Principal UI / UX Designer

About Cadence Molecular Sciences

Cadence Molecular Sciences has developed a cutting‑edge, first‑in‑class cloud‑native platform for molecular design, cheminformatics and data management ("Orion"). Everyone—from top pharmaceutical companies to emerging biotech startups—uses 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 user‑experience research and design methodologies to catalyze the development of the platform for molecular design. You will partner with product, UI engineering, drug‑discovery science, marketing and senior leadership to oversee the user experience of therapeutic design.

Principal Responsibilities

Conduct high‑quality 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 high‑fidelity 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

Well‑acquainted with design tools such as Balsamiq, Sketch, Figma, InVision, etc.

A history of working with diverse stakeholders including front‑end 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 cloud‑based SaaS services

Benefits

An opportunity to be a UX / UI designer in a fast‑paced business focused on cutting‑edge 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 Silicon‑Valley based company with a long history of technology‑first 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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