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Lead UX Designer - Figma

Dataquad
7 - 10 Years
Bangalore

Posted on: 05/06/2026

Job Description

Job Description :


Key Responsibilities :


- Design leadership & mentorship : Lead, coach, and inspire junior and mid-level designers fostering a positive learning culture and raising the bar on craft and process.

- Strategic design thinking : Drive design strategy using Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) frameworks, translating user motivations into scalable, impactful product experiences.

- Cross-functional alignment : Act as the primary design voice in strategic discussions with product, data science, and engineering leadership.

- Design ops contribution : Help define and improve design processes, rituals, and documentation to scale team effectiveness.

- Full-stack design ownership : Take end-to-end design ownership, from initial concepts and wireframes to polished, developer-ready deliverables.

- Problem framing & hypothesis : Deeply understand problem statements, articulate design hypotheses, and collaborate with product and engineering to ensure business objectives are met.

- Rapid prototyping & validation : Define success metrics, prototype ideas quickly, and embed a test-and-learn culture across the team.

- Design system stewardship : Contribute meaningfully to evolving the Design System, ensuring consistency, scalability, and accessibility across the platform.

- Research collaboration : Partner with the research team to identify study areas, formulate research goals, facilitate usability tests, and synthesise insights into design decisions.

- HCI & design trends : Stay current with interaction design trends and apply cognitive principles to optimise Time-to-Task Completion.

Required Skills & Qualifications :

- Experience leading or mentoring designers in a collaborative studio or product team.

- Demonstrated ability to drive design strategy, not just execution.

- Comfort facilitating whiteboarding sessions, design critiques, and cross-functional workshops.

- 7- 10 years of hands-on UX/Product Design experience, with a strong portfolio of shipped B2B or SaaS products.

- Mastery of Figma including variables, auto-layout, components, and prototyping.

- Solid grasp of Information Architecture (IA), User Flow Mapping, Wireframing, and High-Fidelity Prototyping.

- Proven experience designing for enterprise/B2B, SaaS platforms, or complex data dashboards.

- Deep understanding of cognitive design principles : Hick's Law, Fitts's Law, and Gestalt psychology.

- Familiarity with Jobs-to-be-Done (JTBD) and other strategic UX frameworks.

- Experience with a broad range of user research and usability testing methodologies.

- Ability to work autonomously within an agile/scrum delivery environment.

- Strong communication skills can articulate and defend design rationale to non-design stakeholders.

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