Senior Specialist, UX Designer at Merck in Hyderabad, Telangana, India

Senior Specialist, UX Designer Location: IND - Telangana - Hyderabad (HITEC City) Job Description Required Skills: Client Counseling, Content Writing, Data Visualization, Measurement Analysis, Strategic Planning, User Experience (UX) Design, User Experience Analysis, User Experience Evaluation, User Research Preferred Skills: Current Employees apply HERE Current Contingent Workers apply HERE Secondary Language(s) Job Description: Senior Manager, UX/UI Design Lead THE OPPORTUNITY Based in Hyderabad, join a global healthcare biopharma company and be part of a 130-year legacy of success backed by ethical integrity, forward momentum, and an inspiring mission to achieve new milestones in global healthcare. Lead an Organization driven by digital technology and data-backed approaches that supports a diversified portfolio of prescription medicines, vaccines, and animal health products. Drive innovation and execution excellence. Be the leaders who have a passion for using data, analytics, and insights to drive decision-making, which will allow us to tackle some of the world's greatest health threats. Our Technology centers focus on creating a space where teams can come together to deliver business solutions that save and improve lives. AN integral part of our company IT operating model, Tech centers are globally distributed locations where each IT division has employees to enable our digital transformation journey and drive business outcomes. These locations, in addition to the other sites, are essential to supporting our business and strategy. A focused group of leaders in each tech center helps to ensure we can manage and improve each location, from investing in growth, success, and well-being of our people, to making sure colleagues from each IT division feel a sense of belonging to managing critical emergencies. And together, we must leverage the strength of our team to collaborate globally to optimize connections and share best practices across the Tech Centers. About Us Discover is the one-stop data and analytics marketplace where data stewards, owners, and consumers engage to publish, govern, and subscribe to data and analytics products. Our mission is to enable seamless discovery, quality assurance, lineage visibility, and secure access to data across the enterprise. The UX Lead will join the Business Product Management team supporting the Discover Product Line, focusing on driving user-centered design and problem discovery to create impactful solutions for prioritized business problems. Position Overview We are seeking a highly skilled and motivated UX Lead to partner closely with the Business Product Manager (BPM) and Technical Product Managers (TPMs), especially UI teams, to lead the design of user-centric solutions. This role will be responsible for facilitating Problem Discovery workshops, creating wireframes, mock-ups, demos, and other visual assets that translate business needs into intuitive user experiences. The UX Lead will also collaborate with the MSD XD teams to stay current on UX best practices and industry trends. Key Responsibilities Lead and facilitate Problem Discovery workshops to uncover and prioritize business problems and user needs. Collaborate with BPM and TPMs to translate business problems into design solutions. Create wireframes, mock-ups, interactive demos, and other visual design artifacts to communicate design concepts effectively. Support UI teams in the design and iteration of user interfaces aligned with business priorities. Partner with MSD XD teams to incorporate best practices and innovative UX trends into product design. Advocate for user-centered design principles throughout the product development lifecycle. Maintain up-to-date knowledge of industry standards, tools, and methodologies in UX design. Qualifications Education Bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Interaction Design, or a related field is required. Master’s degree preferred. Experience and Skills Proven experience as a UX Lead or Senior UX Designer, preferably in a cross-functional product environment. Expert proficiency in Mural for facilitating collaborative workshops, including Problem Discovery sessions. Design Thinking certification is required; additional recognized certifications such as Nielsen Norman Group UX Certification, UXQB Certified Professional for Usability and User Experience (CPUX), or equivalent are highly desirable. Expert-level skills in Figma for UI design, prototyping, and collaboration with development teams. Proficient in wireframing and prototyping tools such as Balsamiq, Axure RP, Adobe XD, or similar industry-standard software. Strong ability to create detailed wireframes, interactive mock-ups, and demos that clearly communicate design intent. Experience using collaboration and project management tools such as Jira, Confluence, or equivalents is a plus. Strong facilitation skills for workshops and stakeholder engagement. Excellent visual design skills with a strong portfolio demonstrating wireframes, mock-ups, and interactive prototypes. Ability to work collaboratively with product managers, technical teams, and business stakeholders. Strong communication and presentation skills. Up-to-date knowledge of UX trends, tools, and best practices. Preferred Qualifications Experience working in pharmaceutical or regulated industries is a plus. Familiarity with agile product development methodologies. Experience collaborating with distributed teams across multiple locations. Why Join Us? Opportunity to shape the user experience of a cutting-edge data marketplace product. Work in a dynamic, cross-divisional, and cross-functional environment. Collaborate with global teams and industry experts. Continuous learning and professional development opportunities. Our technology teams operate as business partners, proposing ideas and innovative solutions that enable new organizational capabilities. We collaborate internationally to deliver services and solutions that help everyone be more productive and enable innovation Who we are: We are known as Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, New Jersey, USA in the United States and Canada and MSD everywhere else. For more than a century, we have been inventing for life, bringing forward medicines and vaccines for many of the world's most challenging diseases. Today, our company continues to be at the forefront of research to deliver innovative health solutions and advance the prevention and treatment of diseases that threaten people and animals around the world. What we look for: Imagine getting up in the morning for a job as important as helping to save and improve lives around the world. Here, you have that opportunity. You can put your empathy, creativity, digital mastery, or scientific genius to work in collaboration with a diverse group of colleagues who pursue and bring hope to countless people who are battling some of the most challenging diseases of our time. Our team is constantly evolving, so if you are intellectually curious, join us—and start making your impact today. #HYDIT2025 Search Firm Representatives Please Read Carefully Merck & Co., Inc., Rahway, NJ, USA, also known as Merck Sharp & Dohme LLC, Rahway, NJ, USA, does not accept unsolicited assistance from search firms for employment opportunities. All CVs / resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at our company without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of our company.  No fee will be paid in the event a candidate is hired by our company as a result of an agency referral where no pre-existing agreement is in place. Where agency agreements are in place, introductions are position specific. Please, no phone calls or emails. Employee Status: Regular Relocation: VISA Sponsorship: Travel Requirements: Flexible Work Arrangements: Hybrid Shift: Valid Driving License: Hazardous Material(s): Job Posting End Date: 05/20/2026 *A job posting is effective until 11:59:59PM on the day BEFORE the listed job posting end date. Please ensure you apply to a job posting no later than the day BEFORE the job posting end date.