Lead UX Designer (Hybrid)

Hybrid in Burlington, NJ, US • Posted 5 hours ago • Updated 5 hours ago
Full Time
On-site
USD $140,000.00 - 192,500.00 per year
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Skills

  • Taxes
  • Leadership
  • Innovation
  • Product Strategy
  • Scalability
  • Ideation
  • Apache Spark
  • User Research
  • Wireframe
  • Information Assurance
  • Impact Analysis
  • Information Architecture
  • Workflow
  • Mentorship
  • Finance
  • SaaS
  • Business-to-business
  • UI
  • Research
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Prototyping
  • Clarity
  • User Experience
  • Professional Development
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Management
  • Supervision
  • Collaboration
  • SAP BASIS
  • Jersey
  • Recruiting
  • DICE

Summary

Why Ryan?
  • Hybrid Work Options
  • Award-Winning Culture
  • Generous Personal Time Off (PTO) Benefits
  • 14-Weeks of 100% Paid Leave for New Parents (Adoption Included)
  • Monthly Gym Membership Reimbursement OR Gym Equipment Reimbursement
  • Benefits Eligibility Effective Day One
  • 401K with Employer Match
  • Tuition Reimbursement After One Year of Service
  • Fertility Assistance Program
  • Four-Week Company-Paid Sabbatical Eligibility After Five Years of Service


Ryan, LLC is a global leader in tax services and technology solutions, recognized consistently as one of the Best Places to Work by Fortune and Glassdoor. We help clients unlock capital, enabling growth, investment, and innovation.

The Role

We're seeking a Lead UX Designer to shape the future of our digital tax products. You'll guide experience strategy, mentor designers, and collaborate with product and engineering to deliver intuitive, impactful user experiences.

This is a hands-on leadership role that balances design craft with team guidance and is ideal for someone who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution. You will join a tight-knit team that values collaboration, curiosity, and pushing the boundaries of design.

*All candidates must include a digital portfolio or link in their application.*

How You'll Contribute

Lead
  • Set design direction and elevate standards across our digital products with a strategic mindset
  • Mentor and grow other designers, fostering innovation, curiosity, and continuous learning
  • Guide teams through ambiguity and drive toward clarity and alignment


Collaborate
  • Partner with Product and Engineering to define requirements, align on user needs, and shape product strategy
  • Champion our design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and long-term cohesion
  • Facilitate workshops and ideation sessions that unlock solutions and spark collaboration


Deliver
  • Conduct user research and translate insights into designs that drive measurable outcomes
  • Present and advocate for design decisions with stakeholders and clients, connecting them to business value
  • Move fast from concept to testable experience while matching artifact fidelity to needed speed and goal - wireframes, prototypes, user flows, IA, and more
  • Produce polished, pixel-perfect UI deliverables that set a high visual bar and translate seamlessly into production-ready components


What We're Looking For

Experience
  • 7-10 years of product/UX design, with end-to-end ownership of complex workflows
  • Proven ability to lead and mentor designers, raising the bar for team output
  • Financial, enterprise, Saas, or B2B background is a plus
  • Demonstrated ability with AI tools and processes that accelerate design and research (e.g. Claude, Figma Make, Lovable etc.)


Skills
  • Innovator who can design and build rapidly using AI-powered tools, creating experiences built for an AI-enabled future
  • Strong portfolio showcasing both UI and UX, grounded in user-centered and data-informed design
  • Mastery of modern design tools like Figma and familiarity with research tools (e.g. Maze, Marvin)
  • Proficiency using AI-assisted tools to build and iterate on coded prototypes
  • Expertise utilizing design systems to deliver consistency across platforms


Mindset
  • Strategic thinker who can navigate ambiguity and drive toward clarity
  • Passion for revealing measurable outcomes and connecting design impact to business value
  • Collaborative and approachable, proactively creating changes alongside UX leaders to create a positive, encouraging team culture


Perks & Culture
  • Unlimited PTO, robust 401(k) match, and comprehensive benefits
  • Growth opportunities within a collaborative, growing UX team
  • Flexible work environment with ample opportunities for professional development


The Fine Print
  • Locations preferred: Dallas, TX or Burlington, MA
  • To help new team members get off to a strong start, this role will work in a Ryan office three days per week during their first 60 days. After that, it will adapt to a minimum of one day per week based on the needs of the role, team, and individual.
  • This role does not have direct supervisory responsibilities but may delegate tasks to junior team members
  • Work is primarily computer-based, with regular collaboration across teams, clients, and vendors
  • Occasional travel of up to 10% may be required
  • Ryan is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status, or any other protected characteristic


Compensation Pay Transparency:
  • For certain California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $140,000.00 - $192,500.00
  • For other California based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $128,000.00 - $176,000.00
  • For Colorado based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $124,000.00 - $169,400.00
  • For Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $128,000.00 - $176,000.00
  • For other Illinois based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $124,000.00 - $169,400.00
  • For Maryland based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $124,000.00 - $169,400.00
  • For Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $128,000.00 - $176,000.00
  • For other Massachusetts based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $124,000.00 - $169,400.00
  • For New Jersey based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $140,000.00 - $192,500.00
  • For New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $140,000.00 - $192,500.00
  • For other New York based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $116,000.00 - $159,500.00
  • For Washington based roles, the base salary hiring range for this position is $128,000.00 - $176,000.00


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  • Dice Id: 80177595A
  • Position Id: R0020879
  • Posted 5 hours ago

Company Info

About tax.com

At Ryan’s tax.com™ division, we fuse industry-leading tax expertise with cutting-edge technology development expertise and service delivery excellence. With a focus on innovation and collaboration, our team specializes in the development and deployment of business software designed to streamline and optimize management, compliance and operational tasks related to property tax, unclaimed property, transfer pricing, and indirect taxes as well as grants, credits, and incentives.


Ryan’s tax.com™ division is a growing team of more than 400 dedicated members who specialize in software design, development, user experience, customer support, training, and more and work in conjunction with Ryan’s global team of more than 5,000 professionals. Your skills and expertise, coupled with Ryan’s award-winning workplace culture, will help lead us in the next era of excellence.

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