Director of Product Design

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Massachusetts.

📋 Description

• Lead and mentor a team of three senior product designers.

• Define and implement the vision and growth strategy for the Product Design function.

• Act as a player-coach by engaging in hands-on design work to exemplify best practices.

• Prioritize design tasks across various platforms, including mobile, web, print, and business processes.

• Foster cross-functional collaborations with Device Engineering, Platform, Clinical Operations, Logistics, Support, and Quality teams.

• Establish design processes, standards, shared systems, design language, reusable patterns, and conduct design reviews.

• Ensure thorough and well-documented design contributions for regulated products.

• Collaborate with Quality and Regulatory teams on usability and human factors work for approved devices.

• Manage headcount planning, budget, and vendor relationships.

• Develop and sustain a deep understanding of research related to patients, clinical staff, healthcare providers, site teams, sponsors, and internal teams.

• Anticipate and resolve design debt, inconsistencies, and unowned experience challenges.

• Report directly to the VP of Platform at Beacon.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 10 years of product design experience, including more than 4 years in managing and developing designers.

• Proven experience in establishing or significantly advancing a design function.

• A portfolio that showcases hardware and software experiences, including physical devices, mobile applications, data-intensive web applications, and printed materials.

• Background in medical devices, clinical diagnostics, real-world data, pharma/biotech, or similar fields.

• Experience working in a regulated industry and adeptness at navigating design controls.

• Familiarity with usability engineering and human factors practices, such as IEC 62366 and FDA human factors guidance is highly advantageous.

• Capability to mentor senior individual contributors.

• Experience in designing service and business process experiences.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.

• Comfortable operating in a highly asynchronous remote work environment, with a proven track record of prior success.

• Ability to work within regulated or quality-sensitive environments.

• Demonstrated curiosity, a preference for simplicity, composability, a self-service mindset, and empathy.

🏝️ Benefits

• Equity.

• Paid Time Off (PTO).

• Additional benefits.

• Asynchronous remote work practices and a top-tier remote work experience.