Digital Product Designer

Digital Product Designer

About Astellas

At Astellas we are making treatments that matter to people.

We are tackling the toughest health challenges putting the patient at the heart of every move we make.

Our global vision for Patient Centricity is to support the development of innovative health solutions through a deep understanding of the patient experience. At Astellas, Patient Centricity isn’t a buzzword - it’s a guiding principle for action. We believe all staff have a role to play in creating a patient-centric culture and integrating an awareness of the patient into our everyday working practices, regardless of our role, team or division.

We have developed ground-breaking, innovative medicines in immunology, oncology and urology. Our medicines are extending and saving the lives of cancer patients, making transplantation possible and improving the quality of life for those living with conditions where needs are often overlooked.

We take a patient-focused approach, that allows us to convert brilliant early science into treatments and solutions that directly improve and save patients’ lives.

From lab to clinic to patient, we focus on the most promising science, empower the best talent to pursue it, and develop life-changing solutions alongside the best partners.

The Opportunity:

You are a talented and experienced Digital Product Designer (UI/UX) who will play a key role in the Digital Product Management & Human-Centric Design team, contributing to user-friendly, visually engaging, and functional digital products. Your primary focus will be supporting the HealthX hub in creating patient-focused digital healthcare solutions, while also contributing to enterprise-level initiatives. Collaborating with cross-functional teams—including Product Managers, Software Developers, Strategists, Researchers, and Brand Teams—you will craft intuitive designs for websites, mobile apps, and software interfaces that align with business goals and stakeholder needs.

At Astellas we recognise the importance of balancing your work and home life, so we offer a hybrid working solution allowing time to connect with colleagues in person at the office alongside the flexibility to work from home; optimising the most productive work environment for you to succeed and deliver.

Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

• Work closely with product managers and core team members (e.g., strategists, developers) to gather and evaluate user needs, combining insights with creativity to shape product design directions, concepts, and supporting information.
• Create journey maps, user personas, wireframes, storyboards, user flows, process flows, infographics, and site maps to effectively communicate interaction and design ideas.
• Support product exploration and development by providing insights and creating visualizations and illustrations, including imagery and interactive visuals, at all stages of the process.
• Design and test low- and high-fidelity mock-ups and interactive prototypes using tools like Figma, Adobe XD, or similar.
• Act as a strategic design leader within project teams (both internal and external), guiding developments, identifying opportunities, and keeping pace with evolving trends and future design directions.
• Champion high-quality design practices and play a key role in establishing, developing, and growing the digital product design capability within the business.

Required Qualifications:

• A bachelor's degree and hands-on relevant experience with end-to-end digital product design with demonstrable experience in visual design, user-centric design, systems thinking, UI/UX, and working with user research data.
• A portfolio of professional design work showcasing the above and an in-depth understanding of UI/UX design principles and processes, insights-based design processes, and experience of how design impacts business.
• Highly proficient working knowledge of technologies and software to support development, such as: Figma, InVision, HTML, CSS (SCSS), iOS, Android, Design Systems, and Adobe Creative Suite or similar.
• Excellent visualisation, communication, and presentation skills. Ability to communicate a vision for a product idea in a way others can relate to and buy into.
• A genuine passion for providing value to patients through digital healthcare innovations. Must be driven to make a positive difference in the healthcare domain.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability of successfully developing digital products within or independent of a pharmaceutical company.
• Experience of working in a global organization.
• Have worked in Agile development environments.

Education

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent.

Additional information

• This is a permanent full-time position
• Position could be based in the United Kingdom
• This position follows our hybrid working model. Flexibility may be required in line with business need. Candidates must be located within a commutable distance of the office

We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.