Senior / Staff Product Designer

About Aegis Ventures

Aegis Ventures partners with entrepreneurs and industry leaders to launch and scale transformative companies in digital health and artificial intelligence. Our platform brings together market-shaping ideas, growth capital, and ambitious individuals to solve major societal problems. With a focus on innovations in healthcare, Aegis has launched four successful portfolio companies in partnership with Northwell Health and recently announced the Digital Consortium to co-develop, invest in, and launch new companies.

About Ascertain

Ascertain is a healthcare AI startup based in New York City, founded with the backing and expertise of New York’s largest healthcare system (Northwell Health) and built by leading clinical experts from Harvard and Stanford alongside seasoned technologists from Amazon and Google. We’re on a mission to eliminate the manual, tedious administrative tasks that drain healthcare providers’ time, enabling them to fully focus on delivering high-quality patient care.

Our AI-driven platform automates notoriously inefficient healthcare processes – such as prior authorizations and discharge planning. By leveraging the latest breakthroughs in large language models (LLMs) and advanced automation technologies, we streamline previously manual workflows. In doing so, Ascertain empowers clinical teams to focus their expertise where it matters most: on patients. Our team works from our NYC office on a flexible, hybrid basis — we value autonomy and trust our team members to manage their schedules effectively.

About the Job

As a Senior Product Designer at Ascertain, reporting to the Head of Product, you will define and design how users experience Ascertain’s products and interfaces. As one of our earliest design hires, you’ll have significant ownership in shaping our product’s strategy and establishing design best practices that will influence our product and culture for years to come.

You’ll work cross-functionally with software engineers, product managers, commercial team members, and end users to ensure we deliver solutions that solve complex healthcare challenges. In this role, you'll contribute broadly to product strategy and should be comfortable balancing deep user empathy, business objectives, and technical feasibility when crafting design solutions.

This position will be based out of our office in New York City on a hybrid basis.

What You'll Do:

• Lead end-to-end product design: Own the entire design process for Ascertain’s products, from initial user research and concept sketches to wireframes, high-fidelity mockups, and final UI designs.
• Prototype and iterate: Create user flows and interactive prototypes using Figma and other modern design tools to communicate ideas clearly and iterate quickly based on feedback.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams: Work closely with engineers and product managers to define and translate user and business requirements into intuitive design solutions, ensuring designs are feasible and implemented as intended.
• User research & feedback: Engage with our commercial team and directly with end users (e.g. healthcare administrators and providers) to understand their workflows, gather feedback through interviews or usability testing, and refine the user experience based on insights.
• Design system & consistency: Develop and maintain a cohesive design system and style guide to ensure a consistent, accessible, and high-quality user interface across all of Ascertain’s products.

What You'll Need:

• 5+ years of product design experience: Proven experience in UX/UI or product design (preferably with web-based applications), demonstrated by an impressive portfolio of work on complex or enterprise software products.
• Expertise with design tools: Proficiency in Figma is a must, along with experience using prototyping and design software to create interactive mockups and iterate on designs.
• User-centered design knowledge: Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, usability best practices, and interaction design fundamentals. You can translate complex workflows into clean, user-friendly interfaces.
• Cross-functional collaboration: Experience working closely with software engineers, product managers, and other stakeholders in an agile or startup environment. You are comfortable discussing technical constraints and business goals to inform your designs and can clearly articulate design decisions.

What You'll Bring to the Table:

• User-centric & strategic mindset: You empathize deeply with end users and champion their needs, while also strategically balancing user experience with business goals and technical constraints to drive pragmatic design decisions.
• Startup mentality: You have thrived in ambiguous, fast-paced environments – you take ownership of challenges, move projects forward proactively, and communicate clearly across teams.
• Adaptability and learning: Excitement (not just willingness!) to dive into new domains and challenges. You learn quickly and are eager to stretch beyond your comfort zone in a rapidly evolving environment.
• Mission-driven passion: A desire to make a meaningful impact through your work. You’re motivated by the opportunity to improve healthcare via technology – experience in the healthcare industry is appreciated but not required.

Benefits & Perks:

• Cutting-edge technology: Work on innovative, AI-driven products using the latest advancements in generative AI and automation, tackling challenging problems that meaningfully impact healthcare.
• Ownership & growth: Join Ascertain at a pivotal early stage – you’ll help shape our products, design direction, and culture, with significant opportunities for career advancement.
• Collaborative team: Be part of a talented, passionate, and supportive team with backgrounds from top tech companies and clinical institutions. We foster a highly collaborative, inclusive environment where every voice is valued.
• Flexible hybrid work: We support a flexible hybrid work model from our NYC office, trusting you to manage your own schedule.

Salary Range:

• $160,000 - $220,000 base salary, depending on experience and alignment with role expectations + performance bonus.

Why Ascertain? Make a real difference: Your work will directly impact healthcare organizations and improve patient care. Join Ascertain in transforming healthcare with AI!

Aegis Ventures is a proud Equal Opportunity Employer — we recruit, train, compensate and promote our team members based on qualifications. We encourage you to apply regardless of your race, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, veteran status, or any other applicable legally protected characteristics.