Senior Staff UX Designer for User-Centered Design Excellence (f​/m​/d

Do you want to help create the future of healthcare? Our name, Siemens Healthineers, was selected to honor our people who dedicate their energy and passion to this cause. It reflects their pioneering spirit combined with our long history of engineering in the ever-evolving healthcare industry.

We offer you a flexible and dynamic environment with opportunities to go beyond your comfort zone in order to grow personally and professionally. Sounds interesting?

Then come and join our global team as Senior Staff UX Designer for User-Centered Design Excellence (f/m/d) to play a pivotal role in advancing User Experience. You will empower a global design organization, enhance user experience design quality standards, and drive consistency and innovation across Siemens Healthineers' products and services portfolio. In this role you will impact a huge number of projects, direct, align, and coach designers.

Please also upload your compelling portfolio when applying.

Choose the best place for your work - Within the scope of this position, it is possible, in consultation with your manager, to work mobile (within Germany) up to an average volume of 60% of the respective working hours.

Even more flexibility? Mobile working from abroad is possible for up to 30 days a year under certain conditions and in selected countries.

This position is full-time or part-time with a minimum of 30h/week.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• You provide strategic UX leadership across products, projects, and enterprise-wide initiatives, shaping user experience and interaction design excellence at scale.
• You guide and elevate UX quality by coaching designers and cross-functional teams, enabling impactful and user-centered design decisions throughout the development process.
• You create compelling UX visions, concepts, and narratives, inspiring stakeholders and design teams through hands-on design leadership and exemplary work.
• You foster a thriving global design community by establishing forums for collaboration, knowledge sharing, peer learning, and continuous inspiration.
• You support design teams in solving complex design challenges by designing outstanding solutions, providing constructive feedback, expert guidance, and thought leadership across a wide range of initiatives.
• You advocate for user-centered design across all organizational levels, building alignment and driving exceptional user experiences across the Siemens Healthineers portfolio.
• You continuously advance design excellence by identifying emerging trends, evolving best practices, and strengthening our design capabilities globally.

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Your qualifications and experience:

• You hold a degree in Interaction Design, User Experience Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or in a related discipline
• You bring many years of professional experience in User Experience, Interaction Design, or a related field, with a strong portfolio demonstrating design excellence and measurable business impact.
• Additionally, you have a proven track record with several years of leading complex design initiatives / projects in agency and/or in-house environments, from strategy through execution and delivery.
• You have extensive experience guiding and influencing multiple design projects and stakeholders in parallel within complex organizations.
• You ideally bring experience in healthcare, medical technology, regulated industries, or other highly complex product environments.

Your attributes and skills:

• You communicate fluently in English and effectively engage, influence, and build alignment across global teams and senior stakeholders.
• You are passionate about coaching, mentoring, and developing designers across different experience levels, fostering a collaborative and high-performing design culture.
• You are a proactive, adaptable, and inspiring leader who thrives in complex environments, leads without direct authority, and brings positive energy and curiosity to the team.
• You bring deep expertise in interaction design, user-centered design methodologies, design thinking, and large-scale design systems.
• You have a strong understanding…