Job Description

For one of our clients we are looking for a Senior freelance UX Designer and a senior freelancer UX Researcher (2 roles in total) with expertise in the field of medical device development

Project name: Exandra
Project Location: Burlington, Ontario, Canada

Project description:

• EXANDRA is a clinical decision support tool, helping Health Care Providers (HCP) make informed guideline-based treatment decisions, aiming to close the treatment gap for Type 2 Diabetes patients.
• EXANDRA provides HCPs with a patient-specific treatment plan based on the Diabetes Canada Clinical Practice Guidelines.

Background:

Exandra will be the first medical software product developed by BI as the legal manufacturer and therefore needs experts in the field of medical device development. One key function within the team will be a UX Designer. As it does not have suitable resources and expertise for this internally, the contractor holds a unique position and provides significantly different services than the internal staff.

UX Designer job spec:

• Active brainstorming, presentation of results and exchange with developers, UX researcher, stakeholders, product owners and scrum masters on a daily basis to get feedback on the created deliverables
• Translate research insights into appropriate design artifacts
• Iterate designs based on internal reviews and customer feedback
• Monitor the success of implemented features and gather feedback regularly
• Consult the product team in the transition to user-centered product development

UX Researcher job spec:

• Active brainstorming, presentation of results and exchange with developers, UX designers, stakeholders, product owners and scrum masters on a daily basis to get feedback on the created deliverables
• Create, revise, and execute a user research plan according to the research objectives.
• Employ both qualitative and quantitative research methodologies accordingly to the research plan, for example conduct interviews in person (based on COVID-situation) and remote.
• Analyze research data and present research insights in a meaningful way to drive product direction
• Translate research insights into appropriate design artifacts
• Iterate designs based on internal reviews and customer feedback
• Monitor the success of implemented features and gather feedback regularly
• Consult the product team in the transition to user-centered product development

Start: ASAP
Duration: 1 year+ (very likely to be extended for up to 2 years)
Location: 50-75% remote with 25%-50% on-site in Burlington and user research in Canada
Capacity: 40 hours/week

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