Senior Product Designer - 4-6 Month Contract

About Linus Health

Linus Health is a Boston-based digital health company transforming brain health worldwide. We combine cutting-edge neuroscience, clinical expertise, and AI to advance early detection and intervention for cognitive and brain disorders—empowering people to live longer, healthier lives. With 100+ team members and growing, we’re entering a phase of accelerated growth and looking for top talent to help shape our future.

The Role(Contract, 4–6 Months): 

This is a contract role for ~ 4 to 6 months to start. While there may be opportunities to extend depending on business needs, this role is scoped specifically for near-term product delivery. We are looking for someone who can commit themselves to 35-40 hours a week with Linus.

This Contract Senior Product Designer will support near-term product initiatives, with an initial focus on refining our consumer-facing experiences for patients and research participants. This is an execution-forward role suited for a highly skilled designer who is comfortable working in ambiguity, collaborating closely with Product and Engineering, and delivering high-quality work under shifting priorities.

What You'll Do:

• Design and refine user experiences for consumer-facing healthcare products, including responsive web and mobile experiences
• Translate loosely defined requirements and problem statements into clear, thoughtful design solutions that drive discussion and decision making
• Work within an established design system to efficiently define screens and flows, with opportunities to thoughtfully extend the system when needed
• Partner closely with Product Management to shape what features and improvements go into upcoming releases
• Collaborate with Engineering using tools such as Jira and Confluence to support delivery and iteration
• Create prototypes to support usability testing, stakeholder alignment, and research activities
• Plan and conduct user experience research, both generative and evaluative, leveraging existing participant databases and research processes
• Balance quality, speed, and adaptability as priorities shift to meet business needs and timelines
• Float across multiple projects as needed, focusing on the most pressing work for the business

About You:

Must Have's:

• Senior-level product design experience, ideally within startup or fast-paced product environments
• Mastery of Figma, including working efficiently within established design systems
• Strong comfort operating in ambiguous problem spaces and using design to clarify direction
• Experience designing responsive web and mobile products
• Solid understanding of cross-functional collaboration with Product and Engineering partners
• Familiarity with product development tools such as Jira and Confluence
• Experience conducting user research, including crafting prototypes, running sessions, and synthesizing insights
• Ability to work effectively as part of a small design team or in close partnership with one other designer
• Comfort shifting priorities and adapting focus to deliver the highest business value

Nice To Have's:

• Experience working on complex healthcare or regulated products
• Familiarity with extending or evolving design systems
• Thoughtful use of AI tools to optimize design workflows, ideation, or productivity, with appropriate consideration for privacy and compliance
• Prior experience supporting products used by patients, caregivers, or research participants

Linus Health is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, age, genetic information, disability or any characteristic protected by law. We believe that diversity is critical to the growth of our company and understand the importance of fostering an environment where everyone has a voice. We are also committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities during the recruiting process. If you are in need of assistance due to a disability, please contact us.