Lead Product Designer, Genetic Genealogy

About Ancestry

When you join Ancestry, you join a human-centered company where every person’s story is important. Ancestry®, the global leader in family history, connects everyone with their past so they can discover, preserve, and share their unique family stories. With our unparalleled collection of more than 65 billion records, over 3.5 million subscribers, and over 27 million people in our growing DNA network, customers can discover their family story and gain a new level of understanding about their lives. Over the past 40 years, we’ve built trusted relationships with millions of people who have chosen us as the platform for discovering, preserving, and sharing the most important information about themselves and their families.

We are committed to our location flexible work approach, allowing you to choose to work in the nearest office, from your home, or a hybrid of both (subject to location restrictions and roles that are required to be in the office- see the full list of eligible US locations HERE). We will continue to hire and promote beyond the boundaries of our office locations, to enable broadened possibilities for employee diversity.

Ancestry encourages applications from minorities, women, the disabled, protected veterans and all other qualified applicants.

What you’ll do

• Lead the design of experiences that bring DNA insights and family history research together into a unified customer journey.
• Shape product strategy alongside product managers, engineers, and scientists, identifying opportunities to deepen engagement and unlock new forms of discovery.
• Design intuitive experiences that help members understand, trust, and act on genetic evidence within core family history workflows.
• Translate complex scientific concepts and rich datasets into simple, approachable, and delightful user experiences.
• Partner closely with research and customer insights teams, including direct engagement with customers, to inform design decisions that build trust and clarity.
• Create high-quality flows, prototypes, and polished interactions that bring ideas to life and inspire teams.
• Bring a systems-thinking approach to design, helping create cohesion across family history and DNA experiences.
• Influence product direction through strong storytelling, customer advocacy, and cross-functional collaboration.
• Raise the quality bar through thoughtful critique, collaboration, and mentorship of other designers.

Who you are

• Significant experience designing direct to 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.
• Skilled at turning complex information and workflows into intuitive, approachable experiences.
• Strong systems thinker who can connect customer needs with business goals and long-term product strategy.
• Exceptional interaction and visual design skills, with a portfolio demonstrating craft and attention to detail.
• Comfortable navigating ambiguity and solving problems that span multiple domains and teams.
• Strong storyteller and communicator, able to align stakeholders around a shared vision and influence decisions across disciplines.
• Passionate about helping people make meaningful discoveries and understand the stories that connect them to their past.
• Experienced partnering closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and cross-functional teams to deliver impactful outcomes.

Bonus

• Experience designing discovery, search, educational, AI-powered, or data-rich products, or familiarity with genealogy, DNA, health, science, or other evidence-based domains.

Why Ancestry?

Join a dedicated team working to connect millions of people with their past and enrich their futures. At Ancestry, you will play a role in pioneering legal solutions that shape the consumer genomics industry. Your contributions will help foster and protect our workforce that is dedicated to helping our customers tell their own stories, while supporting a brand recognized and trusted around the world.

We offer a collaborative workplace, competitive compensation, and the opportunity to make a meaningful difference.

Career Opportunities

For more career opportunities at Ancestry, visit https://careers.ancestry.com/.