Director, Product Design

Description
Come join a winning team! Here at Imprivata, you'll see a dedicated group of professionals who care about improving healthcare. Our team thrives on collaboration and sharing ideas, whether in a cross-functional meeting or at one of our virtual team-building events.
While we're diverse in our backgrounds and skills, we have much in common. A passion for our mission. A strong sense of integrity. A belief that we're making a positive impact and a commitment to having fun.
We are seeking a Director, Product Design to join our team. This is a hybrid opportunity based out of our Waltham, MA office.
Job Summary
The Director of Product Design will drive corporate success by creating a sustainable competitive advantage in user experiences. This role will be responsible for the design vision across our full product portfolio, represent the voice of the user, and manage, grow, and inspire a team of designers.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage the creative process and product design team including schedules, deliverables, and team utilization to meet the product vision and deliver on the business growth objectives.
• Define the product design goals across the product portfolio.
• Manage team to create intuitive, smart designs and experiences that inform our users across all access points and products.
• Develop best-in-class practices for product design and design delivery, fueled by user research, user feedback, data, and evidence.
• Collaborate with product teams to create schedules, manage deliverables, assign resources, and mitigate risks.
• Anticipate user needs and develop design principles in conjunction with the multi-year product vision.
• Ensure alignment among all parts of the organization through effective communication.
• Assess, coach, develop and empower staff in support of their success.
• Continually improve design processes to gain efficiency, remove obstacles, and simplify problems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; Master's degree preferred.
• 3+ years of experience leading design teams.
• A minimum of 8 years' designing user experience and interaction design for software products, including desktop, web, and mobile applications.
• Proven track record in cross-team collaboration to deliver successful products.
• Care deeply about the user; in our case these are IT professionals, nurses, doctors, patients, and hospital administrators.
• Experience managing successfully in a matrixed environment, with proven ability to build and maintain great working relationships; help others achieve their goals across all levels and departments of an organization.
• Track record leading, building, mentoring and motivating creative teams.
• Experience in using the Lean Startup Methodology to bring winning products to market.
• Strong usability testing experience.
• Experience in iterative software delivery methodologies, such as Agile or SCRUM.
• Strong project management skills; demonstrated ability to work and lead independently.

This position offers a total compensation range of $245,000.00 to $255,000.00 inclusive of base salary and variable compensation, such as bonuses and incentives). In addition, more information about Imprivata's benefit offerings can be found here. This range represents the high and low end of Imprivata's compensation range for this position. Actual compensation will vary and may be above or below the range based on various factors, such as a candidate's location, skills, experience, and qualifications.
At Imprivata, we have a top-notch work environment, developmental opportunities, a competitive total rewards package, and the desire to have fun. If you have the skills and qualifications as we have described above, we want to hear from you!
Imprivata provides equal employment opportunities, regardless of race, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
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