Biotechnology is rewriting life as we know it, from the medicines we take, to the crops we grow, the materials we wear, and the household goods that we rely on every day. But moving at the new speed of science requires better technology.
Benchling’s mission is to unlock the power of biotechnology. The world’s most innovative biotech companies use Benchling’s R&D Cloud to power the development of breakthrough products and accelerate time to milestone and market.
Come help us bring modern software to modern science.
ROLE OVERVIEW
As the Head of Product Design, you will play a crucial role in shaping the future of the Benchling product experience. You will be responsible for leading our design team, setting the vision for product design, and ensuring that our products are not only functional but also delightful and intuitive for our users. You will work closely with cross-functional teams, including engineering and product management, to create a cohesive and compelling user experience.
This is a hybrid role, based in our San Francisco office, and requires in-office presence at least 3x per week.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a team of talented designers, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and excellence.
- Define and communicate a clear vision for the product design, ensuring alignment with the company’s strategic goals.
- Oversee the end-to-end design process, from user research and conceptualization to prototyping and final implementation.
- Champion user-centered design principles, ensuring that user needs and feedback are at the forefront of the design process.
- Collaborate with product management and engineering to prioritize design initiatives and ensure timely delivery of high-quality design solutions.
- Stay current with industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices to continually enhance the design team’s capabilities.
How You’ll Succeed:
- Beyond practicing empathy with our customers, you have the curiosity to gain subject matter expertise and understanding of the needs of users and buyers in the fast-changing and technically complex fields of biotechnology and chemistry.
- You will have a drive to question assumptions and validate hypotheses, identify cross-product overlaps to approach as one solution, and creatively work to solve complex scientific workflow and data management problems.
- You will advocate for and drive cultural change around design thinking / design led product development. You will partner with the Head of Product to drive healthy, collaborative relationships between designers and product managers that achieve great outcomes for our customers.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), or a related field.
- Proven experience (7+ years min) in product design, with a significant portion in a leadership role.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating a track record of delivering successful, user-centered design solutions.
- Excellent understanding of design principles, methodologies, and tools.
- Experience with user research methods, usability testing, and data-driven design decisions.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to articulate design concepts and decisions to various stakeholders.
- Ability to balance strategic thinking with hands-on design work.
- Familiarity with biotech and/or the scientific software industry is a plus.
SALARY RANGE
Benchling takes a market-based approach to pay. The candidate's starting pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, interview performance, and work location. For this role the base salary range is $250,000 - $350,000.
Total Compensation includes the following:
- Competitive salary and equity
- Broad range of medical, dental, and vision plans for employees and their dependents
- Fertility healthcare and family-forming benefits
- Four months of fully paid parental leave
- 401(k) + Employer Match
- Commuter benefits for in-office employees and a generous home office set up stipend for remote employees
- Mental health benefits, including therapy and coaching, for employees and their dependents
- Monthly Wellness stipend
- Learning and development stipend
- Generous and flexible vacation
- Company-wide Summer & Winter holiday shutdown
- Sabbaticals for 5-year and 10-year anniversaries
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Benchling welcomes everyone.
We believe diversity enriches our team so we hire people with a wide range of identities, backgrounds, and experiences.
We are an equal opportunity employer. That means we don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We also consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable federal, state and local law, including but not limited to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.
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Last updated on Aug 22, 2024