Job Description SummaryAs a Senior Architect, Interaction Design at GE HealthCare, you will lead design initiatives that create exceptional digital experiences for healthcare professionals and patients. You'll shape product strategy by helping to understand user needs, establish design directions, create UX patterns, mentor junior team members, and collaborate with product and engineering leaders to deliver innovative solutions that improve healthcare delivery and patient outcomes.

Reporting to the Design Director, you’ll collaborate with UX researchers, Human Factors Engineers, developers, product managers and clinical applications specialists as well as your colleagues on the design team. Your mission is to bring your experience to bear on creating a world where healthcare has no limits.

Job Description

Essential Responsibilities:

Partner with the research team to conduct insight research to understand user needs, mental models, workflows and pain pointsGather information on business, technical and user requirementsHelp synthesize output of stakeholder research and create visualizations that effectively summarize key insights related to user and customer needs and behaviorsUse participatory design activities to understand vision, business model and assumptions and tacit knowledge about user needs and behaviorsAsk questions appropriate to translate an abstract problem into a roadmap for identifying solutionsDevelop design concepts that respond to validated requirementsCreate annotated prototypes or wireframes of user interface designs that visually and textually communicate the behavior of the software applicationDevelop visual designs that utilize our EDS (Ethos Design System) to ensure consistency across productsLiaise with engineering teams in sprints to see designs through to implementationGuide effective documentation and communication of design - via wireframes, mockups, prototypes, user stories in Rally and ConfluenceSupport research and evaluation of designs with external and internal usersInfluence business-wide discussions relative to current user experience projects and the future direction of design and user experienceDevelop knowledge of industrial business domains, products, key processes, suppliers, customers and market/competitorsAdvocate for design excellence and people-centered design approaches across the organization

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant design discipline (Interaction Design, UX/UI Design, Industrial Design, Visual Communications or related field) or equivalent work experienceA minimum of 6 years of professional work in UX design, preferably in healthcareProven experience in delivering end-to-end development of digital products and solutionsExperience in collaborating with diverse and cross-functional teams in a dynamic environmentAdvanced skills in design tools such as Figma, Adobe CS, as well as collaboration platforms like Miro Legal authorization to work in the U.S.

Desired Characteristics

Demonstrated facility with Agile / Lean UX methodologiesSkilled in hand drawing and visual communication, time-based and interactive prototyping tools, especially those that are AI drivenAbility to use generative techniques (sketching, brainstorming, etc.) to establish a variety of possible design decisions and decision scenariosPractitioner of object oriented designExperience mentoring junior designersSolid communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage stakeholders at all levels of the organizationComfort with ambiguity

Business Acumen:

Ability to map current industry trends to internal vision and bring related suggestions to the teamBe able to articulate the principles of design thinking, and influence business audiences as what it is and why it is importantAbility to actively cultivate an understanding of how individual people and things fit within larger structures (like systems or organizations), as well as the relationships between parts of a system and the system as a whole

For U.S. based positions only, the pay range for this position is $149,600.00-$224,400.00 Annual. It is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top of the pay range and compensation decisions are dependent on the facts and circumstances of each case. The specific compensation offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including skills, qualifications, experience and location. In addition, this position may also be eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). GE HealthCare offers a competitive benefits package, including not but limited to medical, dental, vision, paid time off, a 401(k) plan with employee and company contribution opportunities, life, disability, and accident insurance, and tuition reimbursement.

GE HealthCare offers a great work environment, professional development, challenging careers, and competitive compensation. GE HealthCare is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law.

GE HealthCare will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the United States for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable).

While GE HealthCare does not currently require U.S. employees to be vaccinated against COVID-19, some GE HealthCare customers have vaccination mandates that may apply to certain GE HealthCare employees.

Relocation Assistance Provided: Yes