NewDesign Operations Lead
Apply on Foundation MedicineThe Design Operations Lead at Foundation Medicine establishes and operates a scalable design capability for Technology Enablement and serves as the operational owner accountable for design quality, tooling, workflows, standards, intake, resource planning, and delivery across reports, portals, and other digital experiences. The role directs and coordinates internal and external design resources, provides targeted hands-on design and production support for baseline needs, and owns the design toolchain and working environment including Figma governance and Adobe InDesign report-production workflows. The Lead is responsible for continuously improving tooling, processes, standards, and design-to-development handoff practices to support and evolve FMI's products and experiences.
What you'll do
- Lead the overall design operations capability, establishing the operating model, priorities, standards and governance for how design work is delivered
- Provide oversight of the design portfolio, including intake, prioritization, resource allocation, quality and delivery across digital experiences
- Lead and coordinate internal and external design resources, providing direction and ensuring consistent execution against established design standards
- Serve as a hands-on practitioner for Technology Enablement, directly executing baseline design and production work across FMI reports, portals, and related digital experiences while engaging specialized expertise when required
- Own and continuously improve the design toolchain, standards, and working environment, including Figma governance, fit-for-purpose report and PDF design tooling, reusable components and templates, and clear project, file, asset, and documentation practices
- Partner with Product Management and cross-functional stakeholders to translate product and business needs into effective design outcomes, define the appropriate design approach, and ensure work is aligned to product strategy, priorities, and delivery plans
- Establish clear design-to-development handoff practices; partner with Engineering during implementation as needed and support design quality assurance of delivered experiences
- Forecast design demand and capacity, identifying upcoming resource needs and when initiative-funded or specialized resources are required
What they're looking for
- Bachelor's degree in design, human-computer interaction, human factors, information design, product design, graphic design, a related discipline, or equivalent relevant professional experience
- 8+ years of professional experience in product design, experience design, UI/UX design, design operations, or a related discipline
- Demonstrated experience as a hands-on senior designer, with a portfolio or equivalent work examples showing strong visual and interaction design craft, systems thinking, and production-quality digital experiences
- Advanced proficiency with Figma and strong experience with professional report and document design tooling, including Adobe InDesign; experience establishing reusable templates, libraries, and well-organized design assets
- Demonstrated experience working cross-functionally in a product environment and establishing effective workflows from design through engineering handoff, implementation, and quality review
- Demonstrated ability to independently frame ambiguous design needs, establish practical standards and workflows, organize complex work, and balance hands-on execution with orchestration of additional design expertise
- 3+ years of direct experience in the life science, biomedical, biopharma, and/or health care industries designing data-driven applications, systems, and services
- Experience operating or contributing to a Design Operations, DesignOps, design services, or similarly centralized design capability
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