Interaction Design Lead, Bose Premium Consumer Audio

Job Description

Bose is seeking a Interaction Design Lead to help define and execute the next era of interaction design for the Bose portfolio. This leader will sit at the intersection of consumer insight, emerging technology, and product design to redefine our UX capability. They will help Bose imagine what our portfolio of experiences should feel like, how they should behave, and why they should matter to consumers — and lead teams through the execution.

What You’ll Lead & Influence

• Shape how Bose products should behave, respond, connect, adapt, and emotionally resonate.
• Recharter our UX / interaction design capability based on the future adoption of AI, both in how we prototype new experiences to delight consumers and streamline execution in the portfolio.
• Collaborate with Portfolio Strategy, Product Design, Product Management and Consumer Experience to both conceptualize and execute our interaction design for the Bose portfolio.

What You’ll Do

• Define future product interaction principles for our premium consumer portfolio.
• Create UX provocations, concept narratives and interaction design prototypes.
• Partner with product category leaders to strengthen 3-year roadmaps with differentiated interaction possibilities.
• Partner with Portfolio Strategy, Consumer Experience, and Design to connect evidence with UX direction.
• Help category leaders make future choices more tangible through prototyping.
• Translate consumer research, competitive intelligence, and emerging technology into UX prototypes.
• Strengthen an Interaction Design capability focused on physical-digital interaction, AI-enabled experiences and third-party ecosystems.
• Develop executive-ready storytelling that makes future interaction choices for the portfolio clear and compelling.

Who You Are

• An interaction design leader with experience bridging digital and physical experiences.
• Experienced working with product, brand, research, engineering, and design partners.
• Comfortable influencing without taking ownership away from business leaders.
• Able to inspire bold thinking while respecting execution realities, leading the UX team through product launches.
• Skilled at creating artifacts that make interaction tangible: prototypes and product narratives.
• Energized by ambiguity, emerging technology, consumer behavior shifts, and shaping an interaction design capability.

Preferred Experience

• +10 years of experience across interaction design, innovation, or multidisciplinary design leadership.
• Experience working with premium, iconic, lifestyle, fashion, or audio-adjacent brands.
• Demonstrated success translating consumer insight and emerging tech into interaction designs.

Compensation

The hiring range for this position in the primary work location of Framingham, Massachusetts is: $219,000-$301,200.

The hiring range for other Bose work locations may vary. In addition to competitive base pay we offer rewards including bonus programs, comprehensive health and welfare benefits, a 401(k) plan, plus exclusive perks designed to support your wellbeing, and a generous employee discount where you can immerse yourself in our products and experiences.