Remote Lead Product Designer: Experience Strategy

In this position… As a Lead Designer on the Experience Strategy & Design team, you will combine strategy, design, and prototyping to bring new in‑vehicle experiences to life. You’ll transform loosely defined concepts into clear, testable journeys that can be built and scaled. Your work will span user flows, interaction models, and holistic customer journeys, with a focus on making innovative features feel intuitive, integrated, and valuable. What you'll do… Translate early concepts into practical, testable prototypes. Define customer journeys, flows, and processes that connect new features into cohesive experiences. Partner with engineers and technologists to explore feasibility, rapidly test ideas, and refine concepts. Collaborate across design, engineering, and product teams to ensure experiences align with customer needs and technical realities. Distill complex information into clear strategies, frameworks, and narratives that drive alignment. Proactively identify opportunities to integrate new technologies into meaningful, customer‑driven experiences. You’ll have… Bachelors Degree or equivalent combination of relevant education and experience. Proven experience in UX, interaction, and experience design, within complex ecosystems (Ford, Rivian, McDonalds, Tock, Disney Parks). Strength in systems thinking and mapping end‑to‑end journeys. Comfortable working in ambiguous spaces where outcomes aren’t defined yet. Skilled at collaborating across disciplines, building bridges between design, engineering, and strategy. Strong communication and storytelling abilities, with a knack for making complex ideas clear and compelling. This position is remote in the United States. This position is leadership level 6 and ranges from $129,600‑276,600. Final determination of salary grade will be based on candidate's skills and experience, and base salary will be set within the applicable range according to job scope, responsibility and competitive market value. Benefits Immediate medical, dental, vision and prescription drug coverage Flexible family care days, paid parental leave, new parent ramp‑up programs, subsidized back‑up child care and more Family building benefits including adoption and surrogacy expense reimbursement, fertility treatments, and more Vehicle discount program for employees and family members and management leases Tuition assistance Established and active employee resource groups Paid time off for individual and team community service A generous schedule of paid holidays, including the week between Christmas and New Year's Day Paid time off and the option to purchase additional vacation time. Visa sponsorship is not available for this position. Candidates for positions with Ford Motor Company must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Verification of employment eligibility will be required at the time of hire. We are an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, age, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status or protected veteran status. In the United States, if you need a reasonable accommodation for the online application process due to a disability, please call View phone number on click.appcast.io. For more information on salary and benefits, see #J-18808-Ljbffr Ford Motor Company