Senior Product Designer

Job Summary

The TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health (TMW Center) develops, tests, and implements evidence‑based interventions designed to promote very young children’s cognitive and social‑emotional development. The TMW Center is seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead the UX/UI design function of the TMW Center’s technology to ensure user experiences are engaging, enjoyable, and easy for users and meet the needs of the TMW Center team and vision.

This individual will shape both the Center’s strategic design direction and the details to ensure the technology is exceptional, translating ambitious product roadmaps into intuitive, delightful user experiences.

• Execute the design vision and strategy across multiple product lines, translating broad need statements from stakeholders and users into meaningful designs while balancing usability with clinical relevance and technical considerations.
• Lead design projects, including creating and refining user flows, wireframes, and interactive prototypes; defining new features and functionality based on user feedback; providing design solutions for bugs and usability issues as they arise.
• Build and manage a comprehensive design system and component library for the development team in alignment with brand guidelines.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, and quality assurance engineers, attending routine agile ceremonies, to ensure accurate execution of designs.
• Conduct and synthesize a wide range of user research, including exploratory interviews and task‑based usability testing.
• Proactively manage prioritization challenges to ensure design focus areas are aligned with Center goals.
• Analyze user behavior data and app performance metrics using product analytics tools to identify areas for improvement.
• Advocate for user‑centered design, balancing Center goals with end user value.
• Balance short‑term experimentation with long‑term scalability, ensuring solutions can extend across the product ecosystem.
• Design new systems, features, and tools; solve complex problems and identify opportunities for technical improvement and performance optimization.
• Utilize technical knowledge of existing and emerging technologies, including public cloud offerings from Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud.
• Act as a technical consultant and resource for faculty research, teaching, and/or administrative projects.
• Perform other related work as needed.

• Education:
  
  College or university degree in a related field.
• Work Experience:
  
  5–7 years of work experience in a related job discipline.

• Education:
  
  Advanced degree in a related field, strongly preferred.
• Experience:
  
  Experience in product development, software development, agile methodologies, and other related fields; strong proficiency in modern design tools (Figma, etc.) and familiarity with design systems; experience conducting user research and translating insights into actionable design decisions.
• Preferred
  
  Competencies:
  
  Ability to advocate for design decisions while remaining collaborative and open to feedback; strong communication and storytelling skills; comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration; track record of shipping products and features that users love; ability to multitask and manage multiple projects simultaneously; excellent organizational skills and attention to detail; proven ability to establish and stick to timelines; initiative and independent judgment;
  
  demonstrated ability to build diverse relationships and manage professional workload with minimal supervision; excellent problem‑solving skills and a collaborative mindset.

• Office Environment.

• Resume (required)
• Cover Letter (preferred)

Pay Range: $ – $. The University of Chicago offers a wide range of benefit programs and resources for eligible employees, including health, retirement, and paid time off.

The University of Chicago is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, national or ethnic origin, shared ancestry, age, status as an individual with a disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or other protected classes under the law.