UI/UX Designer/Architect

Cognizant is seeking a UI/UX Designer/Architect to drive the creation of end-to-end experience architectures that align design capabilities with business outcomes. The role involves guiding cross-functional teams, developing scalable design systems, and ensuring that designs adhere to inclusive principles and accessibility standards.

Responsibilities:

• Drive creation of end to end experience architectures that align xDesign capabilities with clear business outcomes and measurable user value in a hybrid delivery environment
• Define and document user journeys workflows and interaction models that translate complex business requirements into simple and intuitive digital experiences
• Guide cross functional teams in applying UI UX design standards so that visual layouts interaction patterns and content structures remain consistent across channels and platforms
• Develop scalable design systems including reusable components interaction guidelines and visual tokens that support rapid and coherent product evolution
• Conduct discovery workshops with stakeholders to clarify goals constraints and success metrics and convert these insights into actionable experience blueprints
• Create wireframes interactive prototypes and concept mockups that communicate design intent clearly and support informed product decisions during day time collaboration
• Apply user centered design techniques such as persona modeling scenario mapping and task analysis to ensure that every feature directly supports user needs
• Review usability findings and analytics data then refine information architecture and interaction flows to continuously improve adoption engagement and satisfaction
• Partner with engineers to ensure proposed designs are technically feasible accessible and performant within the target technology stack and hybrid ways of working
• Prepare and present design rationales that explain how each design decision supports company purpose client value and positive societal impact
• Ensure all designs follow inclusive design principles accessibility standards and ethical guidelines so that experiences remain usable for diverse communities
• Provide mentoring and constructive feedback to designers and product team members on best practices in xDesign methods and modern UI UX design
• Collaborate with product owners to prioritize backlogs define minimum viable experiences and align design milestones with release plans
• Coordinate with research and analytics teams to define test plans conduct experiments and incorporate findings into iterative design updates
• Support change management activities by preparing design documentation playbooks and reference materials that help teams adopt the proposed experience models
• Engage with client stakeholders in hybrid meetings to clarify expectations manage design tradeoffs and maintain transparency on progress and outcomes
• Align experience architectures with organizational sustainability and social responsibility objectives by promoting digital solutions that reduce waste and improve access

Requirements:

• Require nine to eleven years of progressive experience in experience architecture or senior UI UX design roles with proven delivery of complex digital products
• Require advanced hands on expertise in xDesign practices including discovery framing experience mapping and design system definition for enterprise environments
• Require strong skills in creating wireframes low and high fidelity prototypes and detailed UI specifications using modern design and collaboration tools
• Require solid understanding of information architecture interaction design and visual hierarchy with a consistent focus on accessibility and inclusive design
• Require experience working in hybrid models with distributed teams and comfort collaborating in real time during standard day shifts
• Nice to have experience in guiding usability testing synthesizing qualitative and quantitative findings and converting insights into design enhancements
• Nice to have exposure to agile product delivery including backlog refinement sprint planning and incremental release of user experience improvements
• Nice to have experience in presenting design concepts to senior stakeholders and facilitating design reviews that lead to clear data informed decisions