Current Need:

McKesson Specialty Health is looking for a UX Designer with additional skills in User Research to develop and extend the UX capabilities of our oncology applications. You will help us design the best software experience in the world for cancer doctors. You will craft and deliver compelling, approachable and intuitive cross-platform user experiences as we build our industry leading products. You will help us define all aspects of our product: user flow, design system & language, core UI elements and interaction patterns. This experience will have desktop, mobile & tablet variants- you will help us define how each delivers the best possible user experience for their use case. 

 
Key Responsibilities:

• Help evolve a simple, user-centered design process at McKesson Specialty Health.

• Help develop and improve supporting tools and infrastructure.

• Lead design efforts from concept to market for our products. 

• Apply fundamental user experience, design and research principles to deliver intuitive customer journeys. 

• Transform ideas into creative, simple and responsive designs under technology and time constraints, working closely with peers in Product Management & Development. 

• Spend time in the field getting to know & understand the workflow of doctors, and the challenges they face. Leverage User Research and testing feedback to inform and validate design decisions. 

• Use Design Strategy & Research to assist defining and evolving the product roadmap of your projects, and in prioritizing areas of focus. 

• Help mentor and provide an example for junior designers to follow. Help develop a world-class design culture and practice within our studio. 

Core Competencies:  

• Demonstrated excellence in defining user flows, interaction patterns and complete product experiences that align with user needs. 

• Knowledge of design systems, data platforms and UI delivered through multiple devices (desktop, tablet & mobile). 

• Ability to absorb complex, detailed input from Researchers, Program Managers & users and distill this into approachable and intuitive UI. 

• Can-do, positive attitude. 

Minimum Requirements:

• Degree or equivalent and typically requires 4+ years of product design, interaction design, UX design and/or UI design experience.

Critical Skills:

• Experience with the design of complex systems 

• Excellent written and oral communication skills to communicate design rationale and thinking. 

• Ability to inspire and get people on-board. 

• Ability to lead design within cross-functional teams and hold yourself responsible for delivering business outcomes. 

• Ability to support design culture within an organization: discovering talent, refining processes and systems, coaching junior designers to help them progress in their career. 

Additional Skills: 

• Experience with design within the medical ecosystem is a strong plus. 

• Passion for improving the healthcare of people, especially cancer patients. 

• Visual design capability, and additional skillsets that can help us create artifacts that tell our story (writing, video, public speaking etc.) 

• Variety of User Experience capabilities and knowledge, rather than a narrowly defined skillset. 

• Patience: these systems are complicated and the experience we create will evolve over time, a willingness to keep working to improve it will help you succeed. 

Education: 

• 4-year degree in related field or equivalent experience