DESIGN LEAD - GLOBAL NAVIGATION

Neweratech

Full-timelead€74-74/hour

Job description

<div class="content-intro"> Join New Era Technology, where People First is at the heart of everything we do. With a global team of over 3,000 professionals, we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone feels valued, empowered, and inspired to grow. Our mission is to securely connect people, places, and information with end-to-end technology solutions at scale. At New Era, you'll join a team-oriented culture that prioritizes your personal and professional development. Work alongside industry-certified experts, access continuous training, and enjoy competitive benefits. Guided by our core attributes — putting people first, embracing continuous learning, and thriving through collaboration and inclusion — we nurture our people to deliver exceptional customer service. If you want to make an impact in a supportive, growth-oriented environment, New Era is the place for you. Apply today and help us shape the future of work—together </div>DIRECT REPORTS: Leads a dedicated team of 3 product designers The Design Lead, Global Navigation drives the overarching user experience strategy and architectural framework for global navigation across a global pharma’s digital ecosystem. Rather than owning a standalone product surface, this role oversees the connective digital tissue that enables seamless, intuitive navigation across diverse brands, platforms, and services. Leading a dedicated team of 3 product designers, the Design Lead defines cross-cutting patterns, enforces design governance, and partners with cross-functional leadership to ensure scalable, consistent user experiences enterprise-wide. COMPETENCIES & CORE BEHAVIORS <ul> <li>Systems Architecture & Governance: Ability to conceptualize, define, and govern large-scale design systems and cross-cutting navigation components. </li> <li>Cross-Functional Influence: Skilled at building consensus, articulating design rationale, and driving strategic alignment across engineering, product, and brand teams outside direct reporting lines. </li> <li>People Leadership & Coaching: Dedicated to mentoring individual contributors, setting clear design standards, and fostering an inclusive, high-performing design team culture. </li> <li>Ambiguity Management & Strategic Vision: Thrives in navigating complex organizational matrices and operating without a single "owned" product surface. </li> </ul> DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES <ul> <li>Lead, mentor, and manage a high-performing team of ~3 individual contributor product designers in defining scalable navigation systems. </li> <li>Establish and govern foundational navigation components, interaction patterns, and user journeys utilized across global enterprise platforms and brands. </li> <li>Partner closely with platform and software engineering teams to ensure navigation patterns scale reliably across various technical architectures and device breakpoints. </li> <li>Serve as the primary design advocate in structural, enterprise-level governance decisions that impact downstream product and engineering teams. </li> <li>Conduct continuous alignment reviews with non-reporting brand and business unit partners to ensure adoption of global design standards. </li> </ul> REQUIRED EDUCATION <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="27" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Bachelor’s degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Visual Communications, or a related field; or equivalent practical experience. </li> </ul> EXPERIENCE <ul> <li>7+ years of progressive product design experience, with at least 2+ years of direct people management or team lead experience managing individual contributors. </li> <li>Demonstrated experience solving complex, cross-cutting platform or design system problems in a large, matrixed enterprise organization. </li> </ul> LANGUAGE SKILLS <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="29" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Professional verbal and written English communication skills. Ability to articulate complex design decisions clearly to non-design executives, engineering leads, and business stakeholders. </li> </ul> QUALIFICATIONS Required: <ul> <li>Proven track record of managing and coaching IC designers. </li> <li>Strong portfolio demonstrating systems-level UX architecture and pattern governance across multi-product environments. </li> <li>Demonstrated ability to manage complex cross-functional stakeholders and influence without direct authority. </li> <li>Hands-on proficiency with modern enterprise design and prototyping tools (e.g., Figma). </li> </ul> Preferred: <ul> <li>Prior experience working within healthcare, life sciences, or heavily regulated enterprise environments. </li> <li>Experience working directly with accessibility standards (WCAG) and enterprise design systems. </li> </ul> PHYSICAL DEMANDS Standard office environment demands: ability to sit or stand at a workstation for extended periods, operate standard computer equipment, and participate in hybrid team meetings. WORK ENVIRONMENT & HOURS <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="24" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="1" data-aria-level="1">Work Environment: Remote </li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="24" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="2" data-aria-level="1">Expected Hours of Work: Monday through Friday, normal business hours. </li> </ul> <ul> <li data-leveltext="" data-font="Symbol" data-listid="24" data-list-defn-props="{"335552541":1,"335559685":720,"335559991":360,"469769226":"Symbol","469769242":[8226],"469777803":"left","469777804":"","469777815":"multilevel"}" data-aria-posinset="3" data-aria-level="1">Travel: Occasional travel for workshops to headquarters. </li> </ul> ADA Statement To perform the job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. 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