Senior Service Designer id-6254

April 10, 2025

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Overview:

At GitLab, Service Design is a discipline within User Experience Research (UXR). Service Designers collaborate with Product teams and stakeholders in the business to design and optimize end-to-end experiences across products, ensuring users can successfully achieve their goals throughout their lifecycle with GitLab.

What you'll do:

Design and enhance end-to-end user experiences by identifying pain points, optimizing journeys, and ensuring consistency across touchpoints

Develop and implement service design frameworks for end-to-end journeys and the entire user lifecycle, considering complex personas and user segments

Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to align on service design solutions and drive execution

Leverage user research, stakeholder input, and operational data to validate and refine service improvements

Prototype, test, and iterate service concepts to enhance interactions, streamline processes, and improve service effectiveness

Support implementation and change management by working with operational teams on roadmaps and frameworks

Lead strategic service design initiatives, identifying opportunities for innovation and system-wide optimizations

Establish and evolve service design methodologies, ensuring consistency and scalability across the organization

Mentor UX team members, providing guidance on complex service design challenges and strategic thinking

What you'll bring:

System Thinking: Proven ability to design complex service ecosystems, identifying cross-product opportunities and holistic improvements

User Centricity: Expertise in developing and applying persona frameworks and user lifecycle strategies to drive service design decisions

Design Communication: Strong visualization and storytelling skills, using tools such as FigJam, Miro, or Figma to create service blueprints, wireframes, and mockups to align teams and leadership

Strategic Design: Ability to translate business goals and user insights into scalable service strategies, influencing decision-making at all levels

Collaborative Design and Implementation: Strong stakeholder engagement skills, experienced in leading workshops (both synchronous and asynchronous), and facilitating in depth discussion to drive cross-functional alignment

Product & Business Acumen: Capability to balance user needs, business priorities, and operational constraints while ensuring compliance and scalability

Change Management & Implementation: Experience in anticipating and addressing resistance to adoption in service changes

Other Jobs You May Be Interested In

UX Research & Design Thinking: Proficiency in user research methods, including surveys, interviews, usability testing, and data analysis, to refine and validate service solutions

Influencing & Leadership: Advocate for service design best practices, shaping the discipline and fostering a culture of learning within the organization

Coaching & Mentoring: Skilled in coaching and mentoring, supporting the growth of UX professionals through feedback and knowledge sharing

How GitLab will support you

Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being

All remote, asynchronous work environment

Flexible Paid Time Off

Team Member Resource Groups

Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Growth and development budget

Parental leave

Home office support

Please note that we welcome interest from candidates with varying levels of experience; many successful candidates do not meet every single requirement. Additionally, studies have shown that people from underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to a job unless they meet every single qualification. If you're excited about this role, please apply and allow our recruiters to assess your application.

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Country Hiring Guidelines: GitLab hires new team members in countries around the world. All of our roles are remote, however some roles may carry specific location-based eligibility requirements. Our Talent Acquisition team can help answer any questions about location after starting the recruiting process.

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