Senior Principal UX Designer, Solutions Engineering

Roche is looking for a UX Design Leader to join the Computational Sciences Center of Excellence to lead the development of UX design strategy and vision, ensuring design objectives align with overall product goals and business priorities.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the UX design strategy and vision
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across multiple initiatives to design cohesive solutions from ideation to implementation
• Provide mentorship and leadership to a team of UX designers, fostering growth and maintaining high design standards across the team
• Lead the initial design and continuous improvement of a scalable design system to ensure a consistent scientific user experience across products
• Work closely with UI engineers to refine design processes in order to increase efficiency and ensure high-quality outcomes
• Lead efforts to conduct user research, usability testing, and gather insights that inform design decisions
• Advocate for the user in all aspects of the design process
• Organize, maintain, and evolve UX design artifacts (UI elements, documentation, and guidelines) for consistency and scalability across applications
• Ensure inclusive design practices across products by collaborating with UI teams to implement WCAG and accessibility standards

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field, with 12+ years of experience in UX design, or an advanced degree with 10+ years of experience
• Proven experience in designing impactful products that address complex user needs and business goals
• Experience managing, mentoring, and leading a team of designers
• Expertise in the full UX design process, including user research, wireframing, prototyping, interaction design, and usability testing
• Strong proficiency with design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD, and knowledge of CSS frameworks (e.g. Tailwind CSS)
• Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to present ideas and rationale clearly to a variety of audiences, including executives, technical teams, and cross-functional stakeholders

Key Skills

• UX design
• Leadership
• Communication
• Design tools such as Sketch, Figma, Adobe XD
• CSS frameworks (e.g. Tailwind CSS)

Benefits

• Relocation benefits
• Discretionary annual bonus
• Benefits detailed at the link provided