Senior Product Designer

Senior Product Designer – Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago

Pay range: $/yr – $/yr

The TMW Center for Early Learning + Public Health at the University of Chicago develops, tests, and implements evidence-based interventions designed to promote very young children’s cognitive and social‑emotional development. The Center ensures that interventions are embedded into existing health, education, and social service systems at scale, supporting families where they already are. Its research and development strategy focuses on advancing interventions, harnessing technology to support behavior change, engagement, and analysis, and engaging parents across sectors.

The Center seeks a Senior Product Designer to lead the UX/UI design function of its technology. The designer will shape the Center’s strategic design direction, translate ambitious product roadmaps into intuitive user experiences, and work closely with leadership, engineers, and end users to create solutions that balance user needs, Center goals, and technical constraints.

• Execute the design vision and strategy across multiple product lines, translating broad stakeholder and user need statements into meaningful designs while balancing usability with clinical relevance and technical considerations.
• Lead design projects, including creating and refining user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes, and defining new features and functionality based on user feedback.
• Build and manage a comprehensive design system and component library aligned with brand guidelines.
• Partner with product, engineering, and QA teams, attending agile ceremonies to ensure accurate execution of designs.
• Conduct and synthesize user research, including exploratory interviews and task-based usability testing.
• Proactively manage prioritization challenges to align design focus areas with Center goals.
• Analyze user behavior data and app performance metrics using product analytics tools to identify improvement areas.
• 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.
• Review and test code to ensure appropriate standards are met.
• Utilize technical knowledge of existing and emerging technologies, including AWS, 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.

Minimum: college or university degree in a related field.

Minimum: 5–7 years of experience in a related discipline.

• Advanced degree in a related field (strongly preferred).
• Experience in product development, software development, agile methodologies, and related fields.
• Strong proficiency in modern design tools (e.g., Figma) and familiarity with design systems.
• Experience conducting user research and translating insights into actionable design decisions.
• Ability to advocate for design decisions while remaining collaborative.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills to articulate design rationale.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and rapid iteration.
• Track record of shipping products and features that users love.
• Ability to multi‑task and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent organizational skills and strong attention to detail.
• Proven ability to establish and stick to timelines.
• Initiative and independent judgment.
• Demonstrated ability to build diverse relationships and manage workload with minimal supervision.
• Excellent problem‑solving skills, attention to detail, and a collaborative mindset.

Office environment.

• Resume (required)
• Cover Letter (preferred)

Please upload your documents via the My Experience page, in the section titled Application Documents
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The University of Chicago is an equal‑opportunity employer and does not discriminate based on protected characteristics. For additional information, see the University's Notice of Nondiscrimination.

Mid‑Senior level

Full‑time

Design, Art/Creative, and Information Technology

Higher Education