technical requirements, turning them into clear, actionable paths forward.

You must think in non-linear terms, capturing interactions, edge-cases, and the various states of our user's experience, while owning the health and integrity of broad business themes. Beyond delivering user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes, you will align leadership on design direction to build a seamless experience. We are looking for an experienced designer who excels in an agile, high-velocity environment and is eager to explore new ideas that ensure our platform remains a pleasant, user-centric experience as we safely accelerate the deployment of AI.

WHAT YOU WILL BE DOING

AI Design Evangelism & Enablement: Champion an "AI-first" design culture by identifying, implementing, and maintaining cutting-edge generative tools

• Scalable Design Systems: Architect and evolve the Saviynt pattern library to empower non-designers across the company to generate on-brand, high-fidelity assets autonomously.
• A strong understanding of WCAG 2.1+ compliance, ARIA attributes, and screen-reader testable layouts.
• Technical Prototyping & Innovation: Act as a hands-on technical architect, using AI coding assistants and front-end proficiency (HTML/CSS) to build functional prototypes that push the boundaries of AI-driven UX.
• Strategic Agency & Ownership: Drive and own change across the organization, scoping across all efforts and maintaining responsibility for the health and vision of broad business themes.
• Change Catalyst & Architect: Anticipate shifts before they happen and create roadmaps out of high disorder to solve complex business problems.
• Outcome Owner: Spot needs outside of your immediate work, prioritizing for maximum impact and helping others pivot when transitions occur.
• Systemic Driver: Drive design patterns for the entire team, breaking large initiatives into parts for others and contributing to Saviynt's evolving pattern library.
• Orchestrator & Mentor: Actively mentor junior designers and manage contractor teams, overseeing technical quality across various workstreams and initiatives.
• Strategic Partner: Maintain high-level influence horizontally and vertically, aligning with Product Management, Engineering, and various stakeholders to fulfill the product vision.
• Design Excellence: Cultivate a holistic understanding of the SaaS platform to produce user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and final pixel-perfect deliverables.
• Quality Assurance: QA work post-UI development for visual and interactive perfection, providing detailed feedback to developers for revisions.

WHAT YOU BRING

AI-First Culture Experience: Proven experience working within an AI-first design environment, with a deep fascination for the technology and a track record of using LLMs and Generative AI to solve complex architectural problems.

• Technical Implementation & Tooling: Highly technical mindset with the ability to set up, maintain, and train the company on AI design tools that allow any department to generate on-brand designs independently.
• Design Democratization: Experience in building scalable systems and workflows that empower the broader organization to utilize AI tools while maintaining high UX standards and brand integrity.
• Experience: Minimum of 8+ years of experience in a web-based, product-centric company, with a proven background in SaaS products.
• Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction Design, or a related product design field.
• Leadership Milestones: Proven track record of driving and owning large-scale initiatives from concept to delivery, with the ability to section work for others and manage contractor teams.
• Strategic Ownership: Experience acting as an Outcome Owner, prioritizing for impact across a broad business theme and helping teams find clarity during transitions.
• Complex Problem Solving: Strong capability to understand complex data structures and provide design options on diverse hierarchies.
• Collaborative Style: A low-ego, highly collaborative approach, with success dependent on being self-motivated, organized, and open to rigorous feedback and peer-critique.
• Technical Design Proficiency:
• Mastery of creating wireframes and interactive prototypes
• Proficiency in thinking in non-linear terms to capture complex interactions, edge-cases, and various user states.
• Experience with HTML and CSS for front-end prototyping to ensure technical feasibility.
• Domain Expertise: Knowledge of Identity and Access Management (IAM) or the Cybersecurity domain is a significant advantage.
• Research & Iteration: Experience with user research and data collection to guide design, with an emphasis on user testing and rapid iteration in an agile environment.
• Portfolio: A customer-centric portfolio representing your design process from initial concept to final deliverables, demonstrating deep problem-solving, user focus, and execution excellence.