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Lead, Product Designer
Myfitnesspal • United States of America 🇺🇸
$140,000 - $195,000 Full-time Lead
Lead the reimagining of MyFitnessPal’s entry experience, influencing design strategy and aligning outcomes with various teams. Shape the vision through research, data, and scalable frameworks to enhance user engagement and retention.
Responsibilities
- Lead the reimagining of MyFitnessPal’s front door—the daily starting point that ties our most critical experiences together
- Influence the vision and design strategy for the entry experience, aligning outcomes and success signals with Product, Engineering, Research, Data Science, and Content Design
- Turn that direction into staged designs and phased experiments, shaping the hypotheses and success metrics—while balancing speed and quality
- Explore widely, then converge with narrative prototypes and lightweight experiments; pressure-test assumptions and synthesize learnings into a clear direction
- Connect the ecosystem: design how guidance, logging, insights, and motivation come together so members feel progress from first touch
- Lead with research and data: shape learning plans, run qualitative and quantitative studies, and instrument experiments that move engagement, retention, and subscriptions
- Create scalable frameworks and patterns that raise consistency and quality across iOS, Android, and web while advancing our design system and accessibility
- Anticipate dependencies and risks across squads; make tradeoffs transparent and adjust plans as evidence emerges
- Facilitate alignment at scale: drive critiques, working sessions, and decision forums that keep multiple teams moving in the same direction
- Mentor designers through coaching and modeling strong craft and storytelling; help establish rituals that improve collaboration and speed
Requirements
- 6-8+ years in consumer-facing digital product design (mobile + web) with deep systems and interaction design expertise
- Portfolio shows domain-level ownership, cross-team impact, scalable frameworks, and shipped work that improved business metrics at scale
- Demonstrated ability to design and run learning plans (qual + quant), instrument experiments, and connect decisions to measurable outcomes (engagement, retention, subscriptions)
- Proven track record of shaping cross-functional strategy, influencing roadmaps, and resolving ambiguous problems with clear, evidence-based direction
- Excellent communicator: clear narratives, strong documentation, and the ability to guide leaders through complex decisions
- Mentorship experience: leveling up designers through critique, coaching, and modeling best-in-class craft and storytelling
- Fluent in Figma and modern prototyping tools with strong collaboration and file hygiene practices
- Experience designing for iOS, Android, and responsive web; accessibility-minded
- Comfortable in agile development with Product and Engineering; has partnered deeply with Content Design, Research, Data Science, and Legal/Compliance
- Degree in Design, HCI, or related field—or equivalent practical experience
Key Skills
- Product design
- Interaction design
- Systems design
- User research
- Data analysis
- Communication
- Collaboration
- Prototyping
- Figma
- Design systems
- Accessibility
Benefits
- Healthcare, parental planning, mental health benefits, annual performance bonus, a 401(k) plan and match
- Responsible time off, monthly wellness and technology allowances
- Face-to-Face Connections: We value personal connections
- Flexibility At Its Best: Achieve the work-life balance you deserve
- Mentorship Program: Take control of your career through our mentorship program
- Family-Friendly Support: Embrace the journey with confidence and care
- Wellness Comes First: Live Good Health is one of our core values
- Celebrate Greatness: Your hard work deserves recognition
- Elevate Your Health & Fitness: Get access to MyFitnessPal Premium
- Unlock Your Potential: Access our virtual learning and development library
- Championing Inclusion: Our dedicated DEI Committee actively fosters a diverse and inclusive workplace
About Myfitnesspal
MyFitnessPal is the #1 global nutrition and food tracking app with a mission to help people around the world reach their health goals through better food choices.
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