Staff UX Designer
- R9807
- Belfast, United Kingdom
Staff User Experience Designer
We are looking for a Staff User Experience Designer to join our User Experience team. This role is ideal for a seasoned UX professional who thrives on solving complex design challenges, mentoring others in design craft, and driving high-impact work across teams. You’ll use research, data, and design thinking to create user-centric solutions that deliver measurable product outcomes and influence design execution across the organization.
About the Team
Our Product Design team plays a critical role in shaping the design vision and execution for our products. We collaborate cross-functionally to ensure our solutions meet real customer needs while delivering business impact.
About the Role
As a Staff User Experience Designer, your primary responsibility will be to drive high-quality, user-centered design solutions across multiple teams and product areas. Specifically, your focus will be to:
Lead complex design projects that span multiple teams, domains, or platforms
Mentor and guide other designers in UX craft and execution
Partner with product and engineering leadership to shape priorities, ideas, and implementation
Advocate for design excellence, ensuring consistency, usability, and scalability across the user experience
The skills and qualities you’ll bring include:
Core Skills
Effective collaboration and communication across cross-functional teams
Ability to navigate ambiguity and proactively define direction
Strong time management and accountability in meeting deadlines
Passion for learning, growth, and fostering an inclusive design culture
Functional / Role-Specific Skills
8–10 years of experience in UX, product, or visual design with a strong track record of leading initiatives
Mastery of UX principles, interaction design, design systems, and design thinking
Ability to translate complex problems into elegant, user-friendly experiences
Proficiency in crafting wireframes, prototypes, journey maps, and final UI assets
Experience delivering polished, production-ready designs in collaboration with engineering
Strong storytelling skills to communicate design rationale
Ability to influence product strategy beyond immediate responsibilities
Willingness to travel occasionally for collaboration with global teams
Cybersecurity knowledge is a plus, but ability to design for complex technical domains is essential
Core Value Embodiment - Embody our core values to foster a culture of excellence that drives meaningful impact and collective success.
We know that the best ideas and solutions come from multi-dimensional teams. That’s because these teams reflect a variety of backgrounds and professional experiences. If you are excited about this role and feel your experience can make an impact, please don’t be shy – apply today.
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About Rapid7
At Rapid7, our vision is to create a secure digital world for our customers, our industry, and our communities. We do this by harnessing our collective expertise and passion to challenge what’s possible and drive extraordinary impact. We’re building a dynamic and collaborative workplace where new ideas are welcome.
Protecting 11,000+ customers against bad actors and threats means we’re continuing to push the envelope just like we’ ve been doing for the past 20 years. If you ’re ready to solve some of the toughest challenges in cybersecurity, we’re ready to help you take command of your career. Join us.
Security and Compliance
Rapid7 is committed to keeping customers secure. As a first line of defense, all employees are expected to uphold the highest standards of security and privacy, ensuring the protection of sensitive information and compliance with relevant regulations.