Apella

USA

Posted on: 26 July 2023

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Senior Product Designer

Apella is applying computer vision, machine learning and NLP to improve the standard of care in the most critical aspect of healthcare; surgery. We build applications to enable surgeons, nurses, and hospital administrators to deliver the highest quality care.

We are building our Product Design team and need brave individuals who are not afraid of rolling up their sleeves, jumping in, and working in highly ambiguous problem spaces to improve them. Our Product Design team will partner with other Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, Clinical Advisors, and Customers to create an intuitive product experience with our product roadmap in mind.

You are

Driven to make a difference by improving healthcare

Scrappy- comfortable with ambiguity, shifting contexts, and moving deadlines as a part of an early-stage business

You can solve problems resourcefully, and make effort vs. impact trade-offs while keeping the larger strategic goals in mind

Detail oriented - know how to balance having a high quality bar with making an impact. Iterating quickly and sweating the details to ensure we’re constantly enhancing the experience we’re providing for our customers while also making an impact in their day-to-day lives

An integrative thinker who likes to integrate company strategy, market research, and customer input to envision new products and find product-market fit.

A customer-centric individual. You keep the customer at the center of the decisions that you make and are equally passionate about creating value for buyers while delivering a product that users love

Excited about working directly with product managers and engineers to ship great products

Collaborative - You have a low ego, are humble, and value others perspectives. You are comfortable working closely with and seeking feedback from adjacent roles such as product managers, engineers, and broader stakeholders - to plan, prioritize, and deliver various projects.

You have

5+ years of experience as a Product Designer working with tools like Figma, Adobe XD, or Sketch

Experience building and shipping products on both mobile and web within a large-scale, ambitious domain

Breadth of design skills - comfortable owning and balancing projects at various points of the product development lifecycle - product discovery all the way to implementation and measuring success

Strong written and verbal communication skills (can effortlessly outwit ChatGPT or Bard in a battle of puns and wordplay)

A data-driven mindset that results in intuitive outcomes for customers - you understand which decisions require extensive research and data to back them, and which don’t.

A strong propensity for expressing ideas through visuals and prototyping

Bonus points for individuals with experience in healthcare technology or with AI/ML products

Also bonus points if you have proficient too advanced competency in HTML, CSS, or Javascript

You will

Be the customer’s biggest advocate - Keep the customer at the heart of everything we do by thoroughly understanding customer needs, perspectives, and goals. Engage with customers regularly, drive research initiatives, and incorporate customer feedback into designs. Use design tools like personas and journey maps to build a shared understanding of the customer with the team.

Design solutions across our product experience - Balance customer needs with business objectives and technical limitations, using your skills across research, user experience, interaction design, and visual design to create solutions. Employ a collaborative and iterative approach to improve designs.

Contribute to our product vision - Gather input from engineers, product managers, clinical advisors, leadership, and other designers to develop a journey-based approach to product design. Collaborate with the product team to prioritize and scope work.

Work closely with product managers and engineers - Ensure we deliver a high-quality product experience by collaborating closely with product managers and engineers throughout the design and implementation process.

Contribute to our design system - Collaborate with designers and engineers to create, improve, and help scale our patterns and components that can be reused across different parts of our product experience.

Contribute to our design team culture - Help scale our design rituals, maintain our high quality standards as our team grows, and work on cross-functional challenges while pairing with other designers.

Our Benefits

Competitive salary and stock options

Flexible vacation and a work culture that allows for taking time to recharge

Generous health, dental, and vision insurance - we are a health care company that takes care of our employees' health

Remote first culture with unique events to help integrate the team