At IFS you will work in a growing, global enterprise software company where informal hierarchies promote simplicity and trust with responsibility. We strive to deepen our expertise by taking on challenging and varying work assignments in a collaborative environment together with committed colleagues. With professionalism and a strong customer focus in everything we do, from R&D to Sales and Consultancy, we are proud to serve world-class customers all over the globe with our leading products. We are #ForTheChallengers and if that resonates with you, we would love to hear from you!

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company.

We’re on the lookout for an experienced, open-minded, creative individual to join our growing team of Human Capital Management group as a UX Designer. 

IFS Human Capital Management (HCM) manages the full employee lifecycle, from hire to retire. As an integral part of the IFS Cloud solution, IFS HCM provides a comprehensive toolkit supporting a wide range of HCM processes from different perspectives and roles throughout the entire global enterprise.

At IFS we strive to think through the whole customer experience from beginning to end. Our UX Designers care about creating solutions that delight users. They focus on the user problem not the feature and promote user empathy throughout the design & development process.

A part of the job is user research on the many different personas that use our products and the context in which they use them. The goal being to gain a better understanding of our customers’ business environment and problems to inform better design decisions. We want to seek out feedback and test our design ideas with stakeholders and customers. Sharing this knowledge with our development teams is key to building a better product.

The UX Designers are part of a team from the beginning of a project to the end and collaborate closely with the product management, program management and software engineering. At IFS we do a lot of design work up front to ensure we are building the right thing and build realistic development plans. But design work does not stop once development starts. Many details come up through the agile development process and designs will iterate during development.

The UX Designer at IFS is responsible for taking high level solution components and ideating intuitive software experiences for our users. This includes the creation of wireframes, user stories, mock-ups, and prototypes to effectively communicate the user experience throughout the process. They continuously advocate for more user-centric improvements in our products and framework.  Taking ownership, creatively solving problems, and proactively contributing are key to being successful in this role.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities

• creating user flows, wireframes & prototypes for the features 
• collaborating with product management, program management and software engineering teams to gather and evaluate all the requirements 
• contributing to UI designs based on the IFS Design System and guidelines 
• contribute to creating and improving the design guidelines and principles 
• mapping and understanding of the user journeys and technical limitations 
• taking part in product research validating the designs with user tests 
• promoting design thinking in the team through knowledge sharing, guiding & training 

All this to create usable, enjoyable, fit-for-purpose and enterprise-grade software.   

Required Competence, Technical Skills & Expertise  

You are a creative person who also possess a high degree of technical understanding, logical thinking, ability to understand complex systems, and preferably several years of experience in the field.  

You are familiar with some prototyping/wireframing tools (like Balsamiq, Moqups, Pidoco, WireframePro, InVision, Marvel, Flinto, Photoshop, Illustrator, Sketch, etc.) and with collaborative interface design tools like Figma or Zeplin. You are passionate about user centered interfaces and have a solid understanding of design principles as a whole. 

You will be part of a great team that is just beginning its journey towards amazing UX. We hope that you are a good team player who can navigate your way with other stakeholders and have a solid understanding of the design process. We encourage curiosity and critical thinking. 

You’ll stand out from the crowd if you have experience

• In Enterprise Software Solutions area 
• With Agile development process

Interviews and selections are being made continuously. If you are interested, apply as soon as possible. 

As a step in our recruitment process, all final candidates will undergo a background check, to get us an understanding of our future employees.

IFS Fact
IFS develops and delivers enterprise software for customers around the world who manufacture and distribute goods, build and maintain assets, and manage service-focused operations. The industry expertise of our people and solutions, together with a commitment to delivering value to every one of our customers, has made IFS a recognized leader and the most recommended supplier in our sector. Our team of 4,000 employees and growing ecosystem of partners support more than 10,000 customers around the world challenge the status quo and realize their competitive advantage. Learn more about how our enterprise software solutions can help your business today at ifs.com.