Elanco · 5 hours ago
Product Designer
Indianapolis, IN
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid Level
3+ years expElanco is a global leader in animal health dedicated to innovation and delivering products and services for farm animals and pets. They are seeking a Product Designer who will play a pivotal role in shaping exceptional user experiences through collaboration with cross-functional teams and driving impactful solutions via product discovery.
ManufacturingPetSupply Chain Management
Responsibilities
Product Discovery: Collaborate with a Product Manager and Engineering Tech Lead to drive the end-to-end product discovery process, from identifying core problems to validating effective solutions, ensuring that solutions are valuable, usable, feasible, and viable
Champion User Empathy: Cultivate a deep understanding of users' needs, goals, motivations, and frustrations by actively 'walking a mile in their shoes'. Utilize various qualitative research methods, such as user interviews, contextual inquiry, and journey mapping, to uncover profound insights
Define and Frame Problems: Synthesize complex research findings into clear, actionable problem statements (Points of View), ensuring the team focuses on solving the right challenges based on validated user insights
Prototype for Learning and Validation: Leverage prototyping as a primary tool for product discovery. Create prototypes of varying fidelity—from low-resolution paper prototypes to high-fidelity interactive models—to quickly test ideas, gain empathy, explore possibilities, and resolve design conflicts
Conduct User Testing: Integrate user testing into team workflows to constantly validate and refine ideas with real users and customers. Test to determine if users could use the product and, crucially, if they would choose to use it, iterating designs based on feedback
Communicate Insights Effectively: Translate complex research findings and design decisions into clear, actionable insights for diverse audiences, including senior leadership and cross-functional partners. Utilize visual storytelling tools such as journey maps, personas, and problem statements to convey user experiences, pain points, and opportunities
Strive for Simplicity and Consistency: Apply design principles that prioritize usability, instant obviousness, and ease of learning. Advocate for clear and consistent interfaces that reduce cognitive load and build user trust, aligning with established UI patterns when appropriate
Demonstrated experience in product design roles, with an amazing portfolio showcasing significant contributions to product discovery and validation phases of software development
Expert understanding and application of user-centered design principles, including the critical interplay of empathy and objectivity
Proficiency in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative user research methods relevant to discovery, such as user interviews, usability testing, A/B testing, and contextual inquiry, coupled with the ability to choose and apply the most suitable method for specific research objectives
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in a relevant field
3-5 years of design experience showcasing strong learning agility
Familiarity with 'Jobs to be Done' methodology
Proficiency with Figma
Experience contributing to or leveraging design systems to ensure consistency and efficiency in product development
Experience navigating product discovery in regulated environments or those with strong internal governance policies
Demonstrated experience in product design roles, with an amazing portfolio showcasing significant contributions to product discovery and validation phases of software development
Expert understanding and application of user-centered design principles, including the critical interplay of empathy and objectivity
Proficiency in a wide range of qualitative and quantitative user research methods relevant to discovery, such as user interviews, usability testing, A/B testing, and contextual inquiry, coupled with the ability to choose and apply the most suitable method for specific research objectives
Preferred
Proficiency with ideation and concept generation techniques to explore a broad solution space and drive innovation
High proficiency in prototyping tools and techniques, capable of producing prototypes of varying fidelity (from low-res to high-res interactive) for rapid iteration, testing, and communication of complex ideas
Excellent verbal and written communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills to articulate user needs, design rationale, and research insights to diverse audiences, including executive leadership and cross-functional teams
Experience working in an agile and iterative environment, with a proven ability to continuously refine design solutions based on user feedback and data
Benefits
Multiple relocation packages
Two weeklong shutdowns (mid-summer and year-end) in the US (in addition to PTO)
8-week parental leave
9 Employee Resource Groups
Annual bonus offering
Flexible work arrangements
Up to 6% 401K matching
Company
Elanco
Elanco is an animal health company that manufactures and markets a diverse range of products to promote animal health and well-being.
5001-10000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Elanco has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
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Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (9)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$252.86MKey Investors
AncoraBill & Melinda Gates Foundation
2023-12-30Post Ipo Equity· $250M
2018-09-19IPO
2017-05-24Grant· $2.86M
Leadership Team
Dave Kinard
Executive Vice President Human Resources, Corporate Affairs & Administration
Jennifer Black
Senior Director, Global Indirect Procurement
Recent News
2026-01-03
2025-12-18
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