Product Designer, Chemistry
About The Position
Benchling is seeking an experienced Product Designer to help build its small molecule solution, enabling scientists to discover and develop small molecules and hybrid modalities. The designer will own strategy, roadmap, and execution for this product area, collaborating with scientists, engineers, designers, and go-to-market teams to bring new capabilities to life. The role will also contribute to platform initiatives, including homepage and navigation features relevant to chemists. The ideal candidate balances customer needs and priorities with scalable, consistent, and delightful user experiences in an agile environment. The Product Design team builds experiences that help scientists work more efficiently and improve the quality of research. Benchling is also committed to helping new hires integrate AI into their day-to-day work; the interview process includes a brief AI-focused exercise or discussion.
Requirements
- Experience driving the design of software products, ideally SaaS, while maintaining a strong focus on the user; the posting lists 5+ years as a guideline but welcomes applicants with fewer years who meet the other requirements.
- A strong portfolio of relevant design work demonstrating the ability to ship successful products.
- A track record of working with and simplifying complex product architectures or workflows.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to explain the reasoning behind complex decisions.
- Experience contributing to a design system for complex software products.
- Experience working with Product Management, Engineers, and fellow Designers in an agile environment.
Nice To Haves
- A background with lab work, scientific research, or healthcare.
Responsibilities
- Work with Product Management and Engineering teams to define product strategy, scope, and prioritization in a startup-like environment.
- Work through product problems from definition and opportunity identification to shipping features to customers.
- Design and prototype multiple ideas quickly to validate product directions.
- Own the design of high-impact initiatives from research through implementation.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
