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$140k–$160k/yr
Full-time
bachelor degree
Posted 7d ago
~40 hrs/week
Responsibilities
The Senior HCD Subject Matter Expert will serve as the voice of the user to validate service utility and reduce technical debt through rigorous research and participatory design. They will create high-fidelity artifacts like user journey maps and service blueprints while facilitating cross-functional workshops to ensure engineering efforts align with verified user needs.
Requirements
Candidates must possess a bachelor's degree and at least 7 years of experience in user research, usability studies, and stakeholder analysis. The role requires US citizenship, the ability to obtain DHS Suitability, and an active TS/SCI clearance.
Full job description
Everforth ECS is seeking a Senior HCD Subject Matter Expertto work in our Arlington, VA (Hybrid)office. This position is contingent upon award.
ECS is seeking a Senior HCD Subject Matter Expert to support the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). In this role, you will serve as the "voice of the user" within the Service Design & Governance Branch, working in tandem with our Senior Service Design Strategist.
While the Strategist focuses on the macro-level operating picture and governance bridges, your focus is on the micro-level validation: ensuring we build the right things. You will use rigorous research and participatory design to reduce technical debt and operational risk before code is ever written.
Position Summary
This is not a graphic design role; it is a requirements engineering and risk reduction role. You will deploy HCD methodologies—including contextual inquiry, usability testing, and co-design sessions—to validate service utility. Your primary goal is to ensure that engineering efforts on the TESS contract are grounded in verified user needs rather than assumptions.
Key Responsibilities
Customer-Centric Research & Analysis
Conduct deep-dive user research to identify key pain points across the CISA service portfolio.
Engage directly with stakeholders to validate service utility, ensuring alignment with verified user needs.
Translate qualitative research findings into actionable insights that inform technical requirements and reduce the risk of re-work.
Co-Design & Facilitation
Facilitate participatory design sessions and workshops with diverse, cross-functional teams (users, engineers, policy makers).
Act as a bridge between technical teams and end-users, ensuring diverse perspectives are integrated into service improvement initiatives.
Perform usability testing to validate design solutions and iterate rapidly based on feedback.
Artifact Creation & Strategy
Develop high-fidelity HCD artifacts, including User Journey Maps, Service Blueprints, User Personas, and Segmentations to guide decision-making.
Partner with the Senior Service Design Strategist to ensure these artifacts integrate into the broader "Common Operating Picture" of the service lifecycle.
Create frameworks and design standards for portfolio-wide service offerings to ensure consistency.
Technical Debt Mitigation
Identify sources of technical debt caused by poor user alignment and propose strategies to mitigate these risks.
Advocate for CX best practices within the organization to influence culture and shift the focus from "output" to "outcome".
US citizenship with the ability to obtain and maintain DHS Suitability (EOD).
TS/SCI Clearance
7+ years of experience conducting and synthesizing user research, usability studies and stakeholder analysis
Methodology Expert: Deep expertise in HCD methodologies, including interaction design, service design, information architecture, and content strategy.
Research Synthesis: Proven experience conducting and synthesizing user research, usability studies, and stakeholder analysis into clear reports.
Facilitation: Exceptional skills in leading co-design workshops and managing diverse stakeholder groups.
Risk & Debt Fluency: In-depth knowledge of technical debt management and operational risk—you must be able to explain the cost of bad design to leadership.
Artifact Proficiency: Experience creating professional-grade personas, journey maps, and blueprints.
Collaboration: Strong communication abilities with a track record of aligning multi-disciplinary, product-centric teams.
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