Founding Product Designer for AI Biotech Platform

Eli Lilly and Company; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Lilly is seeking a founding Product Designer to own how the product works and feels for external biotech partners, turn AI-powered insights into practical workflows, and shape a scalable SaaS offering. You'll work with product, engineering, and data science, mentor designers as the team grows, and set the design bar with a startup mindset in a large company environment.

This role emphasizes close collaboration, enterprise security, and shipping outcomes that accelerate biotech discovery, with

Qualifications

• 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 design from framing the problem to shipping the craft.

Responsibilities

• Learn biotech workflows and user needs close to users.
• Define who we are building for and what they need.
• Run lightweight discovery: interviews and prototypes.
• Translate findings into clear product direction.
• Be the strongest user voice on the team and push back when needed.

Skills

Product design

UX research

Design systems

Prototyping

Collaboration with engineers

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, or a related field

Job description

Lilly is seeking a founding Product Designer to own how the product works and feels for external biotech partners, turn AI-powered insights into practical workflows, and shape a scalable SaaS offering. You'll work with product, engineering, and data science, mentor designers as the team grows, and set the design bar with a startup mindset in a large company environment.

This role emphasizes close collaboration, enterprise security, and shipping outcomes that accelerate biotech discovery, with