Staff Design Producer

At Oura, our mission is to empower every person to own their inner potential. With our award-winning Oura Ring and app, we help over 2.5 million people turn insights about sleep, activity, and readiness into healthier, more balanced lives. We believe that starts from within — by creating a culture where our team feels supported, included, and inspired to do their best work. guide how we show up for each other and our community every day.

We’re looking for a Staff Design Producer to join our team. As a Design Producer you will be instrumental in enabling our hardware and software design teams to focus on what truly matters: creating innovative, high-quality products that exceed customer expectations. You will be the driving force behind physical and digital product development, working on integrated experiences. Ensuring that projects exceed users expectations around making health a daily practice. Exceptional focus on proactive communications, organization, timelines, and obstacles are removed. You will bring clarity to complexity, enable smooth workflows, and keep creative and technical teams focused, aligned, and on track—from concept through launch.

What You Will Do:

• In this pivotal role, you’ll drive collaboration between industrial design, UX/UI, engineering, and product management to deliver integrated experiences at the intersection of physical and digital.
• Lead the end-to-end design production process across software and hardware initiatives.
• Develop and maintain integrated design timelines and deliverables, ensuring alignment with broader product milestones.
• Coordinate across disciplines—ID, UI/UX, firmware, mechanical, and software engineering—to ensure dependencies are identified and addressed early.
• Serve as the connective tissue across teams, fostering communication and alignment between software, hardware, and experience design stakeholders.
• Drive effective cross-functional design reviews, sprint planning, and milestone check-ins.
• Act as a liaison between creative/design and technical/product teams, translating needs, risks, and tradeoffs.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for all project-related communications, ensuring that stakeholders are informed and aligned.
• Facilitate effective communication within the team and across departments, ensuring everyone works towards the same goals.
• Conduct regular meetings to review project status, gather feedback, and adjust plans as necessary.
• Lead the team in identifying and resolving challenges that arise during the design process.
• Make informed decisions quickly, balancing the need for timely action with thoughtful consideration.
• Ensure that the team maintains a strong focus on quality, from initial design through to final product testing.
• Champion innovative thinking, encouraging the exploration of new ideas and approaches that can enhance product design and performance.
  

This is a hybrid-remote role, with the expectation to work from our San Francisco offices at least half-time.

We would love to have you on our team if you have:

• 8+ years of experience in design production, with a strong track record in building and leading high-impact, complex design functions.
• Proven ability to lead and inspire teams, building a positive and collaborative work culture.
• A proactive, results-oriented approach with a relentless drive to overcome obstacles and achieve goals.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively manage relationships with team members, stakeholders, and external partners.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make sound decisions under pressure in complex environments.
• Exceptional organizational skills, with a keen eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously.

At Oura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Oura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages
• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources
• An Oura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family
• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off
• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Oura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

• Region 1 $206,000 - $257,000

A recruiter can determine your zones/tiers based on your US location.

We are not considering candidates residing in the following states: Alaska (AK), Delaware (DE), Iowa (IA), Mississippi (MS), Missouri (MO), Nebraska (NE), South Dakota (SD), Vermont (VT), West Virginia (WV), and Wisconsin (WI)

Oura is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at Oura are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

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