Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer

The Senior Product Designer will be driving results for all aspects of digital product design for our clients from advising on product vision through ongoing production design.

Key Responsibilities

Solution Design

• Determine design strategy for your engagement that enables you to produce designs for delivery, following best asset creation and management practices.
• Identify risks and complexities in proposed designs and areas of meaningful measurement supported by research efforts you will run with support from design leadership.

Production Design

• Collaborate with globally distributed team members during agile sprint ceremonies to determine immediate and future design scope and delivery.
• Ensure technical feasibility and quality of your designs for engineering hand off, and alleviate design blockers with engineers throughout your project's iterative sprint cadence.
• Facilitate design reviews with client stakeholders.

Consulting

• Collaborate with Product Managers on running requirements gathering workshops with clients.
• Advise clients on product design direction and work directly with delivery teams on technical options.
• Contribute to the Product Design practice through knowledge sharing and consistent demonstration of leading design practices.

Essential Skills

• Proven experience creating research, UX and UI artifacts.
• Working knowledge of Figma.
• Ability to translate ambiguous problems into a detailed, technically sound design solution.
• Requirements gathering experience and demonstrated problem-solving experience for complex business challenges.
• Strong communication skills: visual, written and verbal.
• Agile methodology familiarity.
• Ability to pick up technical and business concepts quickly.
• Excellent organizational, time management, and prioritization skills.
• Ability to lead by influence.
• Willingness to travel to client sites and other company office locations as deemed necessary.

Benefits

• Opportunity to be part of a global organization.
• Encouraging working atmosphere, engaging activities, and extra benefits (e.g. additional medical insurance (covers gym subscription), team events, outreach activities, and others).
• Hybrid work model with remote work opportunities.
• Open, modern, and ergonomic work environment when working from the office with the multicultural community.
• Opportunity to grow professionally and personally (e.g. Udemy) and continuously develop within the domain.
• The salary range for this position is from 3500 EUR - 5800 EUR gross before taxes. The salary offer for the candidate is determined based on the predefined salary ranges for the position and depends on the level of competence and experience of the candidate.
• Cognizant, as a digital company, makes employee health and safety its top priority. With that in mind, we are implementing virtual hiring and work practices which means all interviews will be conducted online as well as live from the office.

What We Offer

• The chance to work with impact. Here, you're empowered to bring your biggest thinking to help our company and clients improve everyday life.
• Ownership over your career. Stay at the top of your game through our award-winning learning and development ecosystem. And when your ambitions change or we offer new opportunities, we help you pivot by providing reskilling, on-the-job learning and guidance to find new roles that might be a better fit.
• The opportunity to thrive on a high caliber team with heart. We celebrate each other's experiences and perspectives and promote a sense of belonging through our affinity groups and diversity and inclusion initiatives.
• A comprehensive total rewards package, including a competitive salary and pension plan with matching contributions.
• Flexible health and financial benefits to support you and your eligible dependents —from day one.
• True work-life balance. Be at your best through paid time off, flexible work arrangements, volunteering opportunities, social events, and so much more.

About Us

Cognizant is one of the world's leading professional services companies, transforming clients' business, operating, and technology models for the digital era. Our unique industry-based, consultative approach helps clients envision, build, and run more innovative and efficient businesses. Headquartered in the U.S., Cognizant (a member of the NASDAQ-100 and one of Forbes World's Best Employers 2024) is consistently listed among the most admired companies in the world. Learn how Cognizant helps clients lead with digital at www.cognizant.com.

Other Employment-Related Information

Cognizant is an equal opportunity employer. Your application and candidacy will not be considered based on race, color, sex, religion, creed, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by federal, provincial or local laws.

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Language requirements vary depending on roles, but we ask that all candidates have basic English proficiency for company-wide communications purposes. For roles based in Quebec, professional English proficiency is required, as you'll deliver services to and collaborate with stakeholders outside the province who may not speak French.