Job Description
You love solving problems by creating powerful, beautiful, and intuitive digital products. You design for outcomes with a proven track record of creating complex software products at scale in challenging client-facing environments.
You've mastered the methodologies, tools and level of craftsmanship needed to strategize and design powerful solutions that solve both business and user objectives. You understand how to apply design thinking to turn ambiguity into detailed design strategy and product vision.
As a member of Devbridge, you will have the opportunity to work on some of the most complex challenges in software development today. You will be part of a growing team of Product Managers and Engineers creating world-class digital products for some of the largest companies in the world.
Responsibilities
Contribute design leadership on strategic, large-scale client engagements
Identify opportunities for new workstreams and solutions within current engagements
Contribute to the growth of the Product Design practice:
Participate in the interview process and orientation of Product Design candidates/new hires
Coach, mentor, and train Product Designers on best practices
Contribute to design thought leadership through opportunities for continued learning, publishing articles and leading trainings
Drive results for all aspects of digital product design for our clients from leading product vision through ongoing production design
Solution design
Own and lead design strategy for your engagements incorporating timeline, budget, goals, delivery complexities and that enables you and the team to produce designs for delivery, following best asset creation and management practices
Identify areas of meaningful measurement on your design engagements supported by research efforts you will lead
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
Lead design reviews with client stakeholders
Consulting
Run requirements gathering workshops with strategic clients
Advise clients on product direction and work directly with delivery teams on technical options
Assemble end-to-end design strategy plans including timing, activities, and business outputs
Requirements
5+ years of product design experience
Ability to translate a client’s potentially ambiguous vision all the way through into detailed, technically sound product design
Ability to tailor communication and set expectations effectively to multiple audiences
Strong product design background with mastery of methodology, tools (i.e., Sketch, Figma), and techniques needed to drive business and human value
Experience designing end-to-end custom software solutions in a technology consulting environment
Lean requirements gathering and story mapping experience
Ability to pick up technical and business concepts quickly
Strong communication skills: visual, written and verbal
Excellent organizational, time management, prioritization, and project management skills
Demonstrated problem-solving experience for complex business challenges
Ability to lead by influence
Willingness to travel up to 30%
Bonus Points
Mentoring experience
Proven track record of expanding business on existing engagements
Working knowledge of Miro
Working knowledge of analytics tools such as FullStory or Mixpanel
Benefits
A quickly scaling international company with a variety of challenging and compelling projects
Growth opportunities in a matrixed management environment
Opportunities for professional development such as conferences, seminars and educational courses
Competitive salary and performance-based bonuses
Health, dental, and vision insurance
Four weeks paid vacation plus standard Canadian holidays
Maternity/Paternity benefit
Flexible health and wellness benefit
Opportunities for professional development such as conferences, seminars, and educational courses
Team building events, Friday lunches, and stocked kitchen
Employee referral bonus program
This position is based in Toronto. We expect this position to be fully remote until it is deemed safe to return to the office on a regular basis, as indicated by provincial health & safety guidelines. At that time, we will shift to a 3 days per week in-office/2 days per week remote working set-up.
Devbridge is committed to providing equal employment opportunities available to all. We believe that diversity, equity, and inclusion are critical to our success as a company, and seek to recruit, develop, and retain the most qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.