UX Design Lead

Job Overview

We're looking for a UX Design Lead who thrives on solving complex problems with elegant, user-centered solutions. As a strategic contributor to both our website and data product reporting experiences, you'll lead initiatives from discovery to delivery. You’re curious by nature, a self-starter who loves iterative improvement, and someone who brings strong visual and interaction design expertise to every challenge. You’ll influence change and be a mentor/coach to our production design staff. 

Job Requirements

• Lead end-to-end UX design for high-impact web and data product experiences. 

• Collaborate with stakeholders, product owners, developers, and data teams to translate complex business requirements into intuitive user experiences. 

• Be the Bangalore lead for all UX design related needs: Lead project deliverables, manages time, and produces communications for projects. 

• Act as DesignOps Lead: Define playbooks and processes for the UX design practice. 

• Ensures that work is assigned and executed from an execution standpoint. 

• Use research, testing, and analytics to continuously iterate and optimize digital solutions. 

• Develop wireframes, user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs with attention to accessibility and site performance. 

• Understand and implement accessibility optimizations on TE.com. 

• Own the TE.com design system and identify opportunities to integrate brand standards into site UX/UI frameworks and enhancements. 

• Advocate for user needs across projects while aligning with business goals and technical constraints. 

• Guide junior team members through UX mentorship and coaching. 

• Ability to work both independently and in a cross-functional global team across time-zones 

• Can tolerate ambiguity and can still perform at an exceptional level 

What your background should look like

• 5+ years of experience in UX design with a proven track record leading design projects. 

• Strong portfolio showcasing UX problem-solving across web and data interfaces that clearly communicates the problem(s) being solved, your role/responsibilities for the project, insights gathered that informed the solution, how the solution solved the problem(s), and any results or lessons learned. 

• Ability to define and present clear case studies that show the from/to value of the work the UX design team produces. 

• Experienced in operationalizing design through DesignOps practices, including systematizing design processes, managing design infrastructure, and enabling cross-functional collaboration for efficient delivery. 

• Deep understanding of usability principles, interaction design, and responsive frameworks. 

• Expertise in design tools such as Figma, Zeplin, Miro. 

• Experience using data and AI-integrated insights to inform and optimize design. 

• Experience in UX research tools that include: Adobe Analytics, Microsoft Clarity, Dovetail, UserTesting.com. 

• Familiarity with WCAG accessibility standards and performance best practices. 

• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale to non-design audiences.  

• Exceptional ability to take and apply feedback to support business goals/outcomes. 

• Experience with work tracking tools, such as JIRA 

Competencies