Sidley Austin LLP is a global law firm serving clients across legal, regulatory, transactional, and litigation matters. Its practice spans corporate transactions, securities, antitrust, environmental and health and safety regulation, insurance, arbitration, and other complex areas of law, including cross-border work in more than 70 countries. The firm also produces legal and regulatory insights on subjects such as artificial intelligence and SEC rules, alongside pro bono, sustainability, and community initiatives. With a large partnership and offices around the world, Sidley supports organizations navigating complex commercial and regulatory challenges.
Senior Lead Product Designer - Dallas Hybrid
Senior Lead Product Designer at Sidley Austin LLP shaping complex AI-enabled legal products and platforms. Leads discovery, systems design, prototyping, delivery, and user experience standards.
United States
Illinois
Texas$141,400 – $211,200 / year
HybridFull-timeSeniorEnglish RequiredProduct DesignerDescription
- Lead stakeholder discovery and problem framing to clarify business processes, user needs, constraints, decision points, and opportunities
- Build detailed knowledge of complex business domains and workflows to uncover root problems, test assumptions, and prioritize opportunities
- Map complex systems and end-to-end workflows, including roles, handoffs, rules, exceptions, dependencies, information architecture, and decision points
- Turn product strategy and ambiguous business challenges into product concepts, target outcomes, priorities, and cohesive end-to-end experiences
- Collaborate with Product Management and Engineering on priorities, roadmaps, requirements, tradeoffs, and delivery decisions
- Direct iterative prototyping and assess product concepts in partnership with Engineering
- Guide product design from delivery through iteration while upholding standards for product thinking, interaction design, information architecture, visual design, and user experience
- Establish product and experience success measures and assess results through research, usability testing, product signals, analytics, and user feedback
- Coach Product Design team members through clear expectations, feedback, and delegated ownership
- Advance AI-enabled design practices and present product direction and recommendations to stakeholders
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Product Management, or a related field, or equivalent professional experience
- At least 8 years of experience in product design or a related discipline
- Track record of leading product design initiatives and teams across discovery, definition, prototyping, delivery, and iteration
- Experience designing complex enterprise products, workflows, or platforms with multiple personas, handoffs, business rules, exceptions, and information dependencies
- Ability to investigate ambiguous business problems, develop domain expertise, challenge assumptions, weigh alternatives, and turn findings into effective product solutions
- Experience collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, and business stakeholders
- Experience using AI-enabled tools and methods in product design, research, prototyping, or product development
- Strong communication and stakeholder-influence skills
- Ability to balance competing priorities and apply sound judgment in a fast-paced environment
- Portfolio showing product thinking, problem framing, workflow and systems design, prototyping, validation, interaction and visual design, and measurable product or user outcomes
- Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future
Benefits
- Eligibility for a bonus
- Comprehensive benefits program