Design Leader, Polyphonic AI Lab

Johnson & Johnson

Design Leader for Polyphonic AI Lab at Johnson & Johnson creating next-gen surgical data platforms. Lead design teams to innovate AI-based medical solutions with a focus on user experience.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeRemote • California, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, Ohio, Washington • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $137,000 - $235,700 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cyber Security

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Lead user and market research to uncover user needs, validate opportunities, and translate insights into new product ideas
Build a cohesive and scalable user experience vision and roadmap for AI Lab in close collaboration with AI Lab’s product management and engineering teams
Lead a team of strategists and product designers from research to ideation, prototyping, and production-ready designs across releases
Define design principles and interaction patterns for emerging multimodal UX paradigms, including AI-assisted workflows
Integrate with and contribute to our design system — components, patterns, and guidelines that are tailored to AI/ML tooling and can scale across AI Lab
Build strong networks with subject matter experts and cross-functional teams to align on design priorities and accelerate learning and change management
Ensure solutions are developed with a strong focus on quality, cybersecurity, privacy, compliance, and responsible AI.
Stay current on trends across AI, multimodal data platforms, computer vision, digital surgery, and sensor-enabled intelligence, and incorporate insights into the product design

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree (required) or Master’s degree (preferred) in Design or Design-related field.
8+ years of experience in product design and design management delivering platform solutions—ideally in healthcare, digital health, and/or AI-enabled product environments.
High design craft and do-muscle with proven leadership of design teams delivering enterprise-scale digital products and platforms.
Demonstrated teamwork and strong cross-functional leadership and ability to influence across technical, clinical, business, and executive teams.
Experience operating in regulated environments, with knowledge of quality, privacy, cybersecurity, and compliance expectations.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to translate strategy into clear, actionable plans.
Ability to travel up to 25% (U.S. and international).

Benefits

Comp & perks

medical
dental
vision
life insurance
short- and long-term disability
business accident insurance
group legal insurance
consolidated retirement plan (pension)
savings plan (401(k))
long-term incentive program
Vacation –120 hours per calendar year
Sick time - 40 hours per calendar year; for employees who reside in the State of Washington –56 hours per calendar year
Holiday pay, including Floating Holidays –13 days per calendar year
Work, Personal and Family Time - up to 40 hours per calendar year
Parental Leave – 480 hours within one year of the birth/adoption/foster care of a child
Condolence Leave – 30 days for an immediate family member: 5 days for an extended family member
Caregiver Leave – 10 days
Volunteer Leave – 4 days
Military Spouse Time-Off – 80 hours

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Hard Skills & Tools

product designdesign managementuser experience designprototypinginteraction designdesign systemsAI-assisted workflowsmultimodal UXdigital productsenterprise-scale solutions

Soft Skills

leadershipteamworkcross-functional collaborationinfluencecommunicationchange managementnetworkingstrategic thinkingproblem-solvingadaptability