User Experience Designer - HP Inc.

At HP, our vision is a world where innovation drives extraordinary contributions to humanity. Our mission is to create technology that inspires ambitious and meaningful progress with the belief that one thoughtful idea has the power to change the world. Global Experience and Design (GxD) is a group of creative thinkers and doers. We are responsible for defining end-to-end human-centered experiences. We lead and facilitate the creative process to create amazing experiences for users at home, in the office and on the go. We believe that design is a scientific process that blends behavioral and emotional insight with creativity and business awareness to propose new narratives that unveil new value. At GxD, user experience is at the forefront of how we create intuitive, innovative, and beautiful product experiences that people love to use and welcome into their home or business. We strive to learn and understand our users' needs, behaviours, and emotions to yield insights that inform product strategy and guide the design of the experiences we create. We are seeking an experienced UX Holistic Lead to guide HP Print into the future through creative thought and brilliant experiences. In this unique opportunity, your contributions will help to shape HP's future and revolutionize an industry while touching millions of users every day. User Experience Design is the discipline of designing both digital and physical experience frameworks. These frameworks provide deep and relevant user-centered insights to drive meaningful experience maps that drive organizational alignment and kickstart physical and digital solutions. It's about putting the user at the center of every decision with insights that meet and exceed user requirements and expectations. The goal is to provide user-relevant experience by helping make the product and solutions fit into their life. **Responsibilities:** + Leads multiple project teams of other designers and internal and outsourced partners responsible for all stages of user experience design and development for a portfolio of complex products and platforms, including experience/information architecture, validation, and specifications. + Manages and expands relationships with internal and outsourced partners on user experience design and development. + Reviews and evaluates designs and project activities for compliance with user experience design and development guidelines and standards; provides tangible feedback to improve product quality and user experience. + Provides domain-specific expertise and overall user experience design leadership and perspective to cross-organization projects, programs, and activities. + Drives innovation and integration of new technologies and design language into projects and activities in the user experience design organization. + Leads a project team of other designers and internal and outsourced partners to drive innovation and integration of new technologies into projects and activities in the design organization. + Collaborates closely with partners in future product management and R&D to identify and solve problems and execute solutions. Fosters a spirit of collaboration not just within the immediate design team, but with the broader product development team as a whole. + Provides guidance and mentoring to less experienced staff members. **Education and Experience Required:** + Bachelor's or Master's degree in Business, Design, Human Factors Engineering, Social Sciences research, or equivalent. + Typically, 6-8 years of relevant experience. **Knowledge and Skills:** + Broad experience with application of design theories, principles, and concepts to a portfolio of multiple information technology and consumer products and services designs. + Strong visualization and generative design skills. + Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills. + Broad understanding and experience in designing and implementing research and data collection plans for user experience testing and acceptance. + Strong collaboration and partnership skills both up and down the organization, as well as across disciplines and functional groups. + Reviewing and evaluating designs for alignment with overall product architecture; recommending and implementing changes to designs and technology to improve product quality and overall user experience. + Excellent written and verbal communication skills; mastery in English as the local language. + Ability to effectively communicate user experience data, design proposals and product specifications and negotiate options at senior management levels. + Exposure & understanding to AI framework and applications would be an added advantage. + Familiarity with Figma and Jira tools will be preferred. The base pay range for this role is $118,050 to $181,800 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to US candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. **Benefits:** HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including: + Health insurance + Dental insurance + Vision insurance + Long term/short term disability insurance + Employee assistance program + Flexible spending account + Life insurance + Generous time off policies, including; + 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure + 11 paid holidays + Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview (https://www8.hp.com/h20195/v2/getdocument.aspx?docname=c07065756) ) The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time, with or without notice, subject to applicable law. Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO): HP, Inc. provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and prospective employees, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, sexual orientation, age, disability, or status as a protected veteran, marital status, familial status, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, genetic predisposition or carrier status, uniformed service status, political affiliation or any other characteristic protected by applicable national, federal, state, and local law(s).