Founding Product Designer — AI for Drug Discovery

Eli Lilly and Company; Indiana; On-site; USD 180,000 - 275,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company bonus

401(k) plan

Medical benefits

Job summary

Eli Lilly and Company seeks a founding Product Designer to own the product experience for external biotech partners. You will shape problem framing, user needs, and early design direction, guiding a design system that accelerates a small team and pairs with engineering from the start.

As a lead designer, you’ll mentor peers, help define hiring standards, and set the practice for discovery, critique, and shipping. This role requires startup mentality within a large pharma environment.

Qualifications

• Education: Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field.
• 8+ years as a product designer with a track record of shipping software used by external customers.
• Experience operating as a senior or staff designer on a small team.
• Portfolio showing end-to-end work—from framing the problem to shipping the craft.

Responsibilities

• Learn users’ workflows, pain points, and gaps between AI capability and user needs.
• Define who we’re building for, and what they’re trying to accomplish.
• Run lightweight discovery: interviews, prototypes, and working sessions.
• Translate findings into clear product direction and next steps for the team.
• Mentor designers and help hire as the team grows.

Skills

Product design

User research

Portfolio

Senior designer

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design

Tools

Figma

Code prototyping

Job description

Eli Lilly and Company seeks a founding Product Designer to own the product experience for external biotech partners. You will shape problem framing, user needs, and early design direction, guiding a design system that accelerates a small team and pairs with engineering from the start.

As a lead designer, you’ll mentor peers, help define hiring standards, and set the practice for discovery, critique, and shipping. This role requires startup mentality within a large pharma environment.