LEAD SENIOR HUMAN-CENTER DESIGNER WITH SECURITY CLEARANCE
The Tatitlek Corporation
Colorado Springs CO 80901 US
Overview OVERVIEW AirForce CyberWorx is an innovation lab focused on optimizing products, processes, and policies using Human-Centered Design best practices focused on cyber capability-melding academic and industry expertise to solve operational problems. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES: We are seeking an experienced Lead Senior Human-Centered Designer to join our team. This role involves leading and facilitating human-centered design efforts, guiding design sessions, and coordinating tasks within a human-centered design team. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in human-centered design, user experience research, and design thinking, with the ability to communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders and drive design projects to completion. Human-Centered Design Leadership: * Lead participatory design and concept evaluation sessions with stakeholders and end users.
* Facilitate group discussions and workshops to discover problems and generate solutions using human-centered design (HCD) techniques.
* Implement HCD tools including personas, journey mapping, use cases, task analysis, user flows, analogies, futures thinking, and usability testing in the design of software, systems, mobile apps, smart tech, and similar products.
Communication and Documentation: * Clearly explain design decisions to a wide range of stakeholders in a logical and understandable manner.
* Author the first draft of project reports, concept briefs, and other deliverables, working with the facilitation team and engagement lead to refine and finalize documents.
Team Coordination and Management: * Serve as the internal Task Order coordinator for the contractor team, responding to direction from the Chief of Design Division and AF CyberWorx CORs/TPOCs.
* Ensure effective communication and coordination within the human-centered design team. REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Education: Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Behavioral Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field. Professional Experience: At least 15 years of relevant experience in human-centered design. Core Expertise: Proven experience in human-centered design and/or design thinking, with strong insights into core business processes, strategy, and solutions. Technical Skills: Proficiency in design of IT products and user interfaces, knowledge of DEVOPS mindset and agile methodologies, and experience with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Axure, Sketch, FramerJS, Miro). Leadership and Facilitation: Demonstrated experience leading diverse teams, excellent communication, group leadership, and facilitation skills. Must be a US Citizen Must currently possess a SECRET level DoD clearance PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Basic project and personnel management duties including task scheduling, assignment of work tasks, project reporting, maintaining operational budgets, conducting personnel actions, and engaging stakeholders. ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING FACTORS: Must have a satisfactory background screening, negative drug test, positive references and proof of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States and for TFSI are required. The Tatitlek Corporation gives hiring, promotion, training and retention preference to Tatitlek shareholders, shareholder descendants and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job. As an equal opportunity employer, The Tatitlek Corporation recognizes that our strength lies in our people. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment, including sexual harassment, in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment. We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. Salary DOE
* Facilitate group discussions and workshops to discover problems and generate solutions using human-centered design (HCD) techniques.
* Implement HCD tools including personas, journey mapping, use cases, task analysis, user flows, analogies, futures thinking, and usability testing in the design of software, systems, mobile apps, smart tech, and similar products.
Communication and Documentation: * Clearly explain design decisions to a wide range of stakeholders in a logical and understandable manner.
* Author the first draft of project reports, concept briefs, and other deliverables, working with the facilitation team and engagement lead to refine and finalize documents.
Team Coordination and Management: * Serve as the internal Task Order coordinator for the contractor team, responding to direction from the Chief of Design Division and AF CyberWorx CORs/TPOCs.
* Ensure effective communication and coordination within the human-centered design team. REQUIREMENTS: EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE: Education: Master's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Human Factors Engineering, Behavioral Science, Systems Engineering, or a related field. Professional Experience: At least 15 years of relevant experience in human-centered design. Core Expertise: Proven experience in human-centered design and/or design thinking, with strong insights into core business processes, strategy, and solutions. Technical Skills: Proficiency in design of IT products and user interfaces, knowledge of DEVOPS mindset and agile methodologies, and experience with design and prototyping tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Axure, Sketch, FramerJS, Miro). Leadership and Facilitation: Demonstrated experience leading diverse teams, excellent communication, group leadership, and facilitation skills. Must be a US Citizen Must currently possess a SECRET level DoD clearance PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus. SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES: Basic project and personnel management duties including task scheduling, assignment of work tasks, project reporting, maintaining operational budgets, conducting personnel actions, and engaging stakeholders. ADDITIONAL QUALIFYING FACTORS: Must have a satisfactory background screening, negative drug test, positive references and proof of identity and legal authorization to work in the United States and for TFSI are required. The Tatitlek Corporation gives hiring, promotion, training and retention preference to Tatitlek shareholders, shareholder descendants and shareholder spouses who meet the minimum qualifications for the job. As an equal opportunity employer, The Tatitlek Corporation recognizes that our strength lies in our people. Discrimination and all unlawful harassment, including sexual harassment, in employment is not tolerated. We encourage success based on our individual merits and abilities without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, marital status, citizenship status, military status, protected veteran status or employment. We support and obey laws that prohibit discrimination everywhere we do business. Salary DOE