Job Description
Title: Principal UX Designer
Location: Remote
JobDescription:
Background
Accumulus Synergy is a nonprofit trade association working on behalf of industry to address the global need for digital transformation. To help solve for this need, Accumulus is developing a transformative data exchange platform to enable enhanced collaboration and efficiency between life sciences organizations and health authorities worldwide. The Accumulus Platform aims to improve efficiencies in the regulatory process by leveraging advanced technology, including data science and AI, as well as tools for secure data exchange to improve patient safety, help reduce the cost of innovation, and ultimately bring patients safe and effective medicines faster. Accumulus is working with key stakeholders in the life sciences – regulatory ecosystem to build and sustain a platform that aims to meet regulatory, cybersecurity, and privacy requirements spanning clinical, safety, chemistry and manufacturing, and regulatory exchanges and submissions. Accumulus Synergy sponsors include Amgen, Astellas, AstraZeneca, Bristol Myers Squibb, GSK, Johnson & Johnson, Lilly, Merck, Pfizer, Roche, Sanofi, and Takeda.
Job Description
Accumulus is seeking a highly skilled Principal UX Designer with a proven track record in crafting exceptional user experiences for two-sided applications. This role involves leading a growing Design team and collaborating with Product, Engineering, and internal and external SMEs to design solutions that specialize in real time collaboration, content ingestion and information exchange for global users.
Responsibilities
- Lead Design team by influencing the design culture of the entire organization and making critical decisions that impact multiple initiatives.
- Mentor Design team members and significantly contribute to the professional development of the team as a whole.
- Develops design strategy and leads the effort to design user interfaces for a global two-sided application, ensuring an intuitive and engaging user experience.
- Lead the design process throughout the entire lifecycle while collaborating closely with Product Managers, Subject Matter Experts, Engineers, and other Designers.
- Develops user research strategy and conducts research to understand user needs, behaviors, and pain points.
- Presents findings of user research to stakeholders on a regular cadence to ensure user feedback is being circulated throughout the organization.
- Translate user feedback into design strategies and product enhancements
- Develop and refine collaboration workflows to enhance user efficiency and satisfaction.
- Design effective task, notification, and messaging systems that keep users informed and engaged.
- Contribute to the development of content management solutions, ensuring seamless user interactions.
- Create and iterate on user personas and user flows based on research findings.
- Map customer journeys to identify opportunities for improvement in the overall user experience.
- Develop and maintain design system to ensure consistency and scalability
- Clearly presents design ideas through organized wireframes, prototypes, and presentations.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience of designing user experiences for web and mobile applications.
- Strong portfolio showcasing successful projects that include collaboration workflows, notifications/messaging, reporting, content management solutions, large-scale information exchange, mobile product usage, and/or solutions that leverage AI
- Proven experience designing solutions for two-sided applications.
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma).
- Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal, to effectively convey design concepts and rationale.
- Up-to-date with industry trends and best practices in UX design.
- Highly skilled in user research, usability testing, and validating both low and high-fidelity prototypes using feedback from internal and external stakeholders.
- Proven success leading growing design teams
- Preferred qualification: Prior experience in the life sciences industry.