Product Designer

Kubecost has been acquired by IBM and will be part of the Apptio family! 🎉

This acquisition opens up a fantastic new chapter for us, where we’ll be working together to advance Kubernetes cost optimization and cost management at an even greater scale. We’re thrilled about the enhanced opportunities to innovate and make an even bigger impact in the industry. With this growth, we’re actively looking to expand our Product team and bring on talented individuals like you who are passionate about cloud, open source, and cost efficiency.

Thomas J. Watson said it best: “Good design is good business.” Visualization is critical to discovering data-driven insights and effectively communicating that knowledge to others. Designers at IBM work to create experiences that work together, work the same, and work for our clients. Does the thought of creating the platform at the heart of solutions like Watson, Blockchain, IoT, and Security excite you? If so, read on!

Join IBM’s worldwide design organization for AI Applications, where our mission is to empower users to do their best work through intuitive and visually engaging interfaces. As a Designer, you’ll play a crucial role in creating end-to-end customer experiences for integrating multiple FinOps applications and AI-enabled solutions that help businesses make informed, data-driven decisions. 

As of 09/17/2024 Kubecost has been acquired by IBM (https://www.ibm.com/) and will be integrated into the IBM organization. Kubecost, an IBM Company is committed to protecting the privacy of “candidates”. During this integration phase, if you have any questions about Kubecost handling of your personal information you can contact the IBM Chief Privacy Office Helpdesk (https://www.ibm.com/privacy/requests/contact/us-en).

Your Role and Responsibilities

• Translate Insights into Designs: Convert actionable insights from the design research team into low and high-fidelity mock-ups, patterns, prototypes, and development-ready specifications. 
• Create Visual Assets: Develop high-fidelity mock-ups, graphics, design patterns, prototypes, and demos to enhance user interfaces. 
• Pattern Collaboration: Participate in discussions regarding common patterns, assets, and efficiencies within the product space. 
• Collaborative Development: Work closely with design team members and developers to build, update, and modernize software product user interfaces using agile methodologies. 
• Scenario Design: Design business process scenarios and flows for user interfaces and demonstrations. 
• Feedback Loop: Share work-in-progress designs and actively engage in giving and receiving constructive critique. 
• Business Context: Understand business problems across our customer base to provide context for deliverables. 
• Cross-Team Collaboration: Collaborate with various stakeholders such as design researchers, content designers, developers, product owners, etc., across worldwide teams. 
• Design Thinking Workshops: Plan, lead, and moderate virtual and in-person design thinking workshops. 
• User Research: Plan, develop and conduct usability studies to validate design decisions.
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Required Technical and Professional Expertise

• UI Problem Solving: Ability to solve complex user problems through user interface design, creating mock-ups, prototypes, and documenting interaction patterns. 
• Design Tools Proficiency: Demonstrated experience with design tools such as Figma, Sketch, InVision, Adobe Creative Cloud, etc. 
• Design Principles: Knowledge of design principles including typography, layout, imagery, color theory, and creating efficiencies in visual design workflows. 
• Communication Skills: Proven communication skills and the ability to understand and address customer requirements effectively. 
• Portfolio Presentation: Must have a portfolio showcasing previous design work. 

TO APPLY:

• PLEASE APPLY DIRECTLY ON IBM CAREERS PAGE: https://careers.ibm.com/job/21321190/product-designer-bellevue-wa/?codes=WEB_SEARCH_NA

About Business Unit

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence—from machine learning to generative AI—to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM’s AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM’s hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments—a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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Other Relevant Job Details

IBM offers a competitive and comprehensive benefits program. Eligible employees may have access to:

- Healthcare benefits including medical & prescription drug coverage, dental, vision, and mental health & well being.

- Financial programs such as 401(k), cash balance pension plan, the IBM Employee Stock Purchase Plan, financial counseling, life insurance, short & long- term disability coverage, and opportunities for performance based salary incentive programs.

- Generous paid time off including 12 holidays, minimum 56 hours sick time, 120 hours vacation, 12 weeks parental bonding leave in accordance with IBM Policy, and other Paid Care Leave programs. IBM also offers paid family leave benefits to eligible employees where required by applicable law.

- Training and educational resources on our personalized, AI-driven learning platform where IBMers can grow skills and obtain industry-recognized certifications to achieve their career goals.

- Diverse and inclusive employee resource groups, giving & volunteer opportunities, and discounts on retail products, services & experiences

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

This position was posted on the date cited in the key job details section and is anticipated to remain posted for 21 days from this date or less if not needed to fill the role.

We consider qualified applicants with criminal histories, consistent with applicable law.

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

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