Senior Product Designer

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.
• Minimum of 4-7 years of experience working in UX/product design field.
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience designing user-centered responsive web applications.
• Minimum of 3-5 years experience designing across multiple platforms (Web, Mobile, Embedded, etc.).
• Travel required (US and International).
• Availability to attend meeting with team members spread out around the globe.

Preferred:

• Highly proficient with current design and prototyping tools (Figma).
• Excellent presentation and documentation skills.
• Excellence in visual design craft.
• 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.
• Familiarity with front-end programming languages such as HTML and CSS.
• Familiarity with front-end design tools such as Ant Design

** 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.

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