Lead Product Designer, Share

10 Ancestry.com Operations•Draper, UT

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Ancestry is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join their Preserve & Share team. This role will focus on the 'Share' aspect of Ancestry's mission, aiming to help users connect with family and friends over their discoveries. The Lead Product Designer will own the long-term vision for sharing, iterating on existing features and developing new strategies to enhance user connection and engagement. The position reports to the Design Director of the Preserve & Share team and involves close collaboration with product, design, engineering, research, content, and marketing teams to create meaningful and delightful sharing experiences. The work will strengthen emotional connections within family history and inspire users to share their stories across generations.

Requirements

Significant experience designing delightful consumer products, with a track record of delivering experiences that drive engagement and create customer value.
Comfortable operating as a lead individual contributor — setting direction while remaining deeply hands-on in the work.
Strong systems thinker who can connect customer needs with business goals and product strategy.
Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, with a portfolio demonstrating craft and attention to detail.
Skilled at turning complexity into simple, intuitive experiences.
Strong storyteller and communicator, able to align stakeholders around a shared vision and influence decisions across disciplines.
Passionate about designing products that create emotional connections and bring people closer together.
Comfortable working in ambiguity and exploring new opportunities through experimentation and iteration.
Experience partnering closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and cross-functional teams.

Nice To Haves

Experience with consumer subscription products, social experiences, storytelling products, creator tools, or products centered around memories, identity, and connection.

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 and create moments of connection.
Translate customer needs, qualitative insights, and quantitative data into intuitive and emotionally resonant experiences.
Partner closely with research and customer insights teams, including direct engagement with customers, to inform design decisions that build trust and clarity.
Bring a systems-thinking approach to design, helping connect individual features into a broader, unified experience.
Create high-quality flows, prototypes, and polished interactions that bring ideas to life and inspire teams.
Partner across teams to ensure experiences feel cohesive and aligned with broader customer journeys.
Advocate for the customer across the organization, fostering a culture of clarity, empathy, and intentional design.
Raise the quality bar through thoughtful critique, collaboration, and mentorship of other designers.