Staff Product Designer (Core)

Job Description

Job Description

At WHOOP, we're on a mission to unlock human performance and extend healthspan. WHOOP empowers members to perform at a higher level through a deeper understanding of their bodies and daily lives.

WHOOP is hiring a Staff Product Designer to lead high-impact product design work across complex, evolving areas of the product. The Core team focuses on foundational member experiences such as sleep, strain, recovery, and fitness, as well as adjacent opportunities that deepen members’ understanding of their health and performance.

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on driving end-to-end design strategy and execution, shaping product direction, and elevating the quality of experiences across systems, including AI-powered capabilities.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Own and drive design work across a product area or set of initiatives, leading projects from problem framing through execution and delivery

• Apply strong UX judgment to complex problem spaces, structuring ambiguity and making clear, principled decisions about flows, tradeoffs, and overall experience

• Translate complex systems, including AI-driven capabilities, into scalable interaction patterns, workflows, and intuitive user experiences

• Partner closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and data scientists to deliver high-impact projects from concept through launch

• Work across teams and stakeholders to clearly communicate, advocate for, and align on design decisions and direction

• Contribute directly to design execution, with a focus on interaction design and overall experience quality, while maintaining a high bar for visual polish

• Provide structured, actionable feedback through critiques and day-to-day collaboration, and transition into managing and mentoring designers over time

QUALIFICATIONS:

• 7+ years of experience in product design, with a strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end ownership of shipped work

• Deep expertise in UX and interaction design, with experience simplifying complex systems into clear, intuitive experiences

• Strong product thinking and decision-making skills, with the ability to evaluate tradeoffs and connect design work to user and business impact

• Experience collaborating cross-functionally with product, engineering, and research to deliver impactful product outcomes

• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders and drive alignment

• Experience mentoring or supporting the growth of other designers through feedback, critique, or formal leadership

• Experience designing for data-rich or AI-driven products is preferred

• Passion for health, fitness, or helping people better understand and improve their bodies

• Strong commitment to embracing and leveraging AI tools in day-to-day tasks, ensuring AI-assisted work aligns with the same high-quality standards as personal contributions.

This role is based in the WHOOP office located in Boston, MA. The successful candidate must be prepared to relocate if necessary to work out of the Boston, MA office.  

 

Interested in the role, but don’t meet every qualification? We encourage you to still apply! At WHOOP, we believe there is much more to a candidate than what is written on paper, and we value character as much as experience. As we continue to build a diverse and inclusive environment, we encourage anyone who is interested in this role to apply.

 

WHOOP is an Equal Opportunity Employer and participates in E-verify to determine employment eligibility.  It is unlawful in Massachusetts to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this law shall be subject to criminal penalties and civil liability.

 

The WHOOP compensation philosophy is designed to attract, motivate, and retain exceptional talent by offering competitive base salaries, meaningful equity, and consistent pay practices that reflect our mission and core values.

 

At WHOOP, we view total compensation as the combination of base salary, equity, and benefits, with equity serving as a key differentiator that aligns our employees with the long-term success of the company and allows every member of our corporate team to own part of WHOOP and share in the company’s long-term growth and success.

 

The U.S. base salary range for this full-time position is $175,000-$220,000. Salary ranges are determined by role, level, and location. Within each range, individual pay is based on factors such as job-related skills, experience, performance, and relevant education or training. 

 

In addition to the base salary, the successful candidate will also receive benefits and a generous equity package.

 

These ranges may be modified in the future to reflect evolving market conditions and organizational needs. While most offers will typically fall toward the starting point of the range, total compensation will depend on the candidate’s specific qualifications, expertise, and alignment with the role’s requirements.

 

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