Principal/Senior User Experience Designer
Company: Karius
Location: redwood city
Posted on: May 3, 2021
Job Description:
About KariusKarius is a venture-backed life science startup
that is transforming the way pathogens and other microbes are
observed throughout the body. By unlocking the information present
in microbial cell-free DNA, we're helping doctors quickly solve
their most challenging cases, providing industry partners with
access to 1000's of biomarkers to accelerate clinical trials,
discovering new microbes, and reducing patient suffering
worldwide.Position SummaryThis role offers the opportunity to own
Karius UX Design across all platforms with a goal of creating an
engaging, user-friendly, and effective experience for clinicians,
patients, and internal Karius team members. This person will
collaborate with Product Management, Marketing, Engineering and
many other teams at Karius in order to help create and deliver a
strong UX system spanning all platforms, and will also be a
critical part of the team that performs user experience research.
Reports to: Director of Product ManagementLocation: Redwood City,
CAWhy Should You Join Karius?Karius aims to conquer infectious
diseases through innovations around genomic sequencing and machine
learning. The company's platform is already delivering
unprecedented insights into the microbial landscape, providing
clinicians with a comprehensive test capable of identifying more
than a thousand pathogens directly from blood, and helping industry
accelerate the development of therapeutic solutions. The Karius
test we provide today is one of the most advanced solutions
available to physicians who aim to deliver better care to many
otherwise ineffectively treated patients. Our test is the result of
some incredible work done by our scientists, statisticians,
engineers, and physicians, all driven by the same mission. You, as
part of the Karius team, will be able to see how directly your work
has a life-changing impact on people, and at scale.Primary
Responsibilities Work cross functionally with Product Management,
Engineering, Marketing, and other teams at Karius to design
responsive digital products for web, tablets, mobile devices, and
printed documents. Own UX for the order to report flow, customer
engagement, hospital integrations, internal operations, R tools,
and additional emerging opportunities. Produce low and
high-fidelity wireframes/mocks for internal stakeholders and
engineering teams. Create user journey maps and develop user
personas. Evaluate and improve Karius's digital experiences from a
usability and business goals perspective. Create prototypes for
user testing. Research, understand, and communicate customer
insights in order to inform design decisions. Develop UX competitor
analysis. Be a representative of the customer voice for both Karius
patients and clinicians. Follow the regulatory environment that
Karius operates in which can vary on a state-to-state (or even
county-to-county) basis and ensure that all systems meet or exceed
these requirements.Travel: Travel required up to 5%.Physical
Requirements:Subject to extended periods of sitting and/or
standing, vision to monitor and moderate noise levels. Work is
generally performed in an office environment.Position Requirements:
Bachelor's degree in HCI, Human Factors, Fine Arts, Behavioral
Science or equivalent required. Minimum of 5 years of experience
across UX / UI design, interaction design, or visual design for
digital products. Experience with user research, usability testing,
user journey mapping, developing personas, wireframing and
prototyping, sketching, and other UX design methods. Experience
with design tools such as Sketch, Illustrator, and/or Figma, and
prototyping tools such as InVision. Ability to translate both
qualitative and quantitative user research into actionable insights
and communicate recommendations and design decisions to
stakeholders. Experience working with product management as well as
directly with engineering on digital products greatly preferred.
Ability to work cross-functionally with a variety of teams and
departments. Healthcare experience preferred.Personal
Qualifications: Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment and
prioritize effectively. Strong, confident presentation and
communication skills. Must have strong initiative and be a
self-motivator. Detail oriented with excellent organizational and
self-management skills. Ability to perform multiple tasks,
proactively plan, adhere to timelines, and have a creative approach
to problem solving. Has curiosity and is passionate about having an
impact on patient's lives.At Karius, we value a diverse and
inclusive workplace and provide equal employment opportunity for
all applicants and employees and are committed to honor and invest
in the full diversity of people, in our hiring, recruiting and
development of employees across the Company. All qualified
applicants for employment are encouraged to apply and will be
considered without regard to an individual's race, color, sex,
gender identity and gender expression (including transgender
individuals who are transitioning, have transitioned, or are
perceived to be transitioning to the gender with which they
identify), religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship,
physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care
status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual
orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or
any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you
are unable to submit your application due to a disability, please
contact us at recruiting@kariusdx.com and we will accommodate
qualified individuals with disabilities.
Keywords: Karius, Redwood City , Principal/Senior User Experience Designer, Other , redwood city, California
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