Senior Product Designer

Working Location: Nationwide; MASSACHUSETTS, WESTBOROUGH 

Workplace Flexibility: Hybrid

Are you looking for a company that cares about people’s lives and health, including yours? Let’s inspire healthier lives, together.

 

Olympus, a leading medical technology company, has focused on making people’s lives better for over 100 years.

Our Purpose is to make people’s lives healthier, safer, and more fulfilling.

 

Our Core Values are reflected in all we do: Integrity – Empathy – Agility – Unity – Long-Term View

 

We deliver on our purpose and our core values by staying True to Life.

Job Description

The Design System is a new team in Olympus’s Digital Health unit, which will focus on quality, consistency, and improving the agility of the overall group. The Senior Product Designer, Design Systems will work as a critical contributor to lead the creation of a unified, cohesive set of UX, visual, and service design guidelines and foundational principals that will serve as a global standard for all digital health products at Olympus. This employee will work strategically as a partner with product management, engineering, and design leadership to define and work hands-on to build the future of design systems at Olympus.

Job Duties

• Create a unified, cohesive set of UX, visual, and service design guidelines and foundational principals that will serve as a global standard for all Digital Health products at Olympus.
• Work strategically as a partner with product, engineering, and design leadership to define the future of design systems at Olympus.
• Think big, and explore divergent concepts while understanding how to converge and build iteratively towards your vision.
• Create high-quality mockups and interactive prototypes to communicate your work. Use user research and data to inform your reasonings.
• Lead and advocate for the design system by sharing your work and presenting cross-functionally. Be able to precisely articulate design rationale and goals.
• Inspire the Digital Health team and our internal partners by bringing innovative ideas to the table and defining next-generation interfaces.
• Lead workshops, brainstorming sessions, design sprints, and other design thinking exercises .
• Mentor, coach, and support other designer on the team to maximize their usage of the design system and help improve their craft.
• Provide feedback and guidance to other designers during weekly design critiques.
• Help shape the culture of a growing design team.
• Assist with hiring within the design team by conducting portfolio reviews of qualified design candidates to help identify top talent.
• Push forward the craft of product design regarding our standards and approaches to design at Olympus.
• Help lead innovation across the organization by driving the adoption of user-cantered processes, methodologies, and tools

Job Qualifications

Required:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in User Experience, Design, or related field required. Masters, PhD, or equivalent experience in User Experience, Design, or related field preferred.
• 6+ years of experience working in UX/product/software design field.
• 6+ years of experience designing cross-platform applications. (Web, Mobile, Embedded, etc.)
• 2+ years of experience working on a Design Systems team
• Excellence in UI design craft – typography, layout, color theory, etc.
• Experience with Accessibility and Internationalization design standards
• Excellent presentation and documentation skills.
• Familiarity with front-end programming languages such as HTML and CSS
• Travel required (US and International).
• Availability to attend meeting with team members spread out around the globe.
• Candidates must have an online portfolio with case studies of previous design system work, or should submit a PDF of their Design System case studies/examples when applying for this role.

 

Preferred:

• Previous experience establishing a Design System
• Highly proficient with current design and prototyping tools (Figma).
• Ability to work with a low-ego, highly collaborative, cross-functional team.
• Experience working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
• Medical technology or healthcare experience preferred, although not required.

 

** The anticipated base pay range for this full-time position working at this location is $115,000 to $161,000, plus potential for annual bonus (subject to plan eligibility and other requirements). Olympus considers a variety of factors when determining actual compensation for this position, including level of experience, working location, and relevant education and certifications.