Head of Design, BillionToOne
$426k
OTE
$229.5-255k
BASE
+ Equity options offering; + Corporate bonus program
3 days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
Precision diagnostics for disease detection
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Precision diagnostics for disease detection
201-500 employees
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$426k
OTE
$229.5-255k
BASE
+ Equity options offering; + Corporate bonus program
3 days a week in office (Menlo Park, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make molecular diagnostics more accurate, efficient, and accessible.
Role
Who you are
- The ideal candidate is a visionary and strategic people leader who can mentor and grow in-house designers while effectively managing relationships with external design agencies
- 10+ years of work experience and 5+ experience of design leadership experience
- Proven track record of building and leading design organizations at a Director/Sr. Director level
- Expertise in multiple design disciplines is ideal; at a minimum, UX or information design expertise is required
- Experience collaborating with cross-functional teams, including Marketing, Product Marketing, and Product Development
- Experience working at healthcare, life sciences, or deep-tech companies where design must convey complex information is a strong plus
- Strong portfolio showcasing design leadership and impactful contributions to branding, UX, and customer experience
- Visionary leadership with the ability to translate strategic goals into actionable design initiatives
- Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to advocate for design at all levels of the organization
- Entrepreneurial mindset with a passion for innovation and customer success
What the job involves
- We are seeking an exceptional design leader to join BillionToOne as the Head of Design
- This role is responsible for overseeing all aspects of design at BillionToOne, spanning brand design, creative design, information design, UX design, and user research
- Reporting directly to the Chief Product Officer and serving on the Executive Leadership Team, this role is pivotal in elevating design as a strategic pillar of the company and establishing it as a key competitive differentiator
- They will collaborate closely with Marketing, Product Marketing, and the Software Product teams to create cohesive, impactful, and user-centered designs that enhance BillionToOne’s brand, products, and experiences
- Define and champion a company-wide design vision and strategy that aligns with BillionToOne’s mission and business objectives
- Effectively work with other executive leaders to move business outcomes through the power of design
- Build and lead a world-class design organization spanning brand design, creatives, UX design, and user research
- Collaborate across Marketing, Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to ensure design is a strategic differentiator by delivering cohesive visual identities, clear communication of complex concepts, and seamless user experiences
- Oversee user research to deeply understand customer needs and ensure designs address key pain points
- Establish design standards, workflows, and processes to ensure efficiency and scalability
- Establish and track key design metrics to measure impact on user engagement and brand strength
- Advocate for user-centered design principles and drive innovative solutions that differentiate BillionToOne
- Leverage emerging technologies such as AI when appropriate
Our take
BillionToOne is a precision diagnostics company. Its proprietary molecular counting platform (Quantitative Counting Templates) accurately counts DNA molecules at the single-count level, which has the ability to significantly improve disease detection. While initially focused on prenatal screening and oncological liquid biopsies, the company’s QTC technology is highly scalable and has the ability to make vast improvements to a range of disease detection verticals.
The company’s funding efforts will enable it to focus on further development and commercialization of its noninvasive prenatal screening test and oncology products. However, it will need to maintain a strategic outlook, prioritizing areas with higher testing frequencies in order to provide maximum patient benefit, while balancing test development costs.
BillionToOne has an important role to play in improving healthcare equity. As more promising peer-reviewed research studies are conducted and providers have increased confidence in the company’s tests, BillionToOne has significant growth potential.
Freddie
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
32% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Dec 2022
$5m
SERIES B
Mar 2022
$21m
SERIES B
Total funding: $43.3m
Company benefits
- Suite of benefit plans
- Paid Medical, Pregnancy, Parental and Family Leaves
- Retirement savings program with Company contribution
- Generous equity package
- Free daily on-site lunches provided from top eateries
- Latest and greatest hardware (laptop, lab equipment, facilities)
- Free on-site EV charging (compatible with all EVs, including Tesla!)
- Working with a team of ‘rockstars’ who bring out the best in everyone
- The ability to indirectly or directly change the lives of hundreds of thousand patients
- Open, transparent culture that includes weekly Town Hall meetings
Company values
- Profoundly Impactful
- Creative & Innovative
- Internally Motivated & Passionate
- Rational & Deliberate
- Kindly Inquisitive & Collaborative
- Patient-Centered
Company HQ
Menlo Park, CA
Articles
Leadership
Oguzhan Atay, PhD
(CEO)Former Graduate Fellow at Stanford University (Department of Biology). They also spent time as a Researcher at the University of Oxford.
David Tsao
(CTO)Former Technical Staff Member at Groupon and Software Engineer at Adku. They also worked as an Engineering Intern at Northrop Grumman Aerospace Systems.
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