UI / UX Design Lead

Toronto 4 days agoContractor External
355 - 381 / hr
• Contract-to-Hire Opportunity* Lighthouse Technology Services is partnering with our client to fill their UI/UX Design Lead positions! This is an 8+ month contract-to-hire opportunity and can be hybrid in Toronto or Mississauga. This role will be an employee of Lighthouse Technology Services during the contract period. What You’ll Be Doing: • Lead the Design efforts of a specific B2B product. • Guide current-state and future-state user flows, and produce UX/UI designs that helps users accomplish their tasks. • Identify system dependencies, data flows, and user pain points • Translate operational insights into lo-fi user journeys and ultimately, intuitive product experiences • Collaborate with internal operators, subject matter experts, and users to deeply understand pain points and workflows • Work closely with Product and Engineering to align on problems-to-solve, and features to design for, that meets user and business needs • Foster design excellence through feedback and critique • Facilitate workshops with cross-functional teams to drive alignment • Document and communicate design decisions clearly and persuasively to stakeholders What You’ll Need to Have: • 5+ years of experience in Product UX/UI Design, with at least 1 year in a design lead role • Ability to demonstrate design thinking on the back of a paper napkin before demonstrating the polished end product • Must have prior experience in design for ERP or SaaS tools with complex workflows • Track record of working in or designing for operations-heavy environments (e.g., supply chain, inventory, food tech, logistics) • Strong product thinking—comfortable navigating between user needs, business logic, and systems • Proficiency in Figma and/or emerging Generative AI tools (Cursor, V0, Loveable, ai.studio etc) • Ability to lead user research, including field observations, stakeholder interviews, and usability testing • Experience facilitating design reviews, retros, and collaborative workshops You’ll Thrive Here If You: • Are energized to create clarity out of complexity - by design • Have systems thinking and can quickly dive into hands-on design execution • Take a human-centered approach to solving business and technical problems • Balance delivery with big picture thinking, and can adapt as product needs evolve • Are collaborative, curious, and care about the impact of your work on real people Pay Range: $70-$75+/hr CAD