Senior User Experience Designer

R&D Partners; South San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 208,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

401k plan

Employee Assistance Program

Long-term disability

Weekly payroll

Online timecard approval

Job summary

R&D Partners in South San Francisco, CA is seeking a Principal Experience Designer to lead the Experience Design vision and product standards across the portfolio. You will partner with senior leadership to drive strategy, research-backed decisions, and long-term product roadmap execution.

The role requires 10+ years of experience with at least 7 years in experience design, strong mentorship, and cross-functional collaboration to deliver a seamless end-user experience.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.
• 10+ years overall, with 7+ years in experience design or related field.
• Ability to own full product lifecycle, including vision and roadmap.
• Strong mentorship and cross-functional collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Shape digital-forward Experience Design vision and standards leveraging trends and product priorities.
• Partner with senior leaders to drive design standards across the product suite.
• Develop innovation workstreams for new product features.
• Define target users with analytics and user research; set clear performance objectives.
• Own design initiatives with measurable business impact and sustained engagement.

Skills

Experience design

Stakeholder alignment

Product lifecycle management

Mentoring

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree in 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

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