Lead Product Designer, UX Research and Design

About the position We are looking for a Lead Product Designer (UX Design & Research) with a truly entrepreneurial mindset to join our fast-moving innovation team. This is a senior individual contributor role: you will not manage people, but you will be expected to set direction, derive strategy from goals, and take full ownership of your domain. Unlike our core product teams, this role sits in a speedboat innovation team that researches, proposes, and develops new high-risk high-potential products from the ground up, experiments with new approaches and challenges the status quo. You will cover the full range of UX work: from research and persona development to journey mapping, prototyping, and design.Lead with Ownership: Translate high-level objectives into actionable UX strategies and independently propose and define the path forward. Discover Needs: Drive research to uncover user and customer insights in pilot programs. Design Experiences: Build personas, map user journeys, design flows, and create prototypes with cutting-edge tools. Prototype & Test: Quickly build, test, and iterate prototypes with users and clients. Entrepreneurial Spirit: You think beyond silos, take initiative, and drive the product’s success as a whole. Stay Fresh & Tech-Savvy: Constantly scout and integrate new UX methods and especially AI-driven tools into your workflow.

Responsibilities

• Translate high-level objectives into actionable UX strategies and independently propose and define the path forward.
• Drive research to uncover user and customer insights in pilot programs.
• Build personas, map user journeys, design flows, and create prototypes with cutting-edge tools.
• Quickly build, test, and iterate prototypes with users and clients.
• Think beyond silos, take initiative, and drive the product’s success as a whole.
• Constantly scout and integrate new UX methods and especially AI-driven tools into your workflow.

Requirements

• Significant experience in UX/UI and UX research, ideally with experience in both startups and larger organizations, and the ability to demonstrate high ownership and a history of delivering results
• Demonstrates strategic thinking + hands-on execution: from problem definition to tested solution.
• Curious about people: interested in the user “how” and “why” and practice of evidenced based techniques to programs/applications, motivating user behavioral changes.
• Thrives in ambiguous and collaborative inter-disciplinary environments, creating clarity and structure for themselves and the team.
• Brings broad UX expertise (qualitative & quantitative research, personas, journey mapping, UI design, prototyping).
• Is proactive and self-driven – not task-based, but visionary and opportunity-driven.
• Has strong technical skills (Figma, Miro, Maze, Condense or similar) and a passion for AI in UX.
• Open to frequent travel (at least 1-2/month) to US pilot locations for on-site research and stakeholder sessions; and international travel (bi-annually) for collaboration and internal planning
• Is fluent in English (spoken & written).

Nice-to-haves

• strong interest in health and fitness

Benefits

• Play a decisive role in shaping future innovations in global health & fitness at one of the world’s premier fitness brands
• Work in a fast-boat team that moves differently than the core organization.
• Hybrid setup, with our brand-new Denver office and regular travel to US pilot locations.
• Be part of a passionate, international team that values learning, speed, and impact.
• health, dental, and vision insurance
• 401k with company match
• monthly wellness, phone and internet stipends
• 14 paid holidays per year
• PTO
• talent and passion are valued and contribute to the decision-making process.
• play a decisive role in shaping our products, having a direct impact on the daily experience of our users.
• develop your skills through varied, challenging tasks and receive regular feedback for continuous learning.
• be a part of an innovative community where you will work with diverse individuals, explore new ways of thinking, and expand your capabilities. Our team is full of teachers and learners who work out loud and share their knowledge to enhance each other’s growth!

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