Product Design Lead

Summary

Join Avalere Health, a leading global strategic healthcare partner, as a Product Designer. You will own and update the Global Design System, manage product design roadmaps, and drive the introduction of new research and testing tools. Responsibilities include defining and implementing a product vision and design strategy, cultivating a design culture, and collaborating across departments. You will lead user research, translate concepts into prototypes, and communicate findings to inform business decisions. The role also involves managing and growing the design team. This is a fantastic opportunity to work on SaaS products integrating generative AI capabilities, shaping a new collaborative user experience.

Requirements

• 5+ years professional experience using product design skills is required
• A portfolio that demonstrates strength in user experience and visual design of complex digital products, backed up by data and insight
• Ability to structure and conduct user tests and interviews
• Experience in designing responsive web applications used in an enterprise environment
• Experience working in an interactive Agile environment being part of multiple fusion teams
• Deep understanding of design-thinking techniques and theories

Responsibilities

• Own and consistently update the Global Design System, enabling unified digital experiences across a number of new and established products
• Manage Product Design roadmaps, working closely with relevant Product Managers and Engineers
• Drive and introduce new research and testing tools
• Help define and implement an inspiring, holistic product vision and design strategy to build delightful experiences for our users
• Help cultivate the design culture of the team and the company, including championing user-centric design thinking across the company and maintaining a collaborative design process
• Work closely with peers across all departments (Digital Experience Technology, Advisory, Medical & Marketing) on opportunities that help deliver both user and business objectives
• Translate concepts into wireframes, mock-ups, and prototypes
• Lead user research to determine the best approaches and methods to capture the right insights; plan and run qualitative studies, including (but not limited to) user interviews, remote and in-person usability studies
• Communicate research findings using data visualisation techniques to inform business decision-making
• Turn user research into representative personas, user stories, user journeys, storyboards, and other design thinking representations
• Manage and grow designers within the product team; this includes hiring and mentoring all levels of designers to deliver their best work

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience in implementing AI capabilities within SaaS platforms is a plus
• Understanding of front-end technologies such as HTML, Javascript and CSS is a plus
• Degree in design, psychology, business, statistics, human-computer interaction (HCI), related field or equivalent experience is a plus

Benefits

• A generous company pension/retirement plan
• Private medical insurance
• Comprehensive employee wellbeing initiatives
• Compelling time-off policy
• Many other excellent employee benefits