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About Cadence Molecular Sciences

Cadence Molecular Sciences has developed a cuttingedge, firstinclass cloudnative platform for molecular design, cheminformatics and data management (Orion). Everyonefrom top pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotech startupsuses Orion to accelerate the pace of discovery in new therapeutics and molecular materials.

UX/UI Designer Lead

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.

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

Benefits

• 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. Our benefits programs include paid vacation and holidays, 401(k) plan with employer match, employee stock purchase plan, a variety of medical, dental and vision plan options, and more.

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