Job Description

Job Requisition ID #

23WD70974

Position Overview

As a Senior Product designer for Spacemaker, you will discover how we can support a completely new creative process for architects and urban developers. This means helping our users create 3D models by using data-driven insights to make smart design decisions in an easy-to-use and modern web application. You will work closely with product teams in the US and Canada, in addition to having close collaboration with designers and product teams in Oslo, Norway.

We\xe2\x80\x99re on a mission to help design better cities. According to the UN, more than 90% of future population growth will happen in cities. To respond to this trend in a sustainable way, AEC (Architecture, Engineering and Construction) industry needs a new generation of software tools and disruptive workflows.

We\xe2\x80\x99re building software to help architects, urban planners, and real estate developers find the smartest and most sustainable ways to unlock the potential of any building site. Outcome-based design, which is at the foundation of our product, takes into account living quality, environmental impact, and project profitability.

Spacemaker was acquired by Autodesk in 2020, to be the seed of the next generation of a cloud-based, connected platform for the AEC industry: Forma. We have an extremely exciting journey ahead of us, building out a platform that connects phases and verticals. This is an inspiring journey you don\xc2\xb4t want to miss!

We operate as a fundamentally agile organization, organized to give teams the autonomy to innovate at speed while staying aligned to create a world-class offering. We are organized into cross-functional teams, with software and machine learning engineers working closely with product management and design.

Location: Toronto, Canada or remote East coast

Responsibilities

Closely follow the user needs and achieve deep insight and ownership of the product area

Translating complex user needs into design concepts in close collaboration with both local and global product teams consisting of designers, software engineers, architects, data scientists, etc.

Designing and evaluating alternative solutions to choose the best approach to solve user needs, while also considering technical constraints and the anticipated value to customers

Contributing to our overall strategy and decision-making about product direction

Facilitating and participate in user research like interviews and usability testing to validate designs and make iterative improvements

Contributing to way of working and design processes in and between teams

Minimum Qualifications

3+ years of relevant work experience in User Experience Design. A solid understanding of designing intuitive product functionality, user interfaces, and navigation

Great at handling complexity, and reducing complex problems down to valuable and efficient solutions for end users

Excellent communication and storytelling skills, and an ability to effectively convey conceptual design work both within and outside of your product team

Comfortable working autonomously on a distributed team and collaborating remotely

Preferred qualifications

Experience working at an enterprise software company that is building SaaS products

Interest in architecture and urban design

Located in Toronto, Canada is a bonus

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