Product Designer

We're looking for a Product Designer to join our team, reporting to the Product Design Director. As aProduct Designer, you will be accountable for delivering design solutions for projects ofmedium-sized scope and complexity, largely independently, helping to shape experiences that simplifyscientific complexity and improve the speed and success of life-saving research. You'll leverage

AI-powered tools and prototyping methods to rapidly explore and validate design concepts,accelerating our ability to deliver innovative solutions for scientists. You'll own discovery and designexecution for the product features in your cross-functional team, while contributing to our designsystem and operational plans.
Pay range: $100,We know compensation is an important part of choosing your next role. The range shown reflects our target hiring range, informed by market data, internal equity, and the role’s current scope. Often the mid-range is where we tend to fall, but individual offers may vary based on experience, skills, and the role scope.

You Will:

Deliver design solutions for projects of medium-sized scope and complexity, working largely independently.

Deliver designs for all stages of product development as needed (user flows, wireframes, mockups, AI-generated and interactive prototypes, handover specifications, journey maps) that meet or exceed user needs and have a sense of craftsmanship.

Embrace and advance AI-first design practices, using generative AI and rapid prototyping tools to accelerate exploration, test assumptions early, and push the boundaries of what's possible in our product experience.

Go beyond best practices in your design solutions, uncovering novel and unexpected yet viable solutions.

Guide the UX direction in your product area by familiarizing yourself with user problems for your product area, business goals, and mapping the relevant user journeys.

Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Researchers, Scientists, and Engineers to execute on tasks, align on problem spaces, and deliver impactful, feasible solutions.

Apply data-informed design decisions using qualitative research, analytics, and experimentation to improve product outcomes.

Elevate product quality by contributing to and upholding design systems, documentation, and pattern guidelines.

Identify proactively instances where patterns, product consistency, and UX quality break down within the product, and engage additional senior design members to collaboratively determine scalable solutions for these issues.

Present clear, compelling design narratives, leveraging AI tools to rapidly prototype concepts and communicate design intent to facilitate team and stakeholder alignment on design solutions.

You Have:

2+ years of experience in product design or equivalent, with a portfolio showing high-quality work on complex products.

Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of continued education and experience in a related field ( design, human-computer interaction, UX design, software engineering, etc.)

Demonstrated ability to contribute to UX within a product area and deliver user-centric solutions in collaboration with cross-functional peers.

Strong visual, interaction, and systems thinking skills, with proficiency in low- to high-fidelity prototyping.

Demonstrated experience using AI prototyping tools (, Claude, Cursor, v0, or similar) to accelerate design exploration and validation.

Comfort in navigating ambiguity and using experimentation to validate design direction.

Experience contributing to design systems, patterns, and guidelines at a product or design org level would be an asset.

Skilled communication, able to explain rationale, influence stakeholders, and mentor others.

Adaptability in presenting information to various stakeholder levels, and can explain complex concepts with simplicity and accuracy.

Proficiency in design and collaboration tools such as Figma and Miro.

A background in life sciences(strong asset).

Benefits and Perks:
* A great compensation package that includes Bench Sci equity options
* A robust vacation policy plus an additional vacation day every year
* Company closures for 14 more days throughout the year
* Flex time for…