Sr. UX Design Lead

Deep 6 AI is a fast-growing tech startup headquartered in Los Angeles, California looking for talented, dynamic team members who want to help shape our groundbreaking artificial intelligence platform. 

We are transforming and accelerating clinical trials, to help get life-saving treatments to patients faster and accelerate innovation in healthcare. To that end, we build a cutting-edge software suite that connects all clinical research stakeholders, from research teams to treating physicians, patients, and study sponsors on a real-time, real-world data SaaS platform, powered by AI.

In this Sr. UX Design Lead position you will own and lead the entire software product design process to turn complex, fragmented, manual processes into a seamless, low friction, high value software solution. You will create delightful user experiences to connect and drive value for a diverse set of users across the clinical trial process.

• Create, articulate and evangelize Deep 6’s UX strategy and vision for a best-in-class, end-to-end user experience, translating into an action plan that you drive in collaboration with product, engineering, and other key business leaders.
• Lead and own all aspects of a User-Centered Design process including user research, user experience design, visual design, design systems, and general systems thinking.
• Employ rapid prototyping tactics to deliver and validate ideas with speed, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to implement high-quality design concepts that achieve our user goals.
• Ensure strong visual design and consistency across features and product lines.
• Support the completion of a design system: defining product identity, principles and best practices and mapping the to the specific components and patterns that our product will employ.
• Work with product and engineering on planning, managing priorities, and potentially staffing.

• 10+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, and UX Research (Degree in graphic design, interaction design, HCI, or UX preferred).
• 5+ years of experience building SaaS products in a start-up environment (experience in Healthcare, clinical trial space and B2B is preferred)
• Compelling portfolio showcasing user experience and interface design proficiency, particularly in complex domains 
• Extensive experience with Figma and other best-practice interactive design and prototyping tools
• Proven Leader: Track record of setting strategic creative direction at the organizational level, building a culture of design excellence, and using design thinking to inspire teams, navigate internal and external challenges and demonstrate the business value of quality user experiences.
• User-centered: A keen sense of aesthetics and the ability to turn complex processes into simple, intuitive, effective user experiences.
• Informed Researcher: History of using analytics to justify your hypothesis and measure UX performance, connecting with the market’s customers, and consistently optimizing process and deliverables based on learnings.
• Strong Communicator: Can lead effective presentations of research-backed insights, concepts and designs to a variety of audiences including executives. Confident in expressing recommendations based on exemplary UX principles, while also demonstrating an open mind and finding creative ways forward amidst ambiguity.

Our Culture   

We are a very collaborative group that is inclusive, fun, and hard-working. We appreciate the value in diverse backgrounds and experiences so that we can create the best product through different perspectives and ideas. Deep 6 AI welcomes remote work and has fully-remote teams throughout the country; we strive to create an environment where you can do your best work in the environment and location that is best suited for each individual. As a member of our team, you can expect to work with intelligent, curious, and motivated peers who value and respect your perspectives. Deep 6 AI is headquartered in Los Angeles and has employees nationwide.

Benefits   

In addition to competitive salary and a unique opportunity to thrive at a growing company, Deep 6 AI offers various formal benefits as well as a generous PTO plan which includes sick and vacation days, and as well as employer-paid medical, dental, vision, life insurance and long-term disability coverage. A 401k plan is available, too.   

The above statements describe the general nature and level of work being performed in this job function. They're not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, and indeed additional responsibilities may be assigned by Deep 6.

At Deep 6, we appreciate the opportunity to benefit from the diverse backgrounds and experiences of others. Because of our deep commitment to respect every individual, Deep 6 is an equal opportunity employer.