Product Designer; RD

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Description:

UDS Enterprise securely deploys and manages mission applications at enterprise scale, supporting hundreds to thousands of concurrent users across multiple cloud service providers and on-prem data centers. This designer’s first focus will be helping mission users discover approved tools and request access through a clear self-service workspace. Over time, the role will encompass the full workflow around enterprise software deployments, including the SREs and administrators who configure available tools and manage access.

This role is ideal for a product designer who can make complex software delivery and administration feel approachable, guided, and low-risk for users who may not be deep Kubernetes or SaaS administration experts, while still preserving the control, security, and technical accuracy large organizations require. You will partner closely with product managers, engineers, designers, and customer-facing teams to create an integrated UDS experience across the software delivery lifecycle.

The listed responsibilities are not exhaustive and additional responsibilities may be assigned based on the evolving needs of the organization. We are seeking a dynamic individual who can adapt and take on new responsibilities as they arise.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to conceptualize, prototype, test, and refine user-centered solutions for UDS Enterprise, translating concepts into user-friendly designs that align with our brand and business objectives.
• Conduct comprehensive UX research and following UX testing methodologies to gather user feedback, identify pain points, and iterate on design solutions.
• Help define early product concepts, flesh out the high-level workflow and micro-interactions, and execute on an effective visual design for enterprise experience
• Cultivate empathy for end-users across product teams & stakeholders by creating and maintaining user personas for enterprise users.
• Collaborate with developers to design and build an intuitive enterprise experience that helps scale mission value and success.
• Create, collaborate, and iterate on user flows, user personas, user roles, user journeys, and other UX/UI design artifacts.
• Plan iterative UI design improvements that improve the enterprise user experience.
• Develop a deep understanding of disconnected operations, classification boundaries, and DoD operational constraints.
• Document UI solutions and contribute to the team’s shared component library.
• Work closely with other product teams and designers to ensure seamless cross-product integration with other UDS platform tools.
• Develop a working understanding of UDS, Dev Sec Ops , IDAM, and the constraints of highly regulated environments.

Portfolio Requirement:
Candidates must demonstrate proven product design experience for enterprise software, ideally with examples that include:

Complex enterprise workflows with multiple user roles, organizations, tenants, catalogs, or work spaces.

Self-service product experiences where users request access to resources/tools.

Simplified complex workflows without hiding important constraints from users.

Systems thinking across workflows, not just isolated screens.

Core Design Capabilities

• 3-5 years of product design experience, with at least 1-2 years designing enterprise software or complex B2B SaaS products.
• Experience designing products that support enterprise self-service, multi-tenancy, centrally managed administration, or organization-level governance.
• Solid proficiency across systems design, UX/interaction design, and visual design.
• Proficiency in Figma, including component libraries,…