About the position
Jama Software® is focused on maximizing innovation success in multidisciplinary engineering organizations. Numerous firsts for humanity in fields such as fuel cells, electrification, space, software-defined vehicles, surgical robotics, and more all rely on Jama Connect® requirements management software to minimize the risk of defects, rework, cost overruns, and recalls. Using Jama Connect, engineering organizations can now intelligently manage the development process by leveraging Live Traceability™ across best-of-breed tools to measurably improve outcomes. Our rapidly growing customer base spans the automotive, medical device, life sciences, semiconductor, aerospace & defense, industrial manufacturing, consumer electronics, financial services, and insurance industries. We’re looking for a Product Designer who’s eager to take ownership of their work, actively seek feedback, and contribute to strategic product decisions. In this role, you’ll collaborate across multiple roadmap teams, working closely with product managers to align on priorities, scope, and future planning. You'll focus on delivering iterative design solutions that balance reduced scope with high impact, ensuring value at every stage. A strong understanding of our design system is key, as you'll help maintain cohesion across products and suggest improvements where needed. You’ll also deepen your understanding of customer needs through regular interactions with both internal teams and external users.
Responsibilities
- Support multiple development teams to create elegant and usable solutions across the roadmap
- Participate and lead design research efforts to understand problems or surface opportunities for our customers
- Contribute to and help shape our growing design system through consistent implementation and maintenance of our design library
- Model the user experience from rough to refined, using sketches, flows, concepts, prototypes, and annotated wireframes
- Seek internal and external design reviews for your thinking. Contribute to discussions and iterate on designs based on feedback received.
- Create, run, and analyze usability tests on the existing product or high-fidelity designs and prototypes
Requirements
- 2-5 years of UX design experience that includes business software application products. Brand or consumer product design alone is not sufficient.
- BS/BA (or equivalent work experience) in art, design, interaction design, new media, human computer interaction (HCI), or related field
- Existing experience working cross functionally with Product and Engineering teams
- A strong understanding and application of UX design principles
- High proficiency with design tools and software to produce user flows, concepts, prototypes, and other design deliverables. Comfortable with products like Figma, Jira, Pendo, etc.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills. You can clearly communicate your point of view to your teams and other stakeholders.
- Sketching or drawing ability to quickly communicate ideas
- Attention to detail and well-developed problem-solving skills
- A portfolio of work that demonstrates UX design principles in action
Nice-to-haves
- Experience in an enterprise software development environment
- Knowledge of HTML/CSS/JS a plus, but not required
- Experience with the Requirements Management industry
Benefits
- Virtual first and culturally diverse work environment spanning 8 countries.
- Ambitious and fun work with a chance to define distinct, company-shaping tangible contributions.
- Flexible time off and leave programs crafted to meet the needs for your rejuvenation and extra support to cope with life events with a quarterly $75 wellness reimbursement.
- Comprehensive and affordable medical, dental and vision plans with pre-tax savings accounts and a generous 401(k) employer match.
- 6+ weeks of paid parental leave to bond with your new family member.
- Emphasis on learning and development at all levels with a subscription to LinkedIn Learning.
