Lead Product Designer — Share & Connect Experiences

Ancestry; Draper (UT); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Ancestry is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join the Preserve & Share team. You will own the long-term vision for sharing experiences, translate insights into emotionally resonant user flows, and collaborate with product, design, and engineering to deliver delightful experiences.

You will lead design initiatives from concept to launch, mentor other designers, and advocate for customers while shaping strategies that connect families through memories and storytelling.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in Product Design/UX/UI.
• Significant experience designing consumer products with measurable engagement.
• Hands-on lead contributor with strategic direction.
• Strong systems thinking connecting user needs with business goals.
• Exceptional interaction and visual design skills; strong portfolio.
• Ability to turn complexity into simple, intuitive experiences.
• Strong storytelling and stakeholder alignment.
• Experience partnering with product, engineering, researchers, and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design initiatives from start to finish, driving consistency, quality, and cohesion.
• Shape product strategy alongside product managers and engineers, identifying opportunities to increase engagement.
• Translate customer needs, qualitative insights, and quantitative data into intuitive experiences.
• Partner with research and customer insights teams, including direct engagement with customers, to inform design decisions.
• Bring a systems-thinking approach to connect features into a unified experience.
• Create high-quality flows, prototypes, and polished interactions that bring ideas to life.
• Partner across teams to ensure cohesive experiences aligned with customer journeys.
• Advocate for the customer across the organization and mentor other designers.
• Raise the quality bar through critique and collaboration.

Skills

Product Design

UX/UI Design

Systems Thinking

Interaction Design

Visual Design

Storytelling

Cross-functional Collaboration

Mentorship

Job description

Ancestry is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join the Preserve & Share team. You will own the long-term vision for sharing experiences, translate insights into emotionally resonant user flows, and collaborate with product, design, and engineering to deliver delightful experiences.

You will lead design initiatives from concept to launch, mentor other designers, and advocate for customers while shaping strategies that connect families through memories and storytelling.