Job Description:
Job Title: Senior Product Designer (DCF 35)
Location: Bangalore / Pune
Practice: Experience Design (XD) – Merkle / Dentsu Global Services
Role Overview
As a Senior Product Designer (DCF 35), you are a high-impact individual contributor who owns end-to-end design delivery across complex product journeys within global client pods (US/UK/India).
You operate at the intersection of UX craft, systems thinking, and delivery excellence, translating ambiguous problem spaces into scalable, high-quality design solutions. You are expected to independently lead workstreams, contribute to business outcomes, and actively elevate team capability.
Key Responsibilities
1. Product & Experience Design
- Own end-to-end design for features / journeys across discovery → definition → delivery
- Translate business and user needs into clear problem statements, flows, and interaction models
- Deliver high-quality UX and UI aligned to design systems and accessibility standards
- Contribute to experience strategy and solutioning in collaboration with XD, Product, and Engineering
2. Delivery Excellence (Client / Pod Model)
- Work within global pods (US/UK/India) to deliver against timelines and quality expectations
- Ensure design readiness for development (handoff clarity, edge cases, states, documentation)
- Actively participate in design critiques, sprint rituals, and client reviews
- Maintain high utilization / chargeability (aligned to 80–85% targets)
3. Craft & Systems Thinking
- Apply and extend design systems (tokens, components, patterns) effectively
- Ensure consistency, scalability, and reusability across solutions
- Demonstrate strong interaction design, visual hierarchy, and usability principles
- Leverage data, heuristics, and user insights to inform decisions
4. Stakeholder Collaboration
- Collaborate effectively with Product, Tech, Strategy (XS), and Visual Design (VD)
- Communicate design decisions with clarity and rationale (not just outputs)
- Participate in client conversations with confidence, focusing on outcomes over outputs
5. Capability Building & Culture
- Contribute to team learning through critiques, knowledge sharing, and mentoring juniors (DCF 25/30)
- Actively participate in XD practice initiatives (XEN / XEN+)
- Demonstrate ownership, accountability, and a growth mindset
6. AI & Future-Ready Design
- Leverage AI tools (e.g., Figma AI, generative tools, prototyping accelerators) to improve speed and exploration
- Focus on problem framing, direction setting, and evaluation of solutions while using AI for execution efficiency
Required Skills & Experience
Core Skills
- Strong UX fundamentals: IA, interaction design, usability, journey mapping
- Good visual design sensibility (layout, typography, spacing, hierarchy)
- Experience working with design systems and component-based design
- Proficiency in Figma (advanced), prototyping tools, and collaboration workflows
Experience
- 4–7 years of experience in product design / UX design
- Experience working on complex digital products (B2B / SaaS preferred)
- Exposure to global stakeholders / distributed teams is a strong plus
Behavioral & Leadership Traits
- High ownership and reliability in delivery
- Ability to operate with moderate ambiguity and structure problems
- Strong attention to detail with a bias for quality
- Evolving storytelling skills (moving from screens → outcomes)
Success Metrics (DCF 35 Expectations)
Delivery & Craft
- Consistent delivery of high-quality, dev-ready design outputs
- Reduction in design iteration cycles and rework
- Strong adherence to design systems and standards
Business Impact
- Contribution to feature adoption, engagement, or conversion improvements
- Ability to connect design decisions to measurable outcomes
Collaboration
- Positive feedback from cross-functional stakeholders and clients
- Effective participation in pods and global team environments
Capability Building
- Active contribution to team critiques and junior mentoring
- Demonstrated growth toward owning larger problem spaces (DCF 40 readiness)
What Success Looks Like
- Moves from feature ownership → problem space ownership
- Demonstrates strong storytelling and strategic framing
- Begins to influence clients and solution direction
- Drives consistency across multiple workstreams / designers
Why Join Us
- Work on global client engagements across industries
- Be part of a scaling XD practice with strong leadership and standards
- Exposure to AI-led design transformation and enterprise-scale problems
Location:
DGS India - Bengaluru - Manyata N1 Block
Brand:
Merkle
Time Type:
Full time
Contract Type:
Permanent
