Julia Kulgavchuk

Full-range maker. From early discovery to established products, I build the evidence base for product direction and decisions, and then I build the product.

Player-coach. Hands-on leader and strategist.

10+ years across medtech, pharma, digital health.

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Selected work

Signum Life Science

From hypothesis to product direction

strategic discovery · opportunity definition · concept development · AI-supported prototyping

I ran several strategic discovery projects to support product portfolio restructuring. Outcomes included pivots, new products on the roadmap, no-go at the gate.

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From hypothesis to product direction

Signum Life Science

UI design for a complex workflow

UI design · expert UI · dashboard design

Designed the UI for the data management platform, where the incoming data is checked, verified and managed daily before it reaches clients' dashboards.

Novo Nordisk

Mobile app UI for busy hands

UI design · instructional design · mobile UI · usability testing

We worked with an ML-powered medical device for self-administered ultrasound scanning. The UX challenge: operating a phone while handling a probe and conductive gel.

I led end-to-end research and design. The app guided users via voice and video instructions in a clean flow. The project passed the gate review and was handed off to a 100+ person team for development.

Ultrasound at home with ML

Novo Nordisk

Deep dive into infrastructure challenges

qualitative research · CJM · personas

I led qualitative user research for a data science infrastructure project, including CJM and personas for data science, data engineering, AI/ML roles. Findings were used to improve tooling and infrastructure in support of data-driven drug discovery.

Laerdal Medical

UX design for hands-on CPR training

medical simulator · user research · functional prototyping · UI design · usability testing

Neonatal Resuscitation Course is a medical simulator for doctors and nurses. It is an interactive app paired with a physical simulator for learning CPR.

I designed the interface, built a functional prototype in code with live hardware integration, and tested it with clinicians through multiple rounds before handoff.

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Neonatal Resuscitation Course

Kind words

"This is top standard work! This way of processing insights enables better decision making in Signum, impacting our product development process and future business value in our pipeline of new products/solutions/services. It is a standard to be applied across assessments of other future business opportunities."

Søren-Ulrik Rolsted FangholmCOO, Signum Life Science

"Julia has done a great job working with us on our AI powered solution for ultrasound scanning of joint bleeds in haemophilia patients. Her keen insights and dedication to thorough iterative UX testing and development has been a key part in our efforts. I can recommend Julia for any project where thorough UX work is needed."

Lars BryrupSenior Innovation Consultant, Novo Nordisk

"Absolutely ridiculous work ethic."

Martin SvendsenDesign Manager, Lenus

"Focused, sincerely interested, asking the right questions and quick to wrap her head around complicated subjects."

Wouter WalminkLead Product Designer, Leo Innovation Lab

"Approachable, kind, honest and patient. She made me feel at ease, she was encouraging."

Dominique Gibson LeiteMentee, ADPList

"Quick-thinking, listens and responds. Excellent."

Flore Nove-JosserandMentee, ADPList