Design Lead, Oura
Retail
$108-157k
+ Equity
More information about location
Health monitoring smart ring
Job no longer available
Health monitoring smart ring
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
$108-157k
+ Equity
More information about location
501-1000 employees
Company mission
Oura's mission is to make health a daily practice.
Role
Who you are
- 8+ years of experience in retail, commercial, or experiential design, including strategic leadership and cross-functional team management
- Proficiency in 3D design software (e.g., AutoCAD, SketchUp, Rhino, Blender) and rendering tools like V-Ray or KeyShot
- Strong spatial reasoning, problem-solving, and communication skills, with the ability to lead user-centered design from strategy through execution
- Proven ability to integrate customer insights and user research into innovative, functional retail experiences
- Passion for continuous learning and driving innovation in retail design and customer engagement
- Highly adaptable, proactive, and self-motivated, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability
- Organized and efficient multitasker, comfortable managing shifting priorities in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Strong collaborator and communicator, effective in small team environments aligned toward shared goals and vision
What the job involves
- We’re seeking a visionary Design Lead, Retail with a deep portfolio of relevant experience to drive the creation of immersive environments at retail locations around the world.
- In this strategic role, you will conceptualize, manage, and deliver exceptional experiences that seamlessly integrate brand identity, customer insights, and business objectives to shape the way customers engage with our spaces, driving meaningful interactions that lead to sales
- Lead the vision and roadmap for innovative retail concepts, including store layouts, displays, and fixtures, ensuring alignment with brand and business goals
- Lead the design of flexible, modular systems and optimize space layouts to enhance functionality, engagement, and adaptability to retail trends
- Develop and implement user journey strategies informed by research insights to shape impactful retail experiences
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including marketing, merchandising, and user research, to ensure cohesive and user-centered designs
- Prototype and refine design elements in partnership with vendors and engineering teams, ensuring feasibility and quality
- Stay at the forefront of retail design trends, technologies, and consumer behavior to inspire and drive innovation
Our take
As smart watches with health and wellbeing monitoring functions are now an everyday norm, Oura is offering similar wearable technology with its series of rings. It’s one of a number of companies gaining serious traction in the market, along with the likes of Circular and Movano.
The company gained an early profile after its collaboration with Gucci which created mainstream publicity and may have given it a leg up on the competition. With the smart ring market forecast to keep growing, Oura certainly finds itself in a promising position as it moves to build out its operations and refine the product.
The bottom line for Oura will be customer satisfaction and demand, which does make its mixed reviews so far a little troubling. That said, the announcement of its new "Circles" social feature, on top of an integration with InsideTracker and acquisition of "wave to pay" company Proxy, all look set to increase the functionality of the ring and could well win more consumers over.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
9% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 10 rounds)
Dec 2024
$125m
SERIES D
Nov 2024
$75m
SERIES D
Total funding: $354.2m
Company benefits
- Beautiful workspaces in San Francisco by Pier 31, Oulu and Helsinki (Finland)
- Amazing culture of collaborative and passionate coworkers
- Wellness benefits
- An Oura Ring of your own
- Personal learning & development budget of 750 USD/EUR
- Unlimited course offerings from Coursera
- Five (5) total days of work time to devote to employee development training
- Equity
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- 20 days of PTO
Company HQ
Linnanmaa, Oulu
Leadership
Tom Hale
(CEO, Not Founder)Seasoned senior board member and advisor at multiple high growth companies including Cars.com, Volara, and HomeAway.
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