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Sr Prin UI/UX Designer - Design Lead ; ACM

Medtronic • Lafayette, United States of America šŸ‡ŗšŸ‡ø

Onsite $180,000 - $270,000 Full-time Senior

The Design Lead is responsible for directing the overall vision and ensuring the highest quality of design within the Physiological Sensing product portfolio. This role involves promoting human-centered innovation and design excellence while collaborating with cross-functional teams and mentoring junior designers.

Responsibilities

  • Participate in clinical immersion opportunities to observe product use, gather insights, and validate design assumptions
  • Engage with stakeholders—both decision-makers and end-users—to understand their perspectives and challenges
  • Analyze feedback from recent clinical observations and stakeholder interviews
  • Participate in a trio meeting with Product Owner and Technology Lead to refine product value propositions and roadmap priorities
  • Review ongoing product design projects and align with product designers on implementation details
  • Lead brainstorming sessions with the product team to address emerging user needs and market trends
  • Collaborate with marketing to ensure design vision & design strategy aligns with the respective AC&M market strategy
  • Mentor junior designers and facilitate knowledge sharing across teams
  • Review regulatory compliance documentation and ensure all design outputs meet required standards
  • Summarize user research, identify innovation opportunities, update the research database, and prepare action plans for cross-functional meetings

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Product Design, Design Research, User Experience Design, Industrial Design, or related field
  • Minimum of 10 years of relevant experience OR a Master’s degree with a minimum of 8 years relevant experience OR a PhD with 6 years relevant experience
  • Proven leadership in scaling design teams and processes
  • Expertise in ethnographic research, behavioral science, and design thinking
  • Demonstrated ability to work in cross-functional teams and lead through influence
  • Deep understanding of clinical workflows in healthcare
  • Excellent communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills
  • Experience with global user studies and cross-cultural product development
  • Deep understanding of regulatory environments and standards
  • Passionate, curious, and creative system thinker
  • Team player with high analytical abilities and strong business acumen
  • Commitment to diversity, inclusion, and professional development

Key Skills

  • Design leadership
  • Ethnographic research
  • Behavioral science
  • Design thinking
  • Cross-functional team leadership
  • Clinical workflow understanding
  • Communication, collaboration, and mentoring
  • Global user studies and cross-cultural product development
  • Regulatory environments and standards

Benefits

  • Competitive Salary and flexible Benefits Package
  • Health, Dental and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account
  • Healthcare Flexible Spending Account
  • Life insurance
  • Long-term disability leave
  • Dependent daycare spending account
  • Tuition assistance/reimbursement
  • Simple Steps (global well-being program)
  • Incentive plans
  • 401(k) plan plus employer contribution and match
  • Short-term disability
  • Paid time off
  • Paid holidays
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Employee Assistance Program
  • Non-qualified Retirement Plan Supplement (subject to IRS earning minimums)
  • Capital Accumulation Plan (available to Vice Presidents and above, or subject to IRS earning minimums)

About Medtronic

A global healthcare technology leader — boldly attacking the most challenging health problems facing humanity with innovations that transform lives.

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