UX/UI Designer

The UX/UI Designer is responsible for creating intuitive, user-centered designs for healthcare SaaS applications. This role collaborates with cross-functional teams—including product managers, engineers, and clinicians—to deliver innovative solutions that enhance user experience and align with strategic goals.
Key Responsibilities:
User-Centered Design & Research

Conduct user interviews, usability testing, and persona development

Apply empathy-driven design thinking to healthcare workflows

Translate research insights into actionable design improvements

Prototyping & Interaction Design

Create wireframes, mockups, and high-fidelity prototypes using tools like Figma and Adobe XD

Design user flows and interaction models that support clinical and administrative tasks

Iterate designs based on feedback from users and stakeholders

Design Systems & Consistency

Build and maintain design systems and component libraries

Ensure consistency across products through reusable components and style guides

Collaborate with engineering to align design libraries with code libraries

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Partner with product managers, developers, and stakeholders to align design with business strategy

Facilitate workshops and iterative design sessions to co-create solutions

Communicate design rationale and user needs effectively across teams

Accessibility & Compliance Awareness

Design for accessibility following WCAG standards

Ensure UI components meet usability and legal standards for diverse user populations

Incorporate healthcare compliance requirements such as HIPAA into design decisions

Required Qualifications:
Education & Experience Guidelines

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

1-3 years of relevant work experience

Proficiency in design tools: Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD

Strong understanding of UX principles, accessibility, and responsive design

Experience in agile development environments

Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Ability to translate complex requirements into user-friendly designs

Occasional travel may be required.

Other Knowledge, Skills, Abilities or Certifications:

Familiarity with healthcare compliance standards (e.g., HIPAA)

Experience with design systems and component libraries

Knowledge of HTML/CSS and front-end development practices

Certification in UX design or related field

Experience with data visualization and dashboard design

Fortive 9 Behaviors by Level:
Executing and Contributing
Customer Obsessed: Understands the customer’s needs through observation, questioning and going to Gemba.
Strategic: Uses data to make informed decisions while anticipating future trends and aligning actions with organizational goals.
Innovation for Impact: Proactively explores new perspectives and experiments to solve day-to-day problems.
Inspiring: Understands how their work contributes to the organization’s purpose.
Builds Extraordinary Teams: Actively fosters collaboration by contributing positively, supporting shared goals, helping others succeed, and celebrating team achievements together.
Courageous: Shows strength through action—moves quickly toward goals, embraces uncertainty, speaks up, and perseveres through challenges with confidence and integrity.
Delivers Results: Sets high standards and consistently delivers by focusing priorities and overcoming obstacles, and upholding organizational values.
Adaptable: Applies rigor by working thoroughly and following processes without cutting corners while remaining adaptable.
Lead with FBS: Goes to Gemba—observes real-world processes, not just meetings. Embraces FBS by applying its fundamentals to improve work, engage in kaizen, and continuously grow knowledge and usage.
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