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Principal UX Designer, Cab
As Bayer Crop Science's digital farming arm, we advance regenerative agriculture and technology breakthroughs using the latest agronomic science, data science, engineering, and real-world farming experience. With groundbreaking technologies like Climate FieldView and our ForGround regenerative agriculture platform, our team is a part of some of the most important advancements in ag.
We are looking for a Principal UX Designer that is naturally curious, entrepreneurial, and has a track record of delivering end-to-end digital products, from vision and strategy to coordinating design delivery. Since this role is focused on the "in cab” experience of our platform, we are looking for a deep understanding of the current state of mobile experiences and best practices, with a critical awareness of implications on the overall platform UX and Information architecture.
Design has a clear seat at the table and shares the responsibility for product planning, execution, and success. You’ll be looked to as an expert in your field who will be held accountable for the end-to-end experience of a digital product or a suite of products.
This role reports to the Head of UX Design at Bayer Digital Farming.
This position is available for candidates located in St. Louis, Chicago, and remote within the Midwest.
YOUR TASKS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
The primary responsibilities of this role are to:
Craft the Vision: Collaborate with Product Management & business stakeholders to integrate the mobile experience strategy into the product roadmap and evangelize, execute, and inspire teams around that vision.
Define Direction: Define crisp product design direction for your areas, and collaborate with partner design, product management, marketing, and engineering teams around the globe.
Forge Connections: Build strong relationships across all business units and disciplines, understanding their needs to create win-win solutions
Champion the Customer: Leverage user research, insights, experimentation, and optimization, ensuring our products meet our customers' expectations
Craft Exceptional User Experiences: Set a high bar for usability, functionality, and visual appeal. Zoom in and out between meticulous attention to detail and the broader vision
Execute Flawlessly: Consistently ship solutions that meet timing expectations, embracing rapid iterations as needed. Develop clear and effective practices & processes with your product and engineering partners to ensure the team delivers quickly and efficiently
Drive Alignment: Communicate down, up, and out on your design decisions and back them up with data/customer insight.
Empower Your Team: mentor and uplevel designers, cultivate a culture of collaboration, enabling your team to excel and deliver impactful high-quality work.
WHO YOU ARE
Bayer seeks an incumbent who possesses the following:
Required:
Bachelor's degree or higher in design-related field
12+ years of UI/UX design experience
Available online portfolio
Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design
Proficiency with Figma
Proven record of delivering global products that simplify complex problems
Preferred:
Understanding of digital agriculture or related industries (strong preference
Excellent verbal and written communication skills and an ability to summarize complex technical programs into a broader compelling narrative
Employees can expect to be paid a salary of approximately between $140k to $190k. Additional compensation may include a bonus or commission (if relevant). Additional benefits include health care, vision, dental, retirement, PTO, sick leave, etc. This salary (or salary range) is merely an estimate and may vary based on an applicant’s location, market data/ranges, an applicant’s skills and prior relevant experience, certain degrees and certifications, and other relevant factors.
This posting will be available for application until at least 3/3/25.
YOUR APPLICATIONBayer offers a wide variety of competitive compensation and benefits programs. If you meet the requirements of this unique opportunity, and want to impact our mission Science for a better life, we encourage you to apply now. Be part of something bigger. Be you. Be Bayer.
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