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Review Vacancy

Date Posted 01/20/23

Applications Due02/06/23

Vacancy ID122319

AgencyInformation Technology Services, Office of

TitleDirector of Usability Testing - Project Director, NS, Ref. # 30505

Occupational CategoryI.T. Engineering, Sciences

Salary GradeNS

Bargaining UnitPS&T - Professional, Scientific, and Technical (PEF)

Salary RangeFrom $108376 to $132732 Annually

Employment Type Full-Time

Appointment Type Temporary

Jurisdictional Class Competitive Class

Travel Percentage 0%

Workweek Mon-Fri

Hours Per Week 37.5

Workday

From 9 AM

To 5 PM

Flextime allowed? No

Mandatory overtime? No

Compressed workweek allowed? Yes

Telecommuting allowed? Yes

County Albany

Street Address Empire State Plaza - Swan Street Building

Core 4 Floor 3

City Albany

StateNY

Zip Code12242

Minimum Qualifications Eight years of experience doing user experience design activities and creating UX design plans and strategy for projects. This experience should include all phases of UX design - from user research and modeling, to conceptual and high fidelity prototyping, to usability testing.

The following degrees may substitute for the general experience as indicated:

Associate’s degree and four years of experience

Associate’s degree including 15 semester credit hours in computer science or psychology and three years of experience

Bachelor’s degree and three years of experience

Bachelor’s degree including 15 semester credit hours in in computer science or psychology and two years of experience

Master’s degree in computer science or psychology substitutes for an additional year of experience

Duties Description Under the direction of the Assistant Director of Web and User Experience within the Chief Technology Office, the Project Director will collaborate with project teams on design efforts in user experience (UX), and user interface design.
Specific duties include, but are not limited to, the following:
• Oversee enterprise UX strategy for ITS usability testing and user research service offerings
• Create and synthesize (from various projects) user interface design patterns for broad reuse;
• Mentor junior User Experience Designers
• Conduct user research: surveys, interviews, persona creation;
• Conduct stakeholder workshops: journey, ecosystem, and stakeholder mapping;
• Prescribe user experience design scopes of work for projects;
• Perform UX design work and create standard deliverables: sketches, storyboards, wireframes, user stories, user flows, prototypes, user testing, etc.;
• Assist in training and supporting ITS project teams (primarily business analysts and user interface developers) to raise UX skills capacity so that those teams can reach autonomy and quality output.
• Perform the full range of supervisory responsibilities

Additional Comments Salary: To be determined, commensurate with experience.

Background check and fingerprinting are required.

Generous benefits package, worth 65% of salary, which includes:

• Choice of several low and competitive health insurance plans
• Dental & vision insurance at no additional cost
• Membership in the NYS Retirement System
• Deferred Compensation Investment Plan
• Thirteen (13) paid holidays annually
• Up to Thirteen (13) days of paid vacation leave annually
• Up to Five (5) days of paid personal leave annually
• Up to Thirteen (13) days of paid sick leave annually
• Up to Three (3) days of professional leave annually to participate in professional development
• Tuition reimbursement
• Training & development opportunities
• Up to 50% Telecommuting

Some positions may require additional credentials or a background check to verify your identity.

Name Schuyler Younkin

Telephone 518-473-0398

Fax 518-402-4924

Email Address PostingResponses@its.ny.gov

Address

Street NYS Information Technology Services

Swan Street, Core 4, Floor 1

City Albany

State NY

Zip Code 12242

 

Notes on ApplyingPlease submit a clear, concise cover letter and resume indicating that you are applying for Project Director, Ref. # 30505 describing how you meet the minimum qualifications no later than February 6, 2023

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