Principal User Experience Designer

The Principal UX Designer will lead UX Designers in order to make strategic and tactical UX decisions related to design and usability as well as features and functions. The best candidate will possess outstanding creativity, a highly detailed nature, and the ability to quickly learn complex concepts in order to define and solve challenging user interface problems. They will be a dynamic design leader.

• Devise interaction strategies for cross-platform digital experiences in sync with user goals and clients’ business goals.
• Develop high-level navigation and structure, leads the design of wireframes or interactive prototypes, and content organization.
• Design journeys and experiences; effectively communicates such to all levels of stakeholders and designers.
• Facilitates internal team communication, drives coordination of design teams, and is a first-level escalation point for issues within teams.
• Present design solutions to senior stakeholders and/or customer representatives.
• Collaborate with other designers in multiple offices: help mentor juniors and support principles.
• Tirelessly advocate for the needs and goals of real users, as well as evangelizing (by word and action) the importance of UX as a core practice.
• Contribute to the definition of the overall goals of the UX team and Design System.
• Influence, share and collaborate early in the product strategy process, communicate design requirements during the feature definition process.
• Look for simpler, but better solutions to design problems.
• Proactively find opportunities to broaden UX reach within the company.
• Review concept designs across products for consistency/conflicts in patterns across hardware and software products.

• 10-15 Years of UX Design experience in a software or web development environment crafting web-based or SaaS applications.
• Expert understanding of the interactive Development Process - deep knowledge of experience planning, documenting, and leading interactive projects.
• Immersed in UX best practices, able to define procedural changes and drive toward the greatest efficiency.
• A Designer’s Eye – Must be able to translate complex concepts and interactions into visually coherent wireframes or prototypes.
• Projects a strong collaborative and consultative presence to conduct effective questioning and information-gathering engagements.
• Proven ability to innovate and design outstanding user experiences; must have a portfolio ready to share and present.
• Experience interviewing users and conducting guerrilla usability testing.
• Experience working with and defining a Design System.
• Experience working within Agile teams – Jira knowledge required.
• A background in quantitative graphical displays or scientific application design is a plus.

Education

• Bachelor's Degree in HCI or Graphic Design and/or relevant field of study or equivalent experience.

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.