Lead UX Designer

Zycus is looking for a Lead UX Designer with a strong understanding of AI-assisted design and a tech-forward mindset to help shape next-gen user experiences in AI-driven products. 

As a global leader in AI-powered Source-to-Pay solutions, Zycus offers a comprehensive suite for procurement, finance, and AP teamsincluding modules like eProcurement, eInvoicing, Spend Analysis, and the Merlin A.I. Suite. Recognized as a Visionary in the 2024 Gartner Magic Quadrant™ for Source-to-Pay Suites, Zycus is driven by innovation and a commitment to delivering business impact.

Role & responsibilities

• Collaborate with product, engineering, and cross-functional teams to align user needs, technical feasibility, and business goals into scalable, intuitive product experiences.
• Own design quality across the product lifecyclefrom discovery and problem framing to prototyping, validation, implementation, and post-launch analysis.
• Champion AI-assisted design tools (e.g., Readdy, V0.dev, Cursor AI, ChatGPT, Galileo AI) to accelerate ideation, prototyping, and iteration.
• Mentor team members on visual craft, usability, and responsible integration of AI in design.
• Conduct and synthesize usability tests to improve both human and AI-augmented user experiences.
• Communicate design concepts and rationale clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Apply systems thinking to build modular, token-driven, and AI-compatible design systems.
• Stay current with emerging UX trendsespecially in human-AI interaction, prompt design, agent UI, and conversational UXand integrate relevant practices into team workflows.
• Promote a strong design culture through feedback, critical discussions, and cross-team learning.

Preferred candidate profile

• Bachelor’s or Master’s in HCI, Design, CS, or related field with 4–5 years of experience in complex B2B product design; B2C exposure is a plus.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating UX strategy, visual design, and AI-assisted or AI-enhanced user experiences.
• Proficient in core UX skills: personas, IA, journey mapping, usability testing, wireframes, prototyping, accessibility, and omnichannel design.
• Solid product thinking with experience designing AI workflows (e.g., prompts, feedback loops, ethical AI UX).
• Hands-on with AI-native design tools (e.g., Figma AI plugins, Cursor, Magician, Galileo) and UI generation from structured logic/code.
• Tech-oriented; comfortable collaborating with developers, working with APIs, and contributing to design systems and LLM-based interfaces.
• Expert in Figma (components, auto layout, tokens); Adobe Creative Suite and motion design are a bonus.
• Curious and knowledgeable about generative AI, LLMs, and prompt engineering for user and team experience enhancement.

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