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Senior designer at R&D – Align Technology Inc.
Two years at Align Technology was my first experience building a design team at a medical company of 12 000 employees.
<aside> 📖 Align Technology is an S&P 500 corporation with a market cap of 19B and a stable annual 30% growth. Tech stack includes rapid manufacturing, ML, computer vision, biomechanics, computer-assisted treatment planning.
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Company's core brands and products:
Achievements
Worked as a product designer on four key products for the company's portfolio
Grew Moscow design team to 5 people
Helped the design team win the trust of business stakeholders. As a result, the internal team was trusted with more key projects
Reorganized work process by making it more transparent. Ran a few prioritized backlogs available to all employees: one for the design team, one for stakeholders' feedback and edits. Introduced scrum rituals
Started a company-wide design system and processes for its development
Conducted more than a dozen outbound user research sessions in the USA, Costa Rica, and Moscow. Organized several rounds of quantitative research. Involved Business Intelligence unit to gather UI stats and helped design reports
Organized informal design classes at the office. Hosted multiple workshops to enhance cross-team communication