Lead UX Designer; Hybrid

Position: Lead UX Designer (Hybrid)
Why Ryan?

Hybrid Work Options Award-Winning Culture Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
401K with Employer Match Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service Fertility Assistance Program Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service Ryan, LLC is a global leader in tax services and technology solutions, recognized consistently as one of the Best Places to Work by Fortune and Glassdoor. We help clients unlock capital, enabling growth, investment, and innovation.

The Role We’re seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape the future of our digital tax products. You’ll guide experience strategy, mentor designers, and collaborate with product and engineering to deliver intuitive, impactful user experiences. This is a hands-on leadership role that balances design craft with team guidance and is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution.

You will join a tight-knit team that values collaboration, curiosity, and pushing the boundaries of design.
* All candidates must include a digital portfolio or link in their application.
* How You’ll Contribute Lead Set  design direction and elevate standards across our digital products with a strategic mindset

Mentor and grow other designers, fostering innovation, curiosity, and continuous learning

Guide teams through ambiguity and drive toward clarity and alignment

Collaborate

Partner with Product and Engineering to define requirements, align on user needs, and shape product strategy

Champion our design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and long-term cohesion

Facilitate workshops and ideation sessions that unlock solutions and spark collaboration

Deliver

Conduct user research and translate insights into designs that drive measurable outcomes

Present and advocate for design decisions with stakeholders and clients, connecting them to business value

Move fast from concept to testable experience while matching artifact fidelity to needed speed and goal — wireframes, prototypes, user flows, IA, and more Produce polished, pixel-perfect UI deliverables that set a high visual bar and translate seamlessly into production-ready components

What We’re Looking ForExperience7–10 years of product/UX design, with end-to-end ownership of complex workflows

Proven ability to lead and mentor designers, raising the bar for team output

Financial, enterprise, Saas, or B2B background is a plus Demonstrated ability with AI tools and processes that accelerate design and research (e.g. Claude, Figma Make, Lovable etc.)Skills Innovator who can design and build rapidly using AI-powered tools, creating experiences built for an AI-enabled future

Strong portfolio showcasing both UI and UX, grounded in user-centered and data-informed design

Mastery of modern design tools like Figma and familiarity with research tools (e.g. Maze, Marvin)
Proficiency using AI-assisted tools to build and iterate on coded prototypes

Expertise utilizing design systems to deliver consistency across platforms

Mindset

Strategic thinker who can navigate ambiguity and drive toward clarity

Passion for revealing measurable outcomes and connecting design impact to business value

Collaborative and approachable, proactively creating changes alongside UX leaders to create a positive, encouraging team culture

Perks & Culture Unlimited PTO, robust 401(k) match, and comprehensive benefits

Growth opportunities within a collaborative, growing UX team Flexible work environment with ample opportunities for professional development

The Fine Print Locations preferred:
Dallas, TX or Burlington, MATo help new team…