AI Design & Research Lead

Company Description

IFS is a billion-dollar revenue company with 7000+ employees on all continents. Our leading AI technology is the backbone of our award-winning enterprise software solutions, enabling our customers to be their best when it really matters–at the Moment of Service™. Our commitment to internal AI adoption has allowed us to stay at the forefront of technological advancements, ensuring our colleagues can unlock their creativity and productivity, and our solutions are always cutting-edge.

At IFS, we’re flexible, we’re innovative, and we’re focused not only on how we can engage with our customers but on how we can make a real change and have a worldwide impact. We help solve some of society’s greatest challenges, fostering a better future through our agility, collaboration, and trust.

We celebrate diversity and understand our responsibility to reflect the diverse world we work in. We are committed to promoting an inclusive workforce that fully represents the many different cultures, backgrounds, and viewpoints of our customers, our partners, and our communities. As a truly international company serving people from around the globe, we realize that our success is tantamount to the respect we have for those different points of view.

By joining our team, you will have the opportunity to be part of a global, diverse environment; you will be joining a winning team with a commitment to sustainability; and a company where we get things done so that you can make a positive impact on the world.

We’re looking for innovative and original thinkers to work in an environment where you can #MakeYourMoment so that we can help others make theirs. With the power of our AI-driven solutions, we empower our team to change the status quo and make a real difference.

If you want to change the status quo, we’ll help you make your moment. Join Team Purple. Join IFS.

Job Description

We are seeking a visionary AI Design & Research Lead to establish our design practice. As our first design specialist, you will shape how users experience our AI systems and conduct foundational research to inform our product development. This pioneering role combines UX leadership, user research expertise, and the ability to build a world-class design team from the ground up. You will work at the intersection of complex industrial systems and cutting-edge AI technology to create intuitive, impactful user experiences.

You will be responsible for developing frameworks that make complex AI capabilities accessible and valuable to users across various industrial contexts. This leadership position requires a deep understanding of both design principles and AI capabilities, with the vision to establish design as a core pillar of our product development process, leveraging AI to master rapid design and prototyping processes and the leadership skills to attract top talent to our organization.

Key Responsibilities:

● Establish and lead the UX/UI design framework for our AI-driven enterprise solutions

● Conduct rapid user research to understand the needs, workflows, and pain points of industrial users interacting with AI systems

● Develop intuitive interfaces that make complex AI capabilities accessible and valuable to non technical users

● Create design systems, patterns, and guidelines that ensure consistency and usability across our product portfolio

● Lead research initiatives to identify new opportunities for AI applications in industrial contexts

● Collaborate closely with engineering, product, and AI teams to integrate user-centered design into our development process

● Develop recruitment strategies and processes to attract top design talent to join our team

● Define user perspective in design decisions and establish user-centered design as a core value

● Leverage AI to master rapid prototyping

Qualifications

● Degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, or related field, or equivalent industry experience

● 7+ years of experience in design strategy, UX/UI design, with at least 3 years focused on complex technical products or AI enterprise software

● Proven track record conducting user research and translating insights into effective design solutions

● Experience designing interfaces for AI or data-intensive applications

● Portfolio demonstrating successful design solutions for complex technical challenges

● Strong understanding of design systems and ability to create scalable design frameworks

● Experience building and leading design teams, with demonstrated success in attracting and developing talent

● Excellent communication skills and ability to advocate for design thinking across the organization Experience collaborating with engineering teams and understanding technical constraints Comfort working in ambiguous environments and ability to define design processes where none exist

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