Senior Level UX Research Lead Jobs
Senior level ux research lead jobs place experienced researchers in charge of defining study frameworks, owning the insights roadmap, and leading the teams that translate findings into product direction. Roles are concentrated across Technology & Software and Banking & Financial Services, with 20% remote or hybrid availability, and employers like Collabera, Google, and Kalshi hiring at this level now.
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Lead UX Designer
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead UX strategy and design activities for the OIT program and related applications.
- Support the Launchpad process, including development of user-centered requirements, UX artifacts, workflows, and supporting documentation.
- Conduct user research, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and usability assessments to understand user needs and pain points.
- Develop user journeys, personas, process flows, information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
- Translate business and technical requirements into intuitive, accessible, and user-centered experiences.
- Facilitate design sessions with business users and technical teams to validate proposed solutions.
- Establish UX design standards and patterns that can be consistently applied across DGS applications.
- Ensure designs comply with ADA/accessibility requirements and applicable State of Maryland standards.
- Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, developers, architects, and project managers throughout the product lifecycle.
- Review vendor and implementation-partner deliverables to ensure UX requirements and design standards are met.
- Provide UX input into product roadmaps, solution decisions, enhancements, and prioritization.
- Identify usability risks and recommend improvements before solutions move into development or production.
- Maintain UX documentation and design artifacts as a central source of truth.
- Support user acceptance testing and incorporate user feedback into iterative design improvements.
- Ensure UX decisions are based on measurable user and business outcomes rather than technology alone.
- Provide knowledge transfer and continuity as external UX resources transition off the project.
Education and Years of Experience:
Bachelor's degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Computer Science, or a related field. 8+ years of experience in UX/UI design, product design, or a related discipline.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in UX/UI design, product design, or a related discipline.
- Experience leading UX design activities for large-scale enterprise or government applications.
- Strong experience with user research, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
- Experience working in Agile/product-development environments.
- Strong understanding of accessibility and user-centered design principles.
- Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and senior leadership.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate complex business processes into simple and intuitive user experiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Delivery management experience
- Experience with government, ERP, or other enterprise systems.
- Experience with State of Maryland or other public-sector IT projects.
- Experience with design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or equivalent.
- Experience establishing UX standards/design systems for enterprise applications.
- Experience working with accessibility standards such as WCAG and ADA compliance.
Core Competencies
The UX Design Lead will be expected to produce and maintain:
- User personas and stakeholder profiles
- Current-state and future-state user journey maps
- User flows and process maps
- Wireframes and prototypes
- High-fidelity UI designs
- Usability testing plans and findings
- UX requirements and acceptance criteria
- Accessibility assessments
- UX/design standards and patterns
- Launchpad UX documentation
- Design decision documentation
- User research and feedback summaries
- UX recommendations for future product enhancements
Location: Baltimore, MD (Onsite) only Locals
Lead UX Designer
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Lead UX strategy and design activities for the OIT program and related applications.
- Support the Launchpad process, including development of user-centered requirements, UX artifacts, workflows, and supporting documentation.
- Conduct user research, stakeholder interviews, workshops, and usability assessments to understand user needs and pain points.
- Develop user journeys, personas, process flows, information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs.
- Translate business and technical requirements into intuitive, accessible, and user-centered experiences.
- Facilitate design sessions with business users and technical teams to validate proposed solutions.
- Establish UX design standards and patterns that can be consistently applied across DGS applications.
- Ensure designs comply with ADA/accessibility requirements and applicable State of Maryland standards.
- Collaborate with product owners, business analysts, developers, architects, and project managers throughout the product lifecycle.
- Review vendor and implementation-partner deliverables to ensure UX requirements and design standards are met.
- Provide UX input into product roadmaps, solution decisions, enhancements, and prioritization.
- Identify usability risks and recommend improvements before solutions move into development or production.
- Maintain UX documentation and design artifacts as a central source of truth.
- Support user acceptance testing and incorporate user feedback into iterative design improvements.
- Ensure UX decisions are based on measurable user and business outcomes rather than technology alone.
- Provide knowledge transfer and continuity as external UX resources transition off the project.
Education and Years of Experience:
Bachelor's degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Computer Science, or a related field. 8+ years of experience in UX/UI design, product design, or a related discipline.
Required Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in UX Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, Information Architecture, Computer Science, or a related field.
- 8+ years of experience in UX/UI design, product design, or a related discipline.
- Experience leading UX design activities for large-scale enterprise or government applications.
- Strong experience with user research, journey mapping, wireframing, prototyping, and usability testing.
- Experience working in Agile/product-development environments.
- Strong understanding of accessibility and user-centered design principles.
- Experience collaborating with business stakeholders, technical teams, vendors, and senior leadership.
- Strong communication, facilitation, and presentation skills.
- Ability to translate complex business processes into simple and intuitive user experiences.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Delivery management experience
- Experience with government, ERP, or other enterprise systems.
- Experience with State of Maryland or other public-sector IT projects.
- Experience with design tools such as Figma, Adobe XD, Sketch, or equivalent.
- Experience establishing UX standards/design systems for enterprise applications.
- Experience working with accessibility standards such as WCAG and ADA compliance.
Core Competencies
The UX Design Lead will be expected to produce and maintain:
- User personas and stakeholder profiles
- Current-state and future-state user journey maps
- User flows and process maps
- Wireframes and prototypes
- High-fidelity UI designs
- Usability testing plans and findings
- UX requirements and acceptance criteria
- Accessibility assessments
- UX/design standards and patterns
- Launchpad UX documentation
- Design decision documentation
- User research and feedback summaries
- UX recommendations for future product enhancements
Location: Baltimore, MD (Onsite) only Locals
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Senior Level UX Research Lead Jobs: Frequently Asked Questions
How do I get a senior level ux research lead job?
Employers hiring at this level look for researchers who have moved beyond executing studies to shaping research strategy across a product or portfolio. Demonstrating that you've influenced product direction, built or mentored a research function, and partnered directly with design and product leadership will set you apart. A portfolio showing systems thinking, mixed-methods depth, and measurable impact on decisions carries the most weight.
Which companies hire senior level ux research leads?
Companies hiring senior level ux research leads right now include Collabera, Google, and Kalshi, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. Hiring at this level tends to come from mid-to-large organizations with mature design practices, including technology companies, enterprise software firms, and consumer-facing product teams with dedicated research functions.
Are there remote senior level ux research lead jobs?
Yes, remote and hybrid availability is strong at this level. About 20% of senior level ux research lead openings are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, reflecting the fact that seasoned researchers are trusted to operate independently and lead distributed teams without requiring on-site oversight.
What makes a ux research lead role senior level?
Senior level ux research lead roles are defined by scope, ownership, and influence rather than task execution. Responsibilities typically include setting the research agenda for a product area or organization, selecting and defending methodologies, translating findings into strategic recommendations, and mentoring junior and mid-level researchers. The expectation is that you operate with minimal direction and shape how the broader team thinks about users.
Which industries hire the most senior level ux research leads?
Senior Level ux research lead roles concentrate in Technology & Software and Banking & Financial Services, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. These sectors invest heavily in research leadership because they operate at the intersection of complex user needs and high-stakes product decisions, where senior research direction directly affects competitive positioning.