Vice President of Software Design

Company: ------
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: June 1, 2025

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 visionary Vice President of Software Design to lead our software design teams and help establish the San Francisco Design Studio as a center of excellence for product creation. Reporting to --URA's Chief Design Officer, this leader will play a critical role in shaping the future of our digital experiences. To design in this context is to craft meaningful relationships between humans and technology-to understand humanity, biology, and culture-and to create intuitive, empowering tools that help people live their dreams.What you will do:

• Lead and inspire --URA's software design teams, setting a high bar for design excellence across mobile, web, and future platforms.
• Define and drive the creative and artistic vision for software experiences that reflect --URA's mission and brand.
• Champion a cohesive, user-centered design language that unifies product experiences and meets strategic business goals.
• Partner with Industrial Design and Interaction Architecture teams to craft seamless, end-to-end integrated experiences.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, science, and marketing to embed design deeply into product development cycles.
• Spearhead innovation in emerging technologies, with a strong emphasis on AI-powered, contextual, and agentic interaction models.
• Recruit, develop, and mentor a high-performing software design team, cultivating a culture of excellence, experimentation, and inclusivity.This is a San Francisco-based role that involves regular interaction and collaboration with Oura colleagues in Finland and across the US.RequirementsWe would love to consider you for this role if you have:
  • Bachelor's degree in Design, Fine Arts, HCI, or a related field required; advanced degree preferred.
  • A portfolio that demonstrates excellence in both UI and UX across relevant industries.
  • Extensive and diverse experience in leading design teams as a function head, or head of design.
  • Passion for building creative teams and conditions for creative excellence.
  • Deep understanding of the tech industry; experience with wearable technologies or health-related digital products is a strong plus.
  • Demonstrated expertise in designing AI-powered experiences, with a working knowledge of the technologies that enable them.
  • Exceptional communication, storytelling, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and align cross-functional stakeholders.
  • Experience working within or alongside global organizations, navigating cultural nuances and distributed teams with ease.BenefitsAt 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 leaveOura 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.
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