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Exact Sciences · 1 day ago

Lead UX Designer AI

Madison, WI

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$121K/yr - $206K/yr

8+ years exp

Exact Sciences is focused on changing how the world prevents, detects, and guides treatment for cancer. As a Lead UX Designer, AI, you will drive high-impact design initiatives and collaborate with cross-functional teams to create user-centered solutions that enhance patient and provider experiences.

BiotechnologyHealth DiagnosticsManufacturingMedical

No H1B

Responsibilities

Independently lead and facilitate active collaboration with strategists, researchers, product leaders, legal, regulatory, medical, labs, and the respective Experience Design team members to produce deliverables that scale across journeys and platforms, with minimal guidance

Support a team of designers, providing informal coaching, feedback, and direction to help them do their best work on a project

Research and stay up-to-date to help support the adoption of the enterprise-wide design best-practices, standards, principles, and the usage of AI into your daily practice

Develop advanced prototypes and animations or define motion characteristics

Advocate for the incorporation of user research into the experience's UX vision, provide strategic rigor and thoughtfulness throughout the creation of products and experiences, from vision and conception to launch and optimization/governance - possess the knowledge and passion to articulate it clearly, confidently, concisely, and compellingly across audiences

Evolve and champion our design system to ensure that it is driving efficiencies and is tailored to the respective audience needs

Serve as a subject-matter expert in all things design and help lead both partners and peers alike to help think how design drives utility and inspires, equally

Remove impediments and ensure delivery of the overall experience vision & results aligned to OKRs. Building and maintaining collaborative relationships with senior leadership and other departments (e.g., Marketing) will also be required

Research and stay up-to-date to help lead the adaption of the enterprise-wide UX best practices, standards, principles, and design thinking processes for use by the respective UX, Product, and Development teams; serve as an advocate for these standards, principles, processes

Create systems and strategies that help designers thrive. Lead the use of design thinking, storytelling, and conceptual prototypes to compellingly convey the vision, flow, and features of the products/services being designed

Understand and prioritize time, problems, opportunities, and solutions that contribute to the product roadmap, strategy, and vision leveraging data, research, industry trends, and business objectives

Maintain morale and support employee engagement initiatives

Foster a welcoming environment regardless of background, sexual orientation, gender expression, religion, or ethnicity, and model these behaviors for the organization

Uphold company mission and values through accountability, innovation, integrity, quality, and teamwork

Ability to effectively manage legal reviews and feedback cycles

Support and comply with the company's Quality Management System policies and procedures

Ability to act with an inclusion mindset and model these behaviors for the organization

Qualification

UX DesignDesign ThinkingAdobe Creative SuiteFigmaHuman Centered DesignPrototypingUser ResearchAgile/Scrum/KanbanHTMLCSSJavaScriptDesign SystemsCollaborationCommunicationLeadershipProblem SolvingTime Management

Required

Bachelor's degree in Design, Marketing, Business, Life Sciences, or related field of study; or High School Degree/General Education Diploma and 4+ years of relevant experience as outlined in the essential duties in lieu of Bachelor's degree

8+ years of experience working as a UX Designer, with at least 5 years of experience in a senior or lead capacity

Extensive experience in applying techniques and methods of modern user experience design, discovery, and delivery – along with expertise with design/user experience platforms and tools (e.g., Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, Miro, Jira)

Experience with content management systems (Sitecore a plus) and user testing tools

Experience in simplifying and communicating complex ideas to broad audiences

Experience in managing a design process from strategy to delivery of final product

Experience in collaborating with and influencing product, engineering, design, and operational teams

Experience in creating designs that optimize for varied ecosystems that leverage known persona or archetypal work, SEO, and measurement objectives

Advanced understanding of accessible, inclusive, and equitable design

Experience with the principles of Agile/Scrum/Kanban

Strong organizational and time management skills with a proactive and logical approach to workload and ability to work both independently and within a team. Ability to effectively plan, organize, and prioritize work

Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation

Strong working knowledge of HTML, CSS, JavaScript, Adobe Creative Suite applications, and associated design tools

Demonstrated strong understanding of the current web and mobile technology landscape

Advanced understanding of human centered design and design thinking methodologies

Experience creating accessible, inclusive, and equitable design

Knowledge of best-in-class design systems (Material, Carbon, Fluent, etc) and their pros and cons. Experience in evolving/adapting design systems or building them from scratch

Extensive experience problem-solving, organizational, and analytical skills with the ability to evolve UX strategy based on research, data, and industry trends

Strong analysis skills; including, but not limited to, process and user flow definition

Extensive experience in translating complex user, business, operational, and technical requirements into clear, accurate, compelling user experience deliverables

Experience in relationship building, motivation, and curiosity to bring together different personalities for creative thinking and collaborative solutioning

Extensive experience engaging with strategists, product managers, engineers, researchers, SMEs, and company leaders in a constructive and collaborative relationship where you can both learn and influence

Experience recruiting, coordinating, developing, and managing a team

Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to agilely adapt to the respective audience (team member to senior leadership)

Strong organizational and time management skills with a proactive and logical approach to workload and ability to work both independently and within a team

Demonstrated ability to perform the Essential Duties of the position with or without accommodation

Applicants must be currently authorized to work in country where work will be performed on a full or part-time basis. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of employment visas at this time