Are you looking to do your life’s work and excel at something you're passionate about? At Assent Compliance we understand that opportunities are all around us, everyday, in some of the most unique scenarios. Finding the one that excites and interests you is something we take very seriously. Enabling our staff to be inspired by one another and building a team of like minded individuals who remain smart, curious and passionate is in our mission and Assent DNA. We believe in working hard, staying humble and letting our success do all the talking. Welcome to an opportunity that will give you the pathway to do your life's work in a meaningful way, with supported growth and the encouragement to inspire, and be inspired, by those around you on a daily basis.
As a critical member of the product design team, you understand why and how a user-centred design approach transforms a business. Your character hinges on analytical yet creative thinking. You are obsessed with creating accessible, usable, world-class customer experiences. Working in close partnership with other technical leaders and stakeholders, you will apply your deep technical expertise, analysis and interpretation of consumer habits to develop a roadmap that fits current needs while also fueling business goals and future innovation. Your role will promote cohesion across all product teams and elevate design's strategic value through execution excellence and exceptional cross-functional relationships.
This role is open to candidates within Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and Waterloo. Other locations may also be considered.
You’ll have the opportunity to:
- As a senior technology leader, maintain a deep understanding of business needs and strategy, user and customer needs, technological challenges, and competitive forces, as well as the opportunities presented by existing and emerging technologies to provide UX technical leadership to the product organization;
- Champion the Assent UX roadmap, and synthesize the product design team's vision to deliver exceptional user experiences;
- Communicate, document, and foster a deep understanding of UX architectural direction, including trade-off decisions, core principles and patterns, and other essential rationales;
- Champion and communicate UX technical direction to key stakeholders, including executive leadership;
- Cultivate strong cross-departmental engagement and partnerships to identify, define and champion how the end-user will interact with our products;
- Leverage user insights, information architecture, interaction design, and content strategy, and communicate how those factors will influence the design processes and outcomes to Assent teams;
- Specify UX requirements for current and future products by conducting market research supported by active and ongoing outreach and engagement with current and prospective customers;
- Understand and communicate UX and technical dependencies and constraints across teams;
- Together with the Manager, Product Design, ensure the success of product releases through proper prioritization, efficient design processes, and strong integration within our product development lifecycle;
- Foster a culture of excellence through mentorship, articulating best practices, communicating concepts, and providing a path forward for adoption by the Product Design and Development team;
- Work with like-minded individuals;
- Be given the opportunity to make an impact on how we work and collaborate internally;
- Be a key component on how Assent grows as a company and thought leader in the space of global compliance.
Does this sound like you:
- Bachelor's degree required in related technical discipline;
- At least 10 years of progressive experience in UX design, developer or related roles;
- Proven track record in building large, global Enterprise-Level SaaS UX solutions at scale;
- Strong Agile development background;
- Demonstrated excellence in product design/research and a solid execution of user-centric design processes;
- Demonstrated experience with usability principles and techniques and is skilled using UX tools for the various stages of development—wireframing and prototyping, user research and testing, organizing information, and analytics and metrics;
- Good business sense and judgment: A clear business thinker with analytical strength, a quick grasp of the important elements, and a decisive approach;
- A passion for uplifting and working closely with those around you;
- Excellent verbal and visual communicator with a keen ability to convey complex ideas and drive deep understanding among various audiences;
- A solid team player who is a consensus builder and can relate to people in all roles, at all levels;
- Desire to apply design thinking to solve complex problems;
- Deeply curious—continuously learning about emerging technologies and approaches.
How does this benefit you?
At Assent, our goal is to provide more value to our employees than we capture ourselves. As the leading global compliance software provider, we continue to offer an ambitious, fast-paced and welcoming work environment allowing our staff to thrive in all areas of their personal and career development.
In addition to a competitive salary, a benefits plan that starts the same day you do, and an optional on-site work location (in Ottawa), you can expect to:
- Love what you do as part of a supportive team with a supportive and welcoming work culture
- Advance your career in a position with high growth potential
- Choose how you work best in a flexible work environment
- Help create positive change by being part of a sustainable work environment with lots of opportunities to help the community through our charitable work
At Assent, your contribution and presence has purpose. Our team continues to challenge each other everyday so we can grow and learn together;we dig deep to build a culture of innovation, support and high performance for our people and our clients.
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