Senior UX Designer

Trend

AI™, the global AI security leader and enterprise business unit of Trend Micro, empowers organizations with full AI visibility and consolidated security to inspire confidence, drive innovation, and eliminate risk. This hybrid role requires a minimum of three in‑office days per week in either Austin, Texas or Irving, Texas.

We are seeking an experienced UX Designer to evolve how our design organization works and how we build AI‑driven cybersecurity products. The role sits at the intersection of design craft, emerging technology, and organizational change. You will partner with UX leadership to introduce AI‑powered methods, tools, and workflows that elevate our team’s creativity, efficiency, and impact across a global design organization, while contributing directly to the design of AI‑based security experiences.

• Lead AI‑based design initiatives that enhance cybersecurity experiences and evolve how our design team works, partnering with UX leadership to integrate AI into processes, tools, and decision‑making.
• Advocate for design excellence and transformation, sharing best practices and helping others in the organization adopt new AI‑augmented ways of working.
• Experiment with AI‑assisted design methods from research and ideation to prototyping and validation to improve design efficiency and elevate creative output.
• Partner with product management and engineering to balance short‑term delivery needs with long‑term product goals, applying creative problem‑solving to produce high‑quality, research‑based design solutions.
• Foster a collaborative culture by working closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Scientists, and fellow Designers to align on goals, decisions, and outcomes.
• Communicate designs effectively through clear documentation, storytelling, and cross‑functional presentations.
• Contribute to the evolution of our design system and workflow, integrating AI tools that enhance collaboration, scalability, and consistency across the product ecosystem.

• Knowledge of the cybersecurity industry or IT management.
• Experience with design systems and platform design work.

• 5+ years in UX or Product Design, ideally within SaaS or IT platforms, designing for complex, data‑driven environments.
• Experience or strong curiosity in leveraging AI to enhance product experiences or streamline design workflows; familiarity with AI‑assisted tools such as LLMs or AI IDEs is a plus.
• Proficiency with Figma; familiarity with other prototyping tools (Sketch, Adobe XD, InVision) is a bonus.
• Strong analytical and creative problem‑solving skills, capable of balancing user needs, business goals, and technical constraints.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills in English; ability to present and explain design rationale to both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Mandarin proficiency is a plus.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to work in cross‑functional teams; also able to work independently.
• Experience working in agile or fast‑paced development environments, with strong time‑management skills and comfort iterating quickly.
• Deep understanding of user‑centered design, interaction design, and information architecture; capable of delivering product design solutions including user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and final designs.
• Bachelor’s degree (or higher) in UX Design, HCI, Product Design, or an equivalent practical background.
• Portfolio demonstrating high‑quality design work, including projects that show experimentation with AI, automation, or data‑driven design processes.

We offer comprehensive health benefits (medical, dental, vision), life insurance, short‑ and long‑term disability, mental‑health and wellness programs, pet insurance, 401(k) with company match, paid time off, annual holidays, tuition assistance, employee resource groups, competitive compensation with bonus opportunities, and support for work‑life balance.

Trend Micro does not sponsor applicants for U.S. work visa status for this role. Candidates must be authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for employment‑based visa sponsorship.

Trend Micro provides equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees and does not unlawfully discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, pregnancy, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, medical condition, family care leave status, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, or gender identity.