Role title
Product Design Lead - Manager
Role level
Experienced
Interaction Designer @The Dock
About The Dock
The Dock is Accenture’s flagship R&D and Global Innovation Center, based in Dublin’s Grand Canal Dock. As an incubation hub for the next generation of AI and GenAI agentic solutions, The Dock brings together a global community of business strategists, designers, engineers, data scientists, and entrepreneurs. Our mission is to solve some of the world’s hardest problems and create transformational products and services that help industries thrive in the face of unprecedented change. From shaping the future of work with intelligent systems to building breakthrough digital platforms, our team operates across the entire innovation spectrum, from exploration to real-world deployment. At The Dock, we experiment boldly, collaborate openly, and build the future in real time.
As an Interaction Designer you:
As the Product Design Lead, you will plan and execute design activities on projects. This starts by working with sponsors and senior stakeholders to set the vision. You'll work with other subject matter experts to develop a holistic understanding of people, technology, data and their interdependencies. You will be deeply integrated into the product development lifecycle, with a focus on creating products people use that solve real problems.
Work on defining concepts, strategies and digital interface to design artefacts at a project level. You'll have a strong appreciation for service and interaction design and technology, as well as the ability to elegantly adapt designs across devices; and you'll work across the entire end-to-end experience.
You are a strong visual communicator who creates artefacts to share insights with stakeholders, in order to support ideation and concept generation. You'll be comfortable collaborating closely with software engineers, data scientists and subject-matter experts to create digital products that utilise emerging technology in a responsible manner.
Ideally, you'll have experience with the creation and delivery of digital products and services, working in agile teams and transferring proofs of concept for implementation.
Day-to-day, you will:
Strategic skills in managing cross-functional design teams to deliver powerful, effective and coherent design solutions
Solve end-to-end design problems, from identifying user/business needs and generating concepts to defining and creating products and services.
Ownership for all design deliverables, including the ability to evaluate design outputs to ensure quality and the ability to work across the entire end-to-end experience
Communicate design concepts for digital products through various artefacts, such as sketches, wireframes, navigation flows, information architecture, final UI designs and interactive prototypes.
Explore and push the boundaries of design by working with emerging technologies such as Generative AI, voice, and mixed reality, while understanding key patterns, use cases, and responsible design considerations.
Navigate complex internal and external stakeholder environments to help identify the core problem and work collaboratively to solve it with other designers, innovation practitioners, data scientists, and strategists.
Support and execute design research activities.
Synthesise research to uncover insights and design rapid prototypes for stakeholder testing.
Communicate ideas and concepts to internal and external stakeholders.
Explain, discuss, and justify design decisions effectively; provide and receive constructive design feedback.
Support new business development efforts by providing expert design guidance in pitches and proposals.
Support the wider project team in the day-to-day execution of the project plan.
Act as a design ambassador for The Dock by attending and leading community events, workshops, and conferences.
Extras we’d love to see
Ability to create concept models at both the user and systems level.
Be fluent in articulating the links between client problem, human experience and their team's proposed solutions from a business value perspective.
Curiosity, interest, and experience in experimenting with emerging technologies.
Strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
Understanding of other design specialisations, including but not limited to Visual Design, Content Design, and Business Design.
Desired experience & skills:
8+ years of in-depth experience in UI/UX Design, Digital Product Design, or Service Design.
2+ years in leading design teams from research to deployment in complex product projects.
Qualifications or equivalent experience in Product Design, Interaction Design, or a related field.
A portfolio demonstrating strong UI/UX and service design skills.
Proven solid experience with Figma and a proficiency with Adobe Creative Suite, and emerging Generative Al tools in the market
Excellent communication skills, including the ability to present and discuss design choices, and both provide and receive feedback.
Familiarity with principles of interaction design, service design, rapid prototyping, and human-centred design.
Client-oriented mindset with a dedication to adding business value through design.
Experience working in multi-disciplinary teams.
Only applications that include a portfolio will be considered.
What does Accenture, The Dock offer you?
Working at Accenture means joining a company that prides itself on being Truly Human. In addition to a competitive base salary, you’ll also have an extensive benefits package that includes:
Pension contributions
Private health insurance
Employee share scheme
Discounted gym membership
Emergency caring facilities
2 days’ leave per year for charitable work of your choice
Professional membership
Community events
Please note that with all our roles, you should expect some in-person time for collaboration, learning and building relationships with client, peers, leaders and communities. As an employer, we will be flexible as soon as possible to support your specific work/life needs.
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