Disruption Designer Job at Steampunk.com in McLean

Overview

Design. Disrupt. Repeat.

Be an agent of change on a team committed to achieving client-focused, mission-driven excellence. Steampunk is the explosive collision of human-centered design and traditional government contracting. We are an employee-owned company with a startup mindset and time-tested approaches tailored for the federal government.We’repassionate about creating solutions that are impactful, practical, and scalable while meeting our clients’ ever-changingneeds.We believe in empowering our people to find creative solutions to intractable problems. We believe the best environment in which to grow and thrive is outside our comfort zone.We believe that whilegood designmakes fora goodexperience, human-centered design makes for an excellent one.

Contributions

Contributions

As a Disruption Designer , you willbe responsible forguiding government clients through our Design Intelligence™framework;incorporating human-centeredand design thinkingmethods tofocus on the peopleimpactedby transformation and change engaging them to embrace and adapt to new ways of working while identifying and mitigating areas of resistance.

Responsibilities :

Participatein all aspects of discovery tounderstand : client missionandgoals;stakeholders,usersand their ecosystems; current state journeys; user segments; program, project, and transformationobjectives

Conduct workshops and interviews toframe pain pointsandopportunities; define problem statements anddeterminechange readinessand areas ofresistance

Synthesizeresearchanddataand craft compelling storiesand presentationsto communicate insightsand recommendationsthat will shapetransformation andchange enablement

Developand deploychange management plans that articulate actionable recommendations for organizational and workflow improvement, including :

Communications plans

Training plans and resources

Sustainability plans

Develop, deploy, and measure key performance indicatorsfortransformation andadoption

Collaborate and communicate stakeholder and user needs on a cross functional team within an agile environment

Understand and embrace the specifications and constraints of a given technology, platform and / or operational environmentand understand howchange managementshould be integrated into technological considerations

Ensureall deliverables across a variety of projectsare produced at the highest quality

Collaborate regularly with the technical development team in order to communicate client priorities and help shape the product; be able to translate technical jargon and instructions into language that client stakeholders or product end-users will be able to understand

Be able to do light design work, or collaborate with design specialists, in order to produce comprehensive training documents

Qualifications

Qualifications

Ability to obtain a U.S. Government Public Trust Security Clearance

Minimum 4 years of experience

Demonstrated experience in current state assessments,future state visioningand communication planning

Demonstrated experienceconductinguserand stakeholder interviews and synthesizing data and insights into personas, action, and training plans

A natural curiosity for solving problems coupled with strong analytical skills

A collaborative nature with excellent written communication and presentation skills

Experience workingin aproject-based environment

Bachelor's Degree required

Preferred Qualities

Previouswork experience in or with the federal government

Previouswork experience as a consultant

Experience inHuman-Centered Design / Customer Experience Design

Experience working on multi-disciplinary, cross-functionalteams including Service Designers, UX and UI designers, technologists, data scientists, engineers, and solution architects

Experience working within an Agiledeliveryframeworkincluding writing user stories and story pointing

About steampunk

About Steam punk

Steampunk relies on several factors to determine salary, including but not limited to geographic location, contractual requirements, education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience. The projected compensation range for this position is $85,000 to $150,000. The estimate displayed represents a typical annual salary range for this position. Annual salary is just one aspect of Steampunk’s total compensation package for employees. Learn more about additional Steampunk benefits here.

Steampunk is a  Change Agent  in the Federal contracting industry, bringing new thinking to clients in the Homeland, Federal Civilian,Healthand DoD sectors.  Through our  Design Intelligence™ process , we are fundamentally changing the expectations ourFederalclients have for true shared accountability in solving their toughest mission challenges.  As an  employee owned company , we focus on investing in our employees to enable them to do the greatest work of their careers – and rewarding them for outstanding contributions to our growth. If you want to learn more about our story, visit .

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Steampunk participates in the E-Verify program.

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Job Location US-VA-McLean

Posted Date 7 months ago (6 / 7 / 2024 3 : 25 PM)

Job ID 5409

Clearance Requirement Public Trust

Salary : $85,000 - $150,000