Associate Manager - UI/UX

Indegene Inc.; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Indegene, a technology-led healthcare solutions provider, seeks a UI/UX Lead to drive end-to-end design experience across strategic accounts. You will steward design systems, ensure accessibility, and align design with engineering through a Storybook-based component library.

As a senior client-facing leader, you will mentor designers and technologists, partner with delivery and account teams, and shape multi-brand system adoption.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in UX/UI design and front-end delivery.
• 3+ years leading design system or design experience teams.
• Ownership of an enterprise design system — tokens, libraries, governance.
• Hands-on with Storybook-based components and modern front-end stacks.
• Strong command of accessibility, responsive design, and design QA practices.
• Experience in life sciences/pharma preferred.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, CS; advanced degree a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end design experience across accounts.
• Set usability, accessibility, responsive behavior, and brand standards.
• Run design reviews, critique cadences, and experience scorecards; final design gate before client delivery.
• Own full design system lifecycle — tokens, Storybook libraries, governance, adoption.
• Drive design system adoption across brands and engagements; track adoption and efficiency metrics.
• Manage and develop the design experience and design system team — designers, design technologists, UI engineers.
• Architect the coded UI component layer in Storybook as the single source of truth.
• Define standards for component APIs, theming via design tokens, and parity with design.
• Establish Storybook quality gates — visual regression, accessibility checks, interaction tests.
• Guide integration of the component library with platforms like AEM and SPA frameworks.
• Lead client-facing and partner with delivery leads and account teams.
• Foster craft, accountability, and design-engineering collaboration.
• Identify opportunities for organic growth and proposals; build reusable assets and viewpoints.

Skills

UX/UI design

Front-end delivery

Design system ownership

Storybook engineering

React / Web Components

Accessibility WCAG

Stakeholder management

Executive presence

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design / HCI / CS

Tools

Storybook

React

Web Components

CSS architecture

AEM

Chromatic

Figma

Job description

We are a technology-led healthcare solutions provider. We are driven by our purpose to enable healthcare organizations to be future-ready. We offer accelerated, global growth opportunities for talent that’s bold, industrious, and nimble. With Indegene, you gain a unique career experience that celebrates entrepreneurship and is guided by passion, innovation, collaboration, and empathy. To explore exciting opportunities at the convergence of healthcare and technology, check out www.careers.indegene.com Looking to jump-start your career?

We understand how important the first few years of your career are, which create the foundation of your entire professional journey. At Indegene, we promise you a differentiated career experience. You will not only work at the exciting intersection of healthcare and technology but also will be mentored by some of the most brilliant minds in the industry. We are offering a global fast-track career where you can grow along with Indegene’s high-speed growth.

We are purpose-driven. We enable healthcare organizations to be future ready and our customer obsession is our driving force. We ensure that our customers achieve what they truly want. We are bold in our actions, nimble in our decision-making, and industrious in the way we work.

Must Have

The UI/UX Lead is accountable for end-to-end design experience leadership across a portfolio of strategic accounts. The role manages the design experience and design system team, owning UX quality, brand and accessibility consistency, and the health, governance, and adoption of enterprise design systems across engagements. As a UI architect, the role defines the front-end component architecture — including Storybook-based UI component libraries, design tokens, and the Figma-to-code pipeline — ensuring design and engineering stay connected from concept to production. This is a senior, client-facing leadership role that blends creative direction, systems thinking, hands-on UI architecture, and team leadership.

Primary Responsibilities — Design Experience & Design Systems

Design Experience Leadership

• Own the end-to-end user experience across accounts — research, journeys, information architecture, interaction design, and visual design quality.
• Set and enforce experience standards: usability, accessibility (WCAG 2.1/2.2 AA), responsive behavior, and brand consistency across channels.
• Run design reviews, critique cadences, and experience scorecards; act as final design quality gate before client delivery.

Design System Ownership

• Own the full design system lifecycle — design tokens, Figma component libraries, usage guidelines, governance, contribution model, and versioning.
• Drive design system adoption across brands and engagements; track adoption, reuse, and efficiency metrics.
• Manage and develop the design experience and design system team — designers, design technologists, and UI engineers — across onshore/offshore.

UI Architecture & Storybook

• Architect the coded UI component layer: reusable, accessible components built in Storybook as the single source of truth for UI.
• Define standards for component APIs, theming via design tokens, documentation, and Figma-to-code parity.
• Establish Storybook-based quality gates — visual regression testing, accessibility checks, interaction tests, and component documentation coverage.
• Guide integration of the component library with target platforms (e.g., AEM / Edge Delivery Services, SPA frameworks, email design systems).

Stakeholder & Team Leadership

• Serve as the senior design-side escalation point and trusted advisor for client design, brand, and digital teams.
• Partner with delivery leads, architects, and account teams to sequence design system work ahead of downstream builds.
• Foster a culture of craft, accountability, and design-engineering collaboration.

Secondary Responsibilities — Organic Growth

• Identify opportunities to expand design system, UX, and UI engineering services within existing accounts.
• Shape demand for adjacent services — accessibility audits, component modernization, Figma-to-code automation, and multi-brand design system scaling.
• Contribute to proposals, estimates, demos, and accelerator-led pitches that convert design credibility into signed work.
• Build reusable assets and points of view that position the organization as a design system strategic partner, not a staffing vendor.

Good to have

Qualifications & Experience

Required

• 10+ years in UX/UI design and front-end experience delivery, with 3+ years leading design system or design experience teams.
• Proven ownership of an enterprise design system — tokens, Figma libraries, governance, and adoption at scale.
• Hands-on expertise architecting Storybook-based component libraries and modern front-end stacks (React, Web Components, CSS architecture).
• Strong command of accessibility standards (WCAG), responsive design, and design QA practices.
• Excellent stakeholder management, design storytelling, and executive presence with client teams.
• Experience in life sciences / pharma / regulated content environments strongly preferred.

Preferred

• Familiarity with Adobe stack (AEM, Edge Delivery Services, AJO, DAM) and Figma-to-AEM / design-to-code automation.
• Experience with design token pipelines (e.g., Style Dictionary), visual regression tooling (e.g., Chromatic), and CI-integrated Storybook.
• Exposure to MLR / regulatory review workflows and multi-brand, multi-market content operations.
• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, Computer Science, or equivalent; advanced degree a plus.

Key Competencies

• Design experience leadership
• Design system strategy & governance
• UI architecture & Storybook engineering
• Accessibility & design quality
• Design-engineering collaboration
• Client relationship management
• Team leadership & mentoring
• Systems thinking

Success Measures (First 12 Months)

• Adoption: Design system adoption and component reuse rates across brands and engagements.
• Quality: Accessibility compliance, visual regression pass rates, and design QA scores.
• Efficiency: Reduction in design-to-development cycle time via Storybook and token-driven workflows.
• Client: Client satisfaction / NPS on design experience and design system engagements.
• People: Team engagement, retention, and capability growth across the design system team.

EQUAL OPPORTUNITY

Indegene is proud to be an Equal Employment Employer and is committed to the culture of Inclusion and Diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, sex, colour, age, national origin, pregnancy, sexual orientation, physical ability, or any other characteristics. All employment decisions, from hiring to separation, will be based on business requirements, the candidate’s merit and qualification. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristics.