Product Manager/User Experience (UX) Designer

Job Description

Job DescriptionDescription:

Salary: $110,000 - $130,000/year

Work Location: Hybrid, 2-3 days on-site in Capitol Hill, DC.

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Product Manager/User Experience (UX) Designer to join our team. This agile development expert will be a key member of our hybrid development team.

Requirements:

• 5+ years of related experience required.
• Experience managing the delivery, ongoing success, and continuous improvement of one or more digital products and/or platforms.
• Experience communicating technical concepts to a non-technical audience.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Strong attention to detail and commitment to quality.
• U.S. citizenship or lawful permanent residency is required .
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical related discipline or High School Diploma/GED with relevant experience.
• Experience with Product Operations and Development, including Discovery, user research, design consultation, and product strategy;
• Expertise in driving digital product strategy, ensuring alignment with overall institutional objectives and stakeholder needs;
• Experience coaching technical teams in Agile Product Management and iterative product delivery best practices;
• Creating and managing detailed product roadmaps, prioritizing features, updates, and new product initiatives based on stakeholder feedback, usage trends, and institutional goals;
• Skilled at organizing and managing product backlogs, user stories, and developer issues in common product management tools like Clickup and GitLab;
• Experience leading and training others to lead common agile ceremonies such as Sprint Planning, Refinements, Daily Standups, Team Retros, and Sprint Demos;
• Demonstrated capability to communicate product vision, updates, and performance metrics to stakeholders, including senior leadership, ensuring transparency and alignment with leadership priorities.
• Ability to quickly grasp stakeholder needs and develop a deep understanding of customer goals, pain points, and perspectives;
• Demonstrated experience conducting stakeholder interviews, analyzing user requirements, creating interactive wireframes for applications, and implementing accessible designs;
• Track record of success with managing project design reviews, resource planning, and execution for all project work related to application and service design;
• Strong portfolio demonstrating user-centered design practices across digital and service touchpoints;
• Skilled in human-centered design, design thinking, and agile methodologies;
• Comfortable facilitating design sprints, workshops, and co-creation sessions;
• Experience with personas, user flows, user/journey mapping, storyboarding, and wireframing;
• Excellent written and verbal communication to present ideas and research findings clearly;
• Able to design interactive wireframes, mockups, and style-guides for web applications;
• Fluent with common tools for visual design and prototyping tools, such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, etc.;

Preferred Qualifications:

• Verifiable references for any House committees projects. Will require committee name; the name, title, email address, and phone number of the primary customer POC; a brief description of the deliverables; and the performance period for any references.

Desired qualifications:

• Strong knowledge of industry and/or public service practices.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, calm under pressure, excellence in triage prioritization
• Strong organizational and product management skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

Clearance Requirement: Ability to obtain and maintain a Public Trust.

The salary range for this position depends upon multiple factors including location, the individual's knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, and contract-specific budget constraints and organizational requirements.
Gunnison Consulting Group's total compensation package also includes bonus and profit-sharing opportunities, depending on company and employee performance. Available employee benefits include:

• 3 weeks of Personal Leave your first year
• 11 paid Holidays each year
• 5 days of Flexible Time Off each year
• 401(k) company match at 50% up to 10% of your salary
• Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance
• Life and Disability Insurance
• Public Transportation Subsidies
• Certifications and Training Allowance - $2,500/year!

Why Join Gunnison?

• Gunnison takes on ambitious projects. We target fun, challenging work that requires creative thinking and innovation.
• Quality is our top priority.
• Gunnison employee benefits meet or exceed what other companies in the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area offer.
• There is a great sense of camaraderie at Gunnison. This is an atmosphere we will maintain as we continue to grow.
• We are growing rapidly and the opportunity for individual professional growth with Gunnison is outstanding.
• We hire for careers at Gunnison, not to fill a position.

Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. Must be eligible for employment in the United States. We are unable to sponsor candidates at this time.
In 1994 Gunnison began serving the greater Washington, D.C. metro area, focused on tackling our customers' most ambitious technology projects. By creating a culture dedicated to enabling our customers and employees to achieve more than they ever thought they could, the company has thrived for over 25 years.