Senior UX Designer

About Keelvar

Leading a New Category of Strategic Sourcing Solution.

Keelvar is an award-winning software vendor, optimizing over $100bn+ dollars in spend annually.

Keelvar unlocks value and win-win outcomes with Sourcing Optimizer. Rich and flexible bidding processes, early and accurate error detection in data collection permit buyers to see more. Flexible scenario analysis to assess trade-offs between cost and non-cost goals such as speed of supply, robustness of a supply chain, selective switching from incumbents then enables win-win discovery.

Keelvar is taking things to the next level with Sourcing Automation for repeatable excellence, agility and speed. Procurement teams can automate sourcing processes and leverage intelligent systems to automate triggering of sourcing events and execution of the bid events using Autopilot. This is a new architectural construct with deep foundations for normalized data storage, Machine Learning, Bot Skills and asynchronous infrastructure for scale.

Position

As a Senior UX Designer at Keelvar, you will play a key role in the ongoing development of our industry-leading software solution. Keelvar set the standard for usability in sourcing software and we are ambitious in our pursuit of excellent user experience in our existing products and future developments.

In this role, you will lead the discovery, design and delivery phase of the product development lifecycle. You will gain a deep understanding of our customers’ process and shape that understanding into a software solution.

You will:

• Take the lead in understanding our customer’s needs and goals
• Work closely with our customers to gather requirements
• Work in cross-functional teams to enhance existing product functionality and deliver new product features
• Guide and mentor other UX designers at Keelvar
• Contribute to our culture of continuous improvement by facilitating and participating in design reviews
• Develop user personas, customer journey maps, empathy maps to understand and communicate the user experience to the internal teams
• Develop user flows, wireframes and mockups
• Build rich, interactive prototypes
• Use data from user analytics tools to inform decision making processes

Your qualification

• Five or more years of UX design experience. Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex solutions
• Expertise in standard UX software such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD is a must. Basic HTML, CSS, and JavaScript skills are a plus 
• Extensive experience in using UX design best practices to design solutions
• A deep understanding of mobile-first and responsive design 
• Expert knowledge of user-centred design and design thinking
• A solid grasp of conducting user research, user testing, A/B testing, rapid prototyping, heuristic analysis and accessibility concerns
• Experience working with large enterprise customers 
• Exceptional communication skills, highly organized, collaborative and detail-oriented
• Empathetic, positive attitude with a desire to help our customers reach their goals
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate data into insights
• Preference will be given to candidates with a work portfolio available for review

What we offer

We are a well-treated bunch, with awesome benefits! If there’s something important to you that’s not on this list, talk to us!

• Competitive salary in a fast-growing start-up
• Peace of mind with life assurance 
• Open vacation policy and flexible holidays so you can take time off when you need it
• If you’re cycling, we’ve got you covered on the Cycle-to-Work Scheme
• Commuting is a breeze with a location that makes access hassle-free, and CIT/Leisureworld facilities on our doorstep
• MacBooks are our standard, but we’re happy to get you whatever equipment helps you get your job done

What about relocation?

• The role is based in Cork, Ireland, which is our first and largest office. Most of our product teams and leaders are located here, so you'll be able to collaborate with them closely
• If you're not living in Ireland, we'll offer generous relocation assistance for you, your family, and your pets
• If you can’t relocate and need to work remotely, come talk to us