Principal / Staff UX Designer
Speridian Technologies, Sacramento, California, United States, 95828
Principal / Staff UX Designer
Speridian Technologies is recruiting for a Principal / Staff UX Designer for our State of California Client, the Department of Healthcare Services, Behavioral Health. This person will be part of a long-term, fully budgeted, state-of-the-art, extremely vast technical modernization project.
This is a remote role; however, there may be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates are expected to work business hours, Monday-Friday, Pacific Time Zone.
Join DHCS’s Behavioral Health Transformation: Where Purpose Meets Innovation Location:
Remote Department:
Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS), Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT) Commitment:
Full-Time Consultant (W2 employee of Speridian or 1099/IC for Speridian)
At DHCS we are leading a transformative journey in Behavioral Health, reshaping systems and services to ensure better outcomes for communities across California. Our Behavioral Health transformation initiative is more than a project—it’s a movement to make California a leader in accessible, high-quality health services. We’re setting the stage for a new era of government services built on agile methodologies, cutting-edge technology, continuous improvement, and a relentless commitment to serving the public good. We’re looking for innovators who are passionate about purposeful work and excited by the opportunity to drive lasting change through innovative solutions.
Core Values
Partnership:
Respect Other, Practice Empathy, Earn Trust
Ownership:
Take Accountability, Show Reliability, Act with Integrity
Grit:
Bring Passion, Exhibit Perseverance, Demonstrate Resilience
Value:
Drive Outcomes, Maximize Impact, Keep Improving
Role Description Staff UX Designers create end-to-end design experiences (from planning to execution) for complex product areas, ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs. They drive design excellence across complex product areas. They translate product strategy and user research needs into innovative and practical design solutions. This role is responsible for creating thoughtful, user-centered experiences that align with business objectives and technical constraints.
Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality design artifacts—user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and final UI
Champion usability, accessibility (WCAG standards), and design consistency
Support design system maintenance and contribute towards scaling and evangelizing the design system across the organization
Partner with engineering to implement scalable and maintainable design solutions
Contribute to the product roadmap with a design lens, advocating for user-centered approaches
Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineers, Researchers, and Content Designers to iterate and ship high-quality experiences
Participate in discovery sessions, sprint planning, critiques, and design reviews
Communicate design rationale clearly to stakeholders at all levels
Advocate for design best practices and contribute to team-wide standards, templates, and documentation
Qualifications
5+ years of experience in UX or Product Design with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design work
Proven experience designing for complex or enterprise-level digital products
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Experience working in agile, cross-functional product teams
Key Skills
Expert in tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or equivalent
Strong understanding of interaction design, visual hierarchy, layout, and responsive design principles
Experience with prototyping tools
Ability to think holistically and design scalable systems across platforms
Strong problem-solving skills with a user-first mindset
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making data-informed decisions
Excellent storytelling, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
Strong collaboration with engineering to ensure feasible, high-quality implementation
Proactive communicator who can drive alignment and influence decisions across functions
Assessment required
Challenge/take-home exercise to be completed and passed
Speridian is an equal opportunity employer.
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This is a remote role; however, there may be meetings in the Sacramento area several times a year. Candidates are expected to work business hours, Monday-Friday, Pacific Time Zone.
Join DHCS’s Behavioral Health Transformation: Where Purpose Meets Innovation Location:
Remote Department:
Department of Healthcare Services (DHCS), Behavioral Health Transformation (BHT) Commitment:
Full-Time Consultant (W2 employee of Speridian or 1099/IC for Speridian)
At DHCS we are leading a transformative journey in Behavioral Health, reshaping systems and services to ensure better outcomes for communities across California. Our Behavioral Health transformation initiative is more than a project—it’s a movement to make California a leader in accessible, high-quality health services. We’re setting the stage for a new era of government services built on agile methodologies, cutting-edge technology, continuous improvement, and a relentless commitment to serving the public good. We’re looking for innovators who are passionate about purposeful work and excited by the opportunity to drive lasting change through innovative solutions.
Core Values
Partnership:
Respect Other, Practice Empathy, Earn Trust
Ownership:
Take Accountability, Show Reliability, Act with Integrity
Grit:
Bring Passion, Exhibit Perseverance, Demonstrate Resilience
Value:
Drive Outcomes, Maximize Impact, Keep Improving
Role Description Staff UX Designers create end-to-end design experiences (from planning to execution) for complex product areas, ensuring alignment with business goals and user needs. They drive design excellence across complex product areas. They translate product strategy and user research needs into innovative and practical design solutions. This role is responsible for creating thoughtful, user-centered experiences that align with business objectives and technical constraints.
Responsibilities
Deliver high-quality design artifacts—user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and final UI
Champion usability, accessibility (WCAG standards), and design consistency
Support design system maintenance and contribute towards scaling and evangelizing the design system across the organization
Partner with engineering to implement scalable and maintainable design solutions
Contribute to the product roadmap with a design lens, advocating for user-centered approaches
Collaborate with Product Managers, Product Owners, Engineers, Researchers, and Content Designers to iterate and ship high-quality experiences
Participate in discovery sessions, sprint planning, critiques, and design reviews
Communicate design rationale clearly to stakeholders at all levels
Advocate for design best practices and contribute to team-wide standards, templates, and documentation
Qualifications
5+ years of experience in UX or Product Design with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design work
Proven experience designing for complex or enterprise-level digital products
Bachelor's or Master’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field (or equivalent practical experience)
Experience working in agile, cross-functional product teams
Key Skills
Expert in tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, or equivalent
Strong understanding of interaction design, visual hierarchy, layout, and responsive design principles
Experience with prototyping tools
Ability to think holistically and design scalable systems across platforms
Strong problem-solving skills with a user-first mindset
Comfortable navigating ambiguity and making data-informed decisions
Excellent storytelling, presentation, and stakeholder management skills
Strong collaboration with engineering to ensure feasible, high-quality implementation
Proactive communicator who can drive alignment and influence decisions across functions
Assessment required
Challenge/take-home exercise to be completed and passed
Speridian is an equal opportunity employer.
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