Senior User Experience Designer

R&D Partners; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 82,576 - 208,312; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k plan

Employee Assistance Program

Long-term disability

Weekly payroll

Online timecard approval

Job summary

A leading design agency in South San Francisco is in search of a Principal Experience Designer to shape their digital-forward design vision. This role involves collaborating with senior stakeholders to enhance product features and ensure the alignment of business priorities with user needs. Candidates should possess over 10 years of experience, ideally in experience or product design, with strong mentorship skills. The position is full-time and offers a competitive salary along with comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience, including 7 years in experience design, product design, UX design.
• Ability to manage the full product lifecycle.
• Strong mentoring and coaching abilities.

Responsibilities

• Shape the Experience Design vision leveraging industry trends.
• Drive the Experience Design vision in collaboration with senior stakeholders.
• Develop innovation workstreams to enhance product features.

Skills

Stakeholder alignment

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentorship and guidance

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, operations, science, marketing, or a related field

Job description

This range is provided by R&D Partners. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base Pay Range

$150,000.00/yr - $208,000.00/yr

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R&D Partners is seeking to hire a Principal Experience Designer in South San Francisco, CA.

Responsibilities

• Shape digital-forward Experience Design vision and standards leveraging knowledge of industry/competitive trends and pulling through product suite strategic business priorities.
• Partner with Sr. Director and Director, Experience Design to help drive the Experience Design vision and product standards by aligning with senior enterprise business stakeholder priorities, technical team capabilities, and process opportunities – ensuring seamless integration and strategic focus.
• Develop innovation workstreams to drive experimentation within the product-oriented model and team for new product innovation and features.
• Define target users in collaboration with Analytics partners, deeply understand user research, prioritize key features and functionalities, and set clear performance objectives, balancing business requirements with an exceptional end-user experience.
• Accountable for key Experience Design initiatives in partnership with the Sr. Director, Experience Design, partnering on product strategic planning, digital-forward operational execution, delivery milestones, and business outcomes with measurable impact through adoption and sustained engagement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business, technology, operations, science, marketing, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience, with 7 years in experience design, product design, UX design or related field.
• Ability to own and manage the full product lifecycle, including visioning, roadmap creation, execution, and impact measurement for specific products or features.
• Strong skills in stakeholder alignment for cross-functional collaboration.
• Strong mentorship and guidance abilities, with experience in coaching and mentoring talent (indirectly).

Why Choose R&D Partners?

As an employee, you have access to a comprehensive benefits package including:

• Medical insurance – PPO, HMO &
• 401k plan
• Employee Assistance Program
• Long-term disability
• Weekly payroll
• Online timecard approval

Pay Scale: $82,576 – $208,312 (Dependent on Experience)

R&D Partners is a global functional service provider and strategic staffing resource specializing in scientific, clinical research & engineering. We provide job opportunities within major pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies.

R&D Partners is an equal-opportunity employer.

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Design