UX Designer

About Us

Power Factors develops software that accelerates the global energy transition by empowering owners and operators of renewable energy to collaborate, automate critical workflows, and make the best decisions to maximize asset returns.

The Role

Job Title:  UX Designer

Job Responsibilities:

• Participate in company-wide discussions relative to current user interface initiatives and the future direction of design and user experience; 
• Conduct interviews, user research and design thinking workshops to understand customer needs, mental models, tacit knowledge, and working contexts; 
• Synthesize output of stakeholder research to design visualizations that effectively summarize key insights related to user behaviors and product definition; 
• Be fluent in use of a design system and its applications in data-intensive software; 
• Create annotated prototypes or wireframes of user interface designs that visually and textually communicate the behavior of a software application; 
• Design, document and communicate interactions for complex software systems using a mix of narratives, storyboards, mockups, wireframes, prototypes, and assist to detail user story specifications; 
• Collaborate internally with cross-functional teams comprised of UI developers, subject matter experts and product managers;   
• Support the customer discovery process in collaboration with sales engineers, customer success managers, and product managers; 
• Express UX and design concepts to collaborators by going beyond merely presenting designs to explain the story behind the rationale and benefit of design ideas; 
• Rapidly iterate on novel design solutions for new and innovative products; 
• Lead research and evaluation of designs as well as emerging technology, industry, and market trends; 
• Work closely with the product owner to define epics and stories required to deliver the new features; 
• Review features delivered by the developers to confirm UX standards have been respected; 
• Participate in multiple value-added projects as required. 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in a field related to UX Design; 
• Minimum 2 years of experience working as a member of UX design team in a high-tech company, ideally in the industrial and or manufacturing industry: 
• Track record of successfully conceptualizing and executing projects; 
• Strong understanding of Agile, Lean UX, and User-centered design methodologies; 
• Experience designing interactions for complex systems – web- and mobile-based environments; 
• Experience with desktop and mobile applications (reactive); 
• Skilled in standard design, wireframing, and interactive prototyping tools such as Adobe CC, Sketch, Balsamiq, Figma, Miro, Axure, InVision; 
• Knowledge of modern software products and tools, especially React, iOS and MUI; 
• Must be able to navigate differing opinions on designs and guide the thought process of cross-functional team members towards a user experience that meets the goals of our customers; 
• Must have a portfolio or samples of work demonstrating design rationale and process.

Skills:

• Effective facilitation, diagnostic and consultative skills; proactively anticipates the needs of clients; influences to reach best design outcome based on objectives; 
• Ability to grasp and clearly communicate complex ideas to different audiences; 
• Can-do attitude and hunger; you're eager to jump in and get things done but don't get flustered in a dynamic and fast-paced startup environment; 
• High level of self-motivation with ability to work both independently and interact effectively with various stakeholders in cross-functional teams; 
• Effective ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks simultaneously; 
• Desire to learn and understand new concepts or technologies quickly; 
• Bilingual (Greek / English) is considered an asset. 

Work Style:

• Full-Time
• Remote

Benefits & Perks

Besides the basic benefits (adapted to local needs and norms), you will enjoy perks such as 8 hours of paid volunteering per year, and participation in our Corporate Bonus Program (to name a few).