Principal UI/UX Designer (Boston) Job at OpenEye, Cadence Molecular Sciences in

Over the last eight years, OpenEye Scientific has developed the fields most advanced large-scale compute platform, Orion, built on Amazon Web Services. In this position, you will be working at the cutting edge of cloud computing, C++/Python development, and advanced MD simulation techniques. Your work will have the potential to make a major impact in drug discovery, and will be available to many pharmaceutical and biotech companies. Cadence Molecular Sciences has developed a cuttingedge, firstinclass cloudnative platform for molecular design, cheminformatics and data management (Orion). Everyone, from top twenty pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotechnology startups use Orion to accelerate the pace of discovery in the areas of new therapeutics and molecular materials.

Role Overview

We are looking for an outstanding UX/UI designer to lead the design of the Orion platform. You will apply userexperience research and design methodologies to catalyze the development of the platform for molecular design. You will partner with product, UI engineering, drugdiscovery science, marketing and senior leadership to oversee the user experience of therapeutic design. In your role, you will work with Ph.D. drugdiscovery scientists and commercial teams, as well as conduct user research and synthesize the many voices into a unified and strategic roadmap to guide our design. You will develop sketches, wireframes, highfidelity mockups, and working prototypes and iteratively refine solutions as designs are implemented to deliver creative, consistent and practical solutions. You will provide advocacy for humancentered design.

Principal Responsibilities

• Conduct highquality user research to develop user personas and design strategy that can be articulated in a complete user experience.
• Create and iteratively refine design solutions through mocks, wireframes and highfidelity prototypes.
• Measure product success and value delivery through analytics.
• Participate in formulating strategic product vision as it relates to user experience design.
• Coach stakeholders in key aspects of design.
• Contribute to building design resources with developers (e.g., UI component libraries).

Requirements

• BS with a minimum of 7 years of experience OR MS with a minimum of 5 years of experience OR PhD with a minimum of 1 year of experience.
• 3+ years experience in UX/UI design at an agile, SaaS or similar organization.
• Excellent user research skills and an ability to synthesize and translate technical user research and experience into elegant visual design.
• Wellacquainted with design tools such as Balsamiq, Sketch, Figma, InVision, etc.
• A history of working with diverse stakeholders including frontend engineers, customers and product representatives.

Preferences

• Extensive experience working closely with an engineering team.
• Ability to work with PhD scientists and users.
• Understanding of molecules, chemistry, pharmaceuticals or a related field.
• A background or experience in software engineering for a STEM discipline.
• Experience working on cloudbased SAAS services.

You Want

• An opportunity to be a UX/UI designer in a fastpaced business focused on cuttingedge products directly impacting the discovery of new therapeutics.
• An exciting environment that will push and support your desire to grow and improve professionally.
• A diverse professional environment made up of scientists, engineers, commercial and thought leaders in molecular design, computational chemistry and drug discovery.
• A SiliconValley based company with a long history of technologyfirst management and rapid adoption of best practices in science and engineering.

The annual salary range for Massachusetts is $117,600 to $218,400. You may also be eligible to receive incentive compensation: bonus, equity, and benefits. Sales positions generally offer a competitive On Target Earnings (OTE) incentive compensation structure. Please note that the salary range is a guideline and compensation may vary based on factors such as qualifications, skill level, competencies and work location. Our benefits programs include: paid vacation and paid holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.