Senior Product Designer, Studio Team

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in New York.

📋 Description

• Collaborate with the Product Management and Strategy teams to transform emerging business concepts into testable inquiries and establish validation criteria.

• Manage the validation sprints comprehensively, from formulating assumptions and choosing methodologies to execution and analysis.

• Execute surveys, conduct customer interviews, perform onsite ethnographic studies, manage diary studies, and test concepts and prototypes, along with landing-page or demand tests.

• Develop prototypes that range from paper sketches and Figma workflows to functional prototypes enhanced by AI coding.

• Leverage AI tools to expedite design, prototyping, coding, and the synthesis of research.

• Recruit and engage coaches, players, families, and potential customers in new sports and markets.

• Provide evidence-based go/no-go recommendations to leadership, including suggestions against pursuing certain opportunities.

• Organize validated opportunities, evidence, concepts, and unresolved questions for handoff to product teams.

• Work collaboratively with User Research, Data & Analytics, Strategy, Product, and Engineering teams.

• Assist in establishing the Studio team’s playbook, rhythm, and standards to ensure adequate confidence.

• Report directly to the Vice President of Design.

⛳️ Requirements

• A minimum of 5 years of experience in product design.

• Ideally, experience with 0-to-1 projects, such as those in early-stage startups, new product incubation, innovation teams, or founding a company.

• A strategic curiosity regarding business opportunities and their viability.

• An entrepreneurial mindset, self-motivated, and capable of identifying the quickest route to solutions.

• Comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy and in uncertain environments.

• Prepared to independently plan, recruit, moderate, and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research.

• Proficient in versatile prototyping skills encompassing sketches, interactive prototypes, and functional customer-facing prototypes.

• Fluent in or eager to master AI tools for design, prototyping, coding, and research synthesis.

• Strong storytelling skills for effectively presenting findings and recommendations to executives.

• Intellectually honest and focused on evidence-based outcomes.

• Knowledgeable about or passionate regarding sports and their communities.

• Bonus: Experience with early-stage startups, incubation, venture capital, or new-bets initiatives.

• Bonus: Experience in validating international expansion or new-market ventures.

• Bonus: Comfort with basic data analysis and interpreting experimental results.

• Must reside in the United States; we are unable to hire in AK, DE, HI, IA, LA, MS, MT, OK, and SC.

• Must have legal authorization to work in the United States.

🏝️ Benefits

• Unlimited vacation policy.

• Paid volunteer opportunities.

• Technology stipend of $4,000 every 2 years.

• Work-from-home stipend of $500 annually.

• Monthly stipend for physical, mental, wellness, and learning through Holisticly.

• Monthly lifestyle stipend via Fringe.

• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, prescription, FSA, HRA, HSA, and family/dependent coverage.

• Traditional and Roth 401K plans available through Vanguard with immediate company matching.

• Basic, supplemental, and dependent life insurance.

• Short-term and long-term disability leave.

• Company-paid parental leave of up to 20 weeks for birthing parents and up to 12 weeks for non-birthing parents.

• Family building benefits provided through Progyny.

• Discounts for DICK'S Sporting Goods and family-of-brands teammates.

• Remote work opportunities throughout the US or access to a fully furnished modern office in Manhattan.

• Incentives and equity included in the total compensation package for eligible roles.