User Experience Designer-Mobile - Relo Available

Relocation Available!

PURPOSE AND OBJECTIVES
Taking the design of SAP’s Enterprise Applications to the next
level of design excellence is the core business of the SAP User Experience Group. Our mission
is to provide a world-class user experience for end users of SAP business applications.
The objective of this position is to work in close collaboration with product management and
development to design and develop industry leading applications for mobile devices such as
BlackBerry, iPhone, Android, iPad, etc. The user experience designer works within a team to
translate business requirements into effective UI design.
He/she designs the next generation user experience for SAP based on user research,
human-factor principles, platform style guides, market and sales drivers, business requirements,
and technical requirements. He/she identifies and drives opportunities to improve aspects of the
software-development process related to the user interface, including streamlining and
automation. Along with fellow members of the User-Experience team, the user interface
designer has a key role in assuring best-quality
and best-practice user interface design throughout the product lifecycle.
SAP is the global market leader for business software and thus contributes a considerable part
of the world's economic power grid. At SAP you get your chance to put your ideas into action
with maximum impact.
EXPECTATIONS AND TASKS
Involvement in user research activities, including participatory design sessions.
Interpreting business requirements into effective UI specifications.
Definition, creation, production and review of user interface and usability requirements.
Performing and reporting on task analyses.
Creating conceptual design models.
Creating interaction models and task flows.
Defining information organization and screen layouts.
Creating and demonstrating iterative prototypes (hi and low fidelity).
Involvement in design validation activities and recommendations reporting.
Communicating effectively within UX- and product management/ development community.
Contributing to project planning and infrastructure initiatives
EDUCATION AND QUALIFICATIONS / SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES
Graduate level training in: Human Computer Interaction, Human Factors, Industrial Design or
other related disciplines.
Strong online or electronic portfolio which demonstrates expert-level proficiency in visual and
interactive design for business and/or consumer audiences.
Experience in major aspects of product definition: developing user profiles, use scenarios,
task flows, prototypes, and information architecture.
Knowledge of current and upcoming desktop and cloud-based technologies.
Knowledge of major mobile platforms such as iPhone, iPad, Android, BlackBerry