Ōura
health tech
DesignLeader,SoftwareDesign
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“Design Leader, Software Design at Ōura. Skills: Software design, Product design, Interaction design, Leadership. Lead and develop design organization. Mentor and develop designers”
What You'll Achieve.
Enduring, company-level impact; Deliver coherent, insight-driven experiences; Raise the bar across four core dimensions; Improve experience quality in measurable ways
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Extensive experience (typically 10+ years) in software design, product design, or interaction design for digital products, including significant time in consumer or health tech environments., Proven leadership experience (3+ years) managing and growing UX teams in a product development organization, including setting clear expectations across different levels., A portfolio that demonstrates sustained ownership of complex, multi-surface experiences with clear evidence of your design thinking, not just team output., Deep fluency across interaction design, information architecture, visual hierarchy, motion, and systems thinking., Track record of improving experience quality in measurable ways through engagement signals, satisfaction scores, qualitative research findings, or reduced friction in core user flows., Demonstrated excellence in Operational Excellence (strong craft and execution on complex, multi-platform products) and Impact (connecting software design work to clear product outcomes)., evidence of Collaboration and Leadership: building effective cross-functional relationships, influencing senior stakeholders, and creating healthy, inclusive team cultures., Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with experience presenting to senior leadership and facilitating complex design decisions.
Nice to Have
Experience working on health, wellness, or other trust-sensitive products where emotional tone, clarity, and credibility must be carefully calibrated., A history of making the teams around you better through mentorship, cultural contribution, and sustained investment in design quality., Experience owning or co-owning a consumer design system and evolving it to serve a scaling product., Fluency with high-fidelity interaction prototyping not just static mocks, but communicating motion, feel, and micro-interactions at a fidelity that engineering can build from., Experience working with user researchers as partners: drawing on their insights to pressure-test and evolve design direction, without owning the research function yourself., Curiosity about AI tools and their effect on design practice with opinions about where human judgment is irreplaceable., Experience navigating the intersection of product design and brand, and knowing when and how to hold the line on quality.
What You'll Do.
Lead and develop design organization
Mentor and develop designers
Elevate craft through participation
Define and steward design system
Partner with product and engineering
Build and steward team
Champion AI-enabled design workflows
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and Brand; Build working relationships with product leadership; Collaborate on roadmap priorities; Build effective cross-functional relationships
Communication Scope
Communication; Storytelling; Presenting to senior leadership; Facilitating complex design decisions
Full Job Description
Our mission at Oura is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their Oura Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles. Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office. We are looking for a Design Leader of Software Design to lead the end-to-end experience of Oura’s software products, with a primary focus on our member-facing mobile and web experiences. This role sits alongside our most senior individual contributors and is expected to operate in high ambiguity, set a clear design vision, and create enduring, company-level impact across multiple product areas. You will build, lead, and mentor a multi-disciplinary design organization, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, Data, and Brand to deliver coherent, insight-driven experiences across Oura’s ecosystem. You are accountable for raising the bar across four core dimensions: Operational Excellence (craft & execution), Impact (strategy & product value), Collaboration (communication & alignment), and Leadership (culture & people). This is a highly collaborative, hands-on leadership role based in Helsinki with a hybrid work model. What you will do: Lead and develop a high-performing design organization You manage software design teams, overseeing multiple designers and design leads. You create the conditions for excellent work: clear expectations, strong feedback structures, and genuine investment in people’s growth. Your management style builds trust while holding a consistently high bar for design quality. Mentor and
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