Director of UX

Description

As the leader of User Experience & Design at Veson Nautical you will play a critical role in defining and delivering a world-class user experience to users of our products. The work of your team will impact thousands of users that are using our products to run their business worldwide.

Responsibilities

• Establish frameworks, principles, and passions within Veson that lay groundwork for unparalleled user experience in our solutions
• Work Closely with Product Managers and Engineers to ensure that our users can execute complex workflows in the most efficient manner
• Establish patterns and processes within the product offering that ensure users across multiple roles have a consistent and purposeful experience
• Engage with your users to gather feedback and validate future concepts that are being introduced to our platform
• Leverage data paired with direct user feedback to plan improvements to workflow, interaction with our company, and overall product aesthetic
• Mentor team members to evangelize design thinking throughout the company
• Manage a team of designers with vary experience levels

Qualifications

Education and Experience Requirements

• Experience leading and building a User Experience and Design team that has stakeholders that are globally distributed is required
• Familiarity with Agile development methodologies and the role that the User Experience & Design team plays within the software development lifecycle
• History of successfully deploying User Experience and Design testing methodologies to validate small and large-scale changes
• Previous experience building and deploying an enterprise level design System and process

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities Requirements

• Hands-on creative and systems thinker with strong UX/UI/IA design expertise
• A proven track record that demonstrates an ability to spread design thinking throughout an organization
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and Javascript
• Emphasizes and enables use of data to drive decisions and direction
• Excels at working in a fast-paced entrepreneurial environment
• Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively across all departments within the organization
• Ability to prioritize and align team and processes to prioritized initiatives
• Pragmatism and the ability to lead complex projects is required
• Must have a player/coach hands-on approach to work

About Veson Nautical

We are a team of multi-cultural, multi-disciplined professionals that are dedicated to making our clients successful and charting a new, innovative course for the commercial marine industry. Veson Nautical employs a staff of extremely capable creators and innovators all focused on meeting the goals of our clients. We invest extensively in employee development and experience to maintain focus and enthusiasm. The Veson Nautical team is made up of a dynamic blend of engineers, artists, sailors, teachers, brokers, bankers, traders, consultants, and customer service experts.

Veson Nautical is a successful, rapidly growing global software company. Our clients are the world’s leading commercial maritime owners, operators and commodity trading companies. Veson’s solutions enable our clients to identify new opportunities and proactively manage their business to make more profitable decisions. With offices in Singapore, Tokyo, London, Houston and headquarters in Boston, USA, Veson Nautical is a dynamic organization with a committed team of professionals. Dedicated to ensuring the highest levels of client satisfaction, Veson Nautical brings decades of experience, technical knowledge, enthusiasm and commitment to clients around the world. The combination of exceptional market growth and leading market position make this a superb opportunity for the right candidate.

Veson Nautical Offers 

• Competitive compensation
• Four weeks’ vacation to start plus 10 holidays
• Generous health, dental, life, and disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Plan + $250 employer contribution
• 401K + 4% employer match
• Transportation subsidy
• Friendly, informal work environment
• New Office in Boston’s Seaport District