Lead Product Designer (Enterprise Web)

The Lead Product Designer will guide the day-to-day design execution for Out of US (OUS) and EMEA enterprise web initiatives, ensuring digital experiences are high-quality, compliant, and brand-aligned with the Lilly Direct ecosystem. This role involves translating enterprise brand strategy into scalable design solutions, upholding design systems, and mentoring designers while acting as a quality gate for delivery.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day design execution for OUS and EMEA enterprise web initiatives, guiding designers to deliver high-quality, compliant, and brand-aligned digital experiences
• Partner with Design Directors to translate enterprise brand vision and Lilly Direct standards into scalable, regionally appropriate design solutions for EWI-managed websites
• Ensure all websites created through EWI maintain consistent visual design, interaction patterns, accessibility, and content hierarchy aligned with Lilly’s global brand system while supporting localization and multilingual needs
• Support the end-to-end design process—from intake and requirements refinement through concept, design, review, localization, and launch—within an enterprise web governance model
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering to scope features, prioritize work, and resolve design challenges, balancing speed, scalability, and quality across regions and time zones
• Advocate for user-centered design, accessibility, and usability best practices, including WCAG and relevant European accessibility standards
• Ensure designs align with regional regulatory and privacy requirements, including GDPR and local market compliance, in partnership with Legal and Compliance teams
• Uphold and evolve design systems, component libraries, UI patterns, and templates used across EWI to enable rapid, consistent, and localized site creation
• Provide mentorship, constructive feedback, and design direction to individual contributors, helping grow design craft and enterprise design maturity across global teams
• Act as a design quality gate, ensuring work meets Lilly brand, regulatory, localization, and experience standards prior to delivery

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in digital, product, or web design, with demonstrated success delivering enterprise-scale and international web experiences
• Strong design leadership, with the ability to translate high-level brand and experience strategy into repeatable, scalable execution across regions
• Exceptional cross-functional communication skills, working effectively with global design, product, engineering, compliance, and business stakeholders
• Deep expertise in web design, design systems, accessibility, and user-centered design within complex or regulated global environments
• Strong understanding of localization, multilingual design, and cultural considerations for European and global audiences
• Proven ability to mentor and guide designers while remaining hands-on in execution when needed
• Strong judgment and attention to detail, ensuring polished, cohesive experiences at enterprise scale
• Bachelor’s degree in design, Interaction Design, Visual Communication, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field

Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Flexible work arrangements
• Company equity
• ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)
• Retirement or pension plan
• Generous paid vacation time
• Paid holidays and sick leave
• Dutonian Wellness Days & HibernationDuty - companywide paid days off in addition to PTO
• Paid parental leave
• Paid volunteer time off
• Mental wellness programs

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