Manager, UX Development
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Job Summary
Are you a current Elekta employee
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Want to join a team with a mission to improve and save lives
We continually look for motivated and skilled individuals who are interested in supporting our customers healthcare professionals who use our products to help patients and their communities.
We currently have the following opportunity available - please contact us for more details!
We dont just build technology. We build hope for everyone dealing with Cancer.
The Manager UX Development role leads Elektas UX Development team globally and oversees front-end development activities for Elektas software products ensuring that they are effective efficient satisfying and safe to use.
This encompasses building and supporting the Elekta Design System via the UI Monorepo and the Elekta Component Library (ECL) along with support of other product technologies to ensure products are consistent and joined up.
This role is based in Crawley.
What youll do at Elekta:
Your responsibilities will include but are not limited to:
- Line-manage a team of individual UX Developers responsible for hiring performance management career development and motivating the team towards excellent performance
- Understand Elektas Products and their contexts to be able to prioritise the resourcing of their team to the most important products/ projects creating the greatest possible UX/ product quality development efficiency and measurable business impact
- Develop and maintain a network of Elekta stakeholders; in particular leaders in the Product and Engineering divisions. Understand the needs of these stakeholders agree with them the scope of work and ensure they are kept up to date with progress
- Support the Head of UX&D in evangelising the benefits of User-Centred Design across the Elekta business including collating and communicating a set of compelling case studies where UCD has made a measurable business impact
- Collaborate closely with the rest of the UX&D MT ensuring that the UX&D team speaks and acts as one team shares resources and seeks to improve ways of working
- Accountable for the quality of work coming from their team ensuring it is excellent consistent and delivered on time and to promises
- Maintain a good understanding of the other UX&D domains (UX Research Industrial Design UX Strategy & Design) to be able to sell the wider teams skills and contributions
- Mentor and coach colleagues within and outside the UX&D team on best practice in UX/UI/Front-end Development
- Oversee front-end development and support activities on the most important software Products/Product Lines
- Lead the development of and act as owner/ authority for Elektas Design System and the Elekta Component Library (ECL). Evangelise the benefits of the Design System/ Component Library across Elekta and ensure its widest possible adoption. Work closely with members of the UX Strategy & Design team to maintain the Design System.
- Oversee the development and adoption of the UI Monorepo and its tools to ensure for fast product development and delivery (including Continuous Integration/ Continuous Delivery (CI/CD) pipelines testing Internationalisation Accessibility etc.)
- Measure the impact of the Design System Component Library and UI Monorepo on the Elekta Engineering organisation e.g. in making development of new products faster/ more efficient/ better quality
- Lead a process of collecting and integrating user feedback on the Design System Component Library and UI Monorepo to ensure continued improvements for its users the product developers
- Evangelise UX/ User-Centred Design to the Elekta Engineering organisation. Define and support relevant awareness and training activities
- Mature the front-end engineering teams at Elekta through best UX/ UI design practice
- Define best practice for the development testing security and delivery of front-end software
- Keep up with the state-of-the-art in the regulated medical devices and front-end technologies and experiences.
The right stuff:
- A track record of influential leadership management of senior stakeholders and driving cross-functional agreement on user-centred design.
- Skilled storyteller in user-centered design and development able to present complex information in a digestible format at all levels of the business
- Experience guiding and mentoring UX/ Development professionals across functions to drive best practice
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to collaborate in a cross-functional team
- Excellent time-management and multi-tasking ability in a fast-paced deadline-driven environment
What you bring:
*We encourage you to apply even if you dont meet every requirementyour unique skills and experiences might be exactly what were looking for!
- Masters degree in computer science software engineering human-computer interaction or a similar relevant field
- Comprehensive knowledge base acquired from 8 years experience as a (Senior/ Lead) UX Developer in a domain of complex products and services
- 2 years experience in managing a UX/ Front-end Development team including all people management responsibilities
- Significant experience in the development of front-end software and/or business web applications or mobile applications.
- Significant experience in developing and managing a component library or design system for an organization.
- An understanding and experience of working within regulatory constraints ideally in the field of medical devices
- A track record of taking responsibility for the delivery of large complex projects end-to-end
- A track record of case studies (personal or from a managed team) where user-centered design and development has had a significant and measurable business impact
- Good understanding of Agile principles and Agile product development practices (Scrum Kanban etc.)
- Strong analytical capability and high attention to detail.
- Must be fluent in the English language (reading speaking writing and comprehension).
What youll get:
In this role you will work for a higher purpose; hope for everyone dealing with cancer and for everyone regardless of where in the world to have access to the best cancer addition to this Elekta offers a range of benefits.
- This is an office based role ( 5 days a week from our Crawley Hub )
- Up to 25 paid vacation days (plus bank holidays)
- Holiday Purchase Scheme
- Private Medical Insurance
- Attractive Employer Pension Contribution Package
- Cycle to work scheme
- Life Assurance
- Onsite subsidized restaurant offering budget-friendly dining
- Love electric (Electric vehicle salary sacrifice scheme)
Hiring process:
We are looking forward to hearing from you! Apply by submitting your application and résumé in English via the Apply button. Please note that we do not accept applications by e-mail.
We are an equal opportunity employer:
We are an equal opportunity employer. We evaluate qualified applicants without regard to age race colour religion sex sexual orientation gender identity genetic information national origin disability veteran status or any other protected characteristic.
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Helping clinicians treat cancer & brain disorders through precision radiation medicine. Our radiotherapy treatments target the tumour & protect the patient.
