Role: Product Designer

Location: Anywhere in Canada

Salary: $90K – $110k

Please address your cover letter to the hiring team at Habanero and make sure to share: (1) why you think Habanero would be a great place to work, and (2) what excites you most about the future of work.

Habanero is looking to add this exciting full-time role to our already awesome team anywhere across Canada! This means you can work remotely anywhere in Canada or from one of our downtown offices in Vancouver and Calgary; we're flexible! As an organization, we are passionate about creating exceptional experiences for our clients and their employees, and we believe that the best solutions begin and end with people. This is where you come in.

We are looking to add a new Product Designer to our already awesome team! As an organization, Habanero is passionate about creating exceptional experiences for our clients and their employees, and we believe that the best solutions begin and end with people. This is where you come in.

You're passionate about creating amazing workplace experiences and love working with people to build consensus and excitement while delivering exceptional user-centred experiences. You believe that every detail matters and love educating others on the importance of designing for experiences. Your peers and clients describe you as creative, opinionated, but diplomatic, adaptive, and collaborative.

To get a picture of what this role looks like, imagine yourself…

• As part of an inclusive and diverse team of Habs, passionate about helping people and organizations thrive

• Working with our GO Intranet product team to continually improve the product

• Working in an agile team, collaborating with the product team to envision potential solutions and define successful outcomes to strive for

• Designing new features and capabilities within the SharePoint Framework to enhance modern SharePoint Online

• Translating business requirements into design solutions

• Sharing insights and bringing solutions to life with artifacts such as user flows, storyboards, journey maps, empathy maps, and customer archetypes

• Uncovering product assumptions, prioritizing their impact and creating research plans to validate them

• Specifying the objectives of research cycles and defining the best approach to test hypotheses and solutions including participatory activities with potential users

• Understanding the market that our products exist in and identifying differentiating problems and solutions that align with Habanero’s vision

Chances are, you’re right for this role if you have…

• Foundational skills with facilitation and collaboration tools such as Miro

• Some basic knowledge of SharePoint and Microsoft 365

• Skill in visual design, interaction design, and prototyping.

• Experience leading the end-to-end design process, from discovery and opportunity framing to development, launch, and ongoing iteration.

• A human-centered design approach to solving problems and creating exceptional experiences

• Strong storytelling skills and experience sharing design recommendations and rationale with decision-making audiences

• A passion for facilitating and participating in internal design reviews

• A natural tendency to solicit others for their ideas and opinions, and encourage people to share feedback

• An interest in working in an autonomous, high-performing and non-hierarchical workplace

• An understanding of product development and working within product teams

• Are an excellent communicator who thrives in a collaborative team environment

Bonus points if you have...

• A strong understanding of how SharePoint architecture works

• 4+ years’ experience supporting evidence-based product design with UX research

• Experience leading and facilitating design-related workshops and stakeholder interviews

• Experience with a continuous discovery approach to product development

If you plan on working remotely or from home regularly, you have...

• An appropriate remote work setup, such as a quiet space…

• A stable, reliable internet connection to perform your remote work effectively. It is essential to have a broadband connection capable of supporting high-quality video conferencing and other business-critical activities.

The Hab hiring process
As mentioned above, please address your cover letter to the hiring team at Habanero, and make sure to share: (1) why you think Habanero would be a great place to work, and (2) what excites you most about the future of work.

If we reach out, please expect a thorough interview process (including a 30-minute initial meet and greet, 1.5-hour capabilities assessment, three 30-minute meet and greets with Habs, 2-hour comprehensive interview, reference checks with past employers or other contacts, offer discussion, background checks).

Accommodation is available on request for candidates taking part in all steps of our hiring process. While we’d love to meet everyone who applies, only those who are short-listed will be contacted. All applicants will receive a notification when the role is closed or filled. Thanks for taking the time to apply!

A little bit about Habanero
Habanero is a Canadian consulting company with offices in Calgary and Vancouver. We are passionate about helping people and organizations thrive. We believe that every organization can be exceptional, and we help to humanize the world of work through the creation of modern workplaces and the cultural, communication, collaboration and content experiences that power them. Our solutions are globally recognized, and we have consecutively ranked as one of Canada's best places to work for the last 16 years.

The best kind of work
Habanero is an organization where people who are creative, hard-working, friendly, honest and open come together to do great work. We have a shared passion for solving complex issues that will benefit other people and organizations. We service our clients and projects across Canadian time zones and consultants are resourced on cross-regional teams.

Supporting each other in personal growth
We are a lattice organization, meaning that there is no traditional hierarchy. There is no typical boss, and you don’t report to a manager. Instead, we have a more holistic approach to mentorship – we offer employee journey coaches who are there to help you with all things career and life. We believe it’s up to you to make the most out of your career, and we are here to support and encourage you every step of the way.

A diverse culture of clever humans
At Habanero, we celebrate diversity and inclusivity. We are committed to creating and supporting equal employment opportunities regardless of age, race, ancestry, ethnic origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status or disability. We have included a personalized submission field in our application form to provide an additional opportunity for you to tell your story outside of the traditional resume and cover letter.

Compensation
Our compensation package includes a technology allowance, a wellness allowance, flexible work hours and location, health and dental coverage, a health spending account and RRSP matching. We also enjoy smaller perks like free snacks and drinks and group lunches where you can reconnect with your team after a long week. There are training and development opportunities for those who wish to continue evolving their skills. All employees start at three weeks of vacation.

Bringing life to work
Everyone at Habanero probably has their own story around this, but it's probably safe to say that it starts with people feeling like they can bring their whole selves to work. The cornerstone idea is that we want to support people having great lives, not just great work lives (we can't say our relationship begins at 9:00 and ends at 5:00). Other things we've heard make the difference for Habs:

• People starting their careers get to jump in and gain experience right away
• Employee journey support system (career coach)
• The culture of trust, transparency, inclusivity, collaboration, autonomy... to name a few
• The awesome people that work here (of course)
• Flexible work schedule
• Training and development opportunities when we can support them

We recently asked Habs to share what they feel makes us one of the Best Places to Work in Canada and the loudest response was 'our people' (with 'our teams' and 'balance' not far behind). So, if this sounds like something you want to be a part of, and you have the skills and experience to contribute, then we want to meet you!

Please note that every incoming Habanero employee is required to complete and clear a criminal record check, employment verification, and in compliance with our clients’ policies. By applying, you acknowledge that if hired by Habanero you agree to complete background checks and you don't foresee any concerns in regard to obtaining cleared results.