Product Designer, BenchSci
CA$100-115k
+ Equity options
2 days a week in office
AI for biomedical research
Be an early applicant
AI for biomedical research
201-500 employees
Be an early applicant
CA$100-115k
+ Equity options
2 days a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To exponentially increase the speed and quality of life-saving research by empowering scientists with the world's most advanced biomedical artificial intelligence.
Role
Who you are
- 2+ years of experience in product design or equivalent, with a portfolio showing high-quality work on complex products
- Undergraduate degree or equivalent combination of continued education and experience in a related field (i.e. design, human-computer interaction, UX design, software engineering, etc.)
- Demonstrated ability to contribute to UX within a product area and deliver user-centric solutions in collaboration with cross-functional peers
- Strong visual, interaction, and systems thinking skills, with proficiency in low- to high-fidelity prototyping
- Demonstrated experience using AI prototyping tools (e.g., Claude, Cursor, v0, or similar) to accelerate design exploration and validation
- Comfort in navigating ambiguity and using experimentation to validate design direction
- Experience contributing to design systems, patterns, and guidelines at a product or design org level would be an asset
- Skilled communication, able to explain rationale, influence stakeholders, and mentor others
- Adaptability in presenting information to various stakeholder levels, and can explain complex concepts with simplicity and accuracy
- Proficiency in design and collaboration tools such as Figma and Miro
- A background in life sciences(strong asset)
What the job involves
- We're looking for a Product Designer to join our team, reporting to the Product Design Director. As a Product Designer, you will be accountable for delivering design solutions for projects of medium-sized scope and complexity, largely independently, helping to shape experiences that simplify scientific complexity and improve the speed and success of life-saving research
- You'll leverage AI-powered tools and prototyping methods to rapidly explore and validate design concepts, accelerating our ability to deliver innovative solutions for scientists. You'll own discovery and design execution for the product features in your cross-functional team, while contributing to our design system and operational plans
- Deliver design solutions for projects of medium-sized scope and complexity, working largely independently
- Deliver designs for all stages of product development as needed (user flows, wireframes, mockups, AI-generated and interactive prototypes, handover specifications, journey maps) that meet or exceed user needs and have a sense of craftsmanship
- Embrace and advance AI-first design practices, using generative AI and rapid prototyping tools to accelerate exploration, test assumptions early, and push the boundaries of what's possible in our product experience
- Go beyond best practices in your design solutions, uncovering novel and unexpected yet viable solutions
- Guide the UX direction in your product area by familiarizing yourself with user problems for your product area, business goals, and mapping the relevant user journeys
- Collaborate with Product Managers, UX Researchers, Scientists, and Engineers to execute on tasks, align on problem spaces, and deliver impactful, feasible solutions
- Apply data-informed design decisions using qualitative research, analytics, and experimentation to improve product outcomes
- Elevate product quality by contributing to and upholding design systems, documentation, and pattern guidelines
- Identify proactively instances where patterns, product consistency, and UX quality break down within the product, and engage additional senior design members to collaboratively determine scalable solutions for these issues
- Present clear, compelling design narratives, leveraging AI tools to rapidly prototype concepts and communicate design intent to facilitate team and stakeholder alignment on design solutions
Our take
Over the past decade, the cost of bringing a drug to market has increased exponentially. But the number of drugs approved has stayed stagnant, leading to a decline in research productivity. Through development of AI-assisted software, BenchSci has allowed scientists to rapidly compute data from scientific journals and product catalogues to dramatically reduce these inefficiencies in the R&D process.
The company offers a lateral solution to traditional, manual data analysis to allow for data leveraging. Plus an automated, comprehensive overview of existing relevant research. These methods have made BenchSci a forerunner in the drug development industry; the company's software is used by leading pharmaceutical companies.
BenchSci continues to invest in its machine learning technology, and in 2023 launched ASCEND. This is software that extracts experimental evidence from internal and external sources to help improve the hit rate of drug trials. It has also raised considerable funds, the latest of which is supporting the expansion of the platform.
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Insights
31% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2023
$70.3m
SERIES D
Jan 2022
$46.6m
SERIES C
Total funding: $162m
Company benefits
- An engaging remote-first culture that hires the best talent from around the world
- Compensation package that includes BenchSci equity options
- Comprehensive health and dental benefits with an emphasis on mental health
- An annual Executive Health Assessment at Medcan for proactive health awareness
- Three weeks of vacation plus an additional day for every completed year
- A $2000 Annual Learning & Development budget
- Generous parental leave benefits with a top-up plan or paid time off options
- Additional time-off: 2 weeks for Winter Holiday, every other Friday in July and August, your birthday, and more!
- A $1000 work from home allowance to make your home setup perfect for you
- An Oculus Quest 2 to connect with your team members in Virtual Reality
- An executive coach for managers to assist in leading high-performing teams
- Complimentary Headspace account to support mental wellness and focus
- Complimentary genome sequencing from 23andMe to better understand your health through your DNA
Company HQ
South Core, Toronto, ON
Leadership
Dr. Elvis Wianda
(Co-Founder & Chief Data Officer)Obtained a PhD studying Health & Medical Physics at the University of Toronto before joining BenchSci.
Dr. Tom Leung
(Co-Founder & CSO)Previously held roles within the University of Toronto as a Research Assistant and Postdoctoral Fellow.
Liran Belenzon
(Co-Founder & CEO)Previously co-founded and held role as CEO at companies including Standy and Biz-Coupon. Currently a CDL Associate at Creative Destruction Lab.
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