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Lead end-to-end UX activities for healthcare digital solutions in Japan, covering discovery, research, and UI design. Collaborate with global teams and stakeholders to translate Japanese user needs into implementation-ready product experiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead UX activities for Japan initiatives, including discovery, problem framing, research, UI design, usability testing, and implementation support
- Conduct UX research and validation suited to the Japan context, such as exploratory research, user interviews, concept validation, and usability testing
- Synthesize user needs in Japan, business context, and product constraints into clear insights and recommendations
- Use problem-framing and prioritization methods, including Jobs-to-be-done, to clarify user needs, identify high-value problems, and guide product/design decisions
- Partner with the PdM, Engineering, and business stakeholders to shape solutions and align on trade-offs
- Create implementation-ready artifacts, including user flows, prototypes, interaction specifications, design patterns, and UI designs
Requirements
- End-to-end UX experience across discovery, problem framing, research, interaction design, UI design, prototyping, usability testing, and implementation support
- Ability to work independently as the primary UX designer for Japan while collaborating with distributed teams
- Ability to use Jobs-to-be-done and other problem-framing methods to connect user needs, business priorities, and product opportunities
- Understanding of front-end development, product architecture, accessibility requirements, and technical constraints
- Understanding of research ethics and privacy when handling user research data
- Proficiency with Figma
- Experience with prototyping or AI-assisted design tools, such as Figma Make, is a plus
- Fluent Japanese proficiency for user research, stakeholder communication, and UI/content review
- Business English proficiency for APAC and global collaboration
Benefits
- Work-life balance
- Numerous wellbeing initiatives
- Shared parental leave
- Study assistance
- Sabbaticals
- Flexible working hours
Key Skills
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