Location: Amersfoort DIS, Netherlands
About Thales
The people we all rely on to make the world go round – they rely on Thales. In a world that is increasingly fast-moving, unpredictable and full of opportunities, they come to us with big ambitions: to make life better and to keep you safer. Combining a unique diversity of expertise, talents and cultures, our employees design and deliver extraordinary high-tech solutions. With 80.000 talents working in 54 countries, 2500 employees are based in the Netherlands. We are one of the biggest high-tech employers in the field of safety and security.
In the Netherlands, we are located in seven cities: Huizen, Delft, Eindhoven, Breda, Rotterdam, Amersfoort and Hengelo (HQ). Together with an extensive ecosystem of knowledge partners, customers and suppliers, we work on radars for naval vessels, cyber security solutions, transportation systems, communication equipment for land forces, cryogenic cooling solutions, research & development for serious gaming (in collaboration with the University of Twente) and banking and payment solutions.
Thales Digital Identification Systems (DIS) is one of the Global Business Units located in the Netherlands where people daily contribute to improving Digital Identification products such as banking card, Identity Cards and Digital Access (IAM).
About the job
Every digital interaction begins with identity. The Thales Identity and Access Management (IAM) products help build trusted identity and access management for companies, employees, and customers.
The Thales IAM Design and User Experience team is a collaborative and passionate team of user-centered designers and researchers who are making a positive impact on our user’s experiences. We love our users and their problems. We are on a mission to make our users' lives simpler.
As a User Experience Designer your work will help companies build trusted identities and access for their employees and customers. You will contribute to the design of experiences that meet user needs and business objectives. You will collaborate with your design teammates, UX leaders, business, product, and engineering stakeholders.
What will you be working on?
- Demonstrated product design skills including software development lifecycle, user-centered design, design thinking, design principles, heuristics, design testing, user feedback and iterative design.
- Contributes to the research and design of product user outcomes with user data but can use heuristics when user data is not available.
- Turns abstract ideas into representations at the right level of fidelity (sketches, journey maps, wire frames, visual designs, and prototypes) to get user feedback and align the product team.
- Mobile-first designer that creates adaptive and responsive product designs for workflows across mobile, tablet and desktop experiences.
- Contributes to cross-functional product team collaborations that create forward thinking ideas, innovative user experiences and intellectual capital that has a positive market outcome.
- Uses storytelling to align a product team to a shared product vision.
- Enjoys great design debates and iterating designs based on feedback.
What we are looking for
- Master’s degree or 2+ years of equivalent professional experience.
- Naturally curious with demonstrated excellence in critical thinking and tackling complex problems.
- Excellence in written and verbal communication skills, including user, product team and stakeholder interactions and presentations.
- Experience working in a fast-paced software development environment.
- An online portfolio or samples of work demonstrating your user-centered design craft, visualizations of complex experiences, storytelling, sketches, mock-ups, prototypes, etc.
- Preferred: experience with Agile and SAFe processes and tools including refinement, estimation, Jira, Confluence, etc or a willingness to learn.
- EU nationality, or a valid work permit for the Netherlands.
What's in it for you
- A generous salary and ditto retirement benefits
- A crucial role in our organization, where your success is an essential factor to our success as a company
- A position at one of the largest European CIAM vendor
- Working with highly skilled professionals as motivated and driven as you are
- A flat organization where politics are at a minimum
- A fantastic work hard/play hard scale-up environment
- Yearly company trips
- Celebrating successes
- Free lunch, snacks, and drinks
Interested?
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Diversity Statement
We actively support a working pattern that suits your lifestyle and helps you reach your ambitions. That means that equal opportunities, inclusion and an informal culture are integral to our success. It also means that your well-being and happiness matter to us! That’s why we offer you the flexibility to do what’s important to you; whether that’s part time hours, job sharing, remote working, or the ability to flex your start and finish times.
Security Requirements
In line with Thales' Baseline Security requirements, candidates will be asked to provide evidence of identity, eligibility to work in The Netherlands and employment and/or education history. Some vacancies may require a security clearance which can require further evidence to be provided. For further details of the evidence required to apply for security clearance please refer to the General Intelligence and Security Service.
