JOB DESCRIPTION

About the role

We are looking for a Lead Product UX Designer to join our team and help us create innovative and user-friendly products. As a Lead Product UX Designer, you will be responsible for the entire design process, from user research and ideation to prototyping and testing. You will be part of the core product design team and will work closely with Product Managers, UX researchers, Product Analytics, Content Strategy and Leadership to ensure that our products meet the needs of our users. You will be responsible for mentoring Juniors in the team.  

What role you would play, as part of the design organization? 

• As a Lead Product UX designer, you will be the custodian of design for experiences delivered to millions of Glance users. We work like a start-up and have bold bets on where the direction of experience is headed. We execute fast, run tons of experiments but at the same time don’t lose sight of the vision. We expect you to have a strong bias for action but also the ability to take a step back and see the big picture. 
• We expect to think user first, while balancing the needs of the business. You will provide the right platform to bring the voice of customers front and centre to play a key role in shaping the product experience. Using research strategy and analytics, you will not only identify customer needs & challenges, but also drive customer centricity amongst your key partners in product, technology and business.  
• You will identify, plan and strategize research efforts as appropriate to meet product & business goals. You will work closely with the user research function to ensure research execution is in-line with the defined objective.
• You will lead and mentor a team of junior designers and steer them through the structure you will establish to deliver success for the business as intended in your design strategy. 
• You should have a deep understanding of the experience paradigms for mobile platforms.
• You should be able to work through the length & breadth of product design with ease. While you majorly focus on the design strategy & structure in terms of processes and systems, you will also remain hands-on in IxD, Visual, Motion design and prototyping. The design output you will deliver while being hands-on will set an high bar for the junior designers. You are a strategic thinker and at the same time execute with great attention to detail and craftsmanship.  
• While you inspire the team with the greatness in experiences you will design, you will also communicate the value-first user centred experience efforts through clear and measurable means.    
• You will evangelise the design efforts internally to the wider organisation. At appropriate opportunities you will also evangelise the design for Glance in external forums and design conferences. 

What do we expect from you?  

• Experience: A minimum of 7 years of experience in UX/product design is a must.
• Ideally, you would be someone who has demonstrated experience of majorly working on consumer-facing problems at scale. 
• Must have a portfolio of experiences that are currently in use by the intended users at scale. 
• Having a Bachelors, Masters or post-graduate degree in visual communication, product design, industrial design or information & Interface design or Human-computer interaction is a plus. 
• Having an expert level skill in interaction, visual, motion design and prototyping is a must. Also, it’s is expected to have strong expertise in design thinking and user research. 
• We highly welcome experimental mindset and hence you should be able to demonstrate wide use of tools and processes that best helped you ship high-quality experiences at scale and pace.  
• We are dreamers and looking for folks who aren’t afraid to dream big and create bigger.
• Must have a thorough understanding and past experiences of having worked for android based app experiences. 
• Having experience of mentoring and leading a small team of designers is a plus. 
• Excellent collaboration, communication and presentational skills to ensure you establish a shared understanding of your approach and your thinking process with your stakeholders. 
• Enjoy a fast-paced high-energy environment, where the only thing constant is change.