User Experience Design Associate

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User Experience Design Associate – S/4HANA Design Team

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES

Because user experience is of vital importance to the success of all SAP products, SAP constantly evaluates and improves its products to ensure that SAP users get the best user experience possible. User Experience at SAP covers all activities from conception and design of future SAP products to maintenance and improvements of existing applications.

As a User Experience Design Associate in the S/4HANA UX Team you work together with a highly motivated and creative team of international interaction designers, user researchers and visual designers. Your team is responsible to drive all application design activities for S/4HANA business areas. You closely collaborate with Product Owners and Development to enable users to do their business in the most effective and efficient manner.

EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS

• You are a strong interaction designer with empathy for the end user
• You feel responsible for your work and accompany your designs throughout the design driven development process
• Gathering end-user requirements by organizing, executing, and moderating end-user site visits, focus groups and user days including collection and synthesis of results.
• Development of user interface designs using various prototyping techniques and documented in UI specifications
• Verification of designs through reviews, validations and formal usability testing with end users
• You have a good technical understanding (preferably in HTML5, CSS3 and JavaScript) to discuss design alternatives and solutions with developers
• You are offering design support and consulting for the development teams

WORK EXPERIENCE

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  1 to 3 Years’ experience in Interaction Design
• Background in web and application design
• Strong communication skills and the ability to effectively engage and convey ideas to cross-functional technical and non-technical teams
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English
• Creative and analytical thinking is required
• Demonstrated ability to learn complex technology.
• Must be a solid team player in international teams with good writing, presentation and time management skills.

EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATION / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

University degree in Interaction Design, Industrial Design, Human-Computer Interaction or comparable fields is required

• You have advanced skills in interaction design (ideally application design or design concepts)
• Experience with tools such as Axure, Photoshop and Balsamiq
• Knowledge of HTML5, CSS3 are beneficial
• Knowledge of Fiori Design Guidelines is a plus
• Experience in software development is advantageous

Expected travel: 0-10%

Nature of employment: Regular Full-Time

We are SAP

SAP innovations help more than 400,000 customers worldwide work together more efficiently and use business insight more effectively. Originally known for leadership in enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, SAP has evolved to become a market leader in end-to-end business application software and related services for database, analytics, intelligent technologies, and experience management. As a cloud company with 200 million users and more than 100,000 employees worldwide, we are purpose-driven and future-focused, with a highly collaborative team ethic and commitment to personal development. Whether connecting global industries, people, or platforms, we help ensure every challenge gets the solution it deserves. At SAP, we build breakthroughs, together.

Our inclusion promise

SAP’s culture of inclusion, focus on health and well-being, and flexible working models help ensure that everyone – regardless of background – feels included and can run at their best. At SAP, we believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential. We ultimately believe in unleashing all talent and creating a better and more equitable world.

SAP is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to the values of Equal Employment Opportunity and provide accessibility accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. If you are interested in applying for employment with SAP and are in need of accommodation or special assistance to navigate our website or to complete your application, please send an e-mail with your request to Recruiting Operations Team: Americas: Careers.NorthAmerica@sap.com or Careers.LatinAmerica@sap.com, APJ: Careers.APJ@sap.com, EMEA: Careers@sap.com.

EOE AA M/F/Vet/Disability:

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their age, race, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, et al), sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, or disability.

Successful candidates might be required to undergo a background verification with an external vendor.

Requisition ID:303963 | Work Area: Software-Design and Development | Expected Travel: 0 - 10% | Career Status: Graduate | Employment Type: Regular Full Time |