Interaction Design Lead, Bose Premium Consumer Audio

At Bose Corporation, we believe sound is the most powerful force on earth — and for over 60 years, we have been a company built on innovation, excellence, and independence. Privately owned, fiercely customer-focused, and driven by our values, we continue to lead industries and transform lives through sound. 
  
Today, Bose Corporation is entering an exciting new era. Across multiple global Business Units and Global Functions, we are shaping the future of audio technology, automotive, luxury, and premium experiences. We invite you to join us in this transformation. 

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.
The ideal candidate brings strong interaction design fluency and experience working with premium or iconic brands where interaction design is a meaningful driver of emotional connection and business value.
 
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 closely 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

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At Bose, you're inspired to be and do your best and are rewarded for your unique talents! Our compensation is thoughtfully tailored to your skills, experience, education, and location, and goes beyond base salary. 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. We are a proudly independent company—driven by purpose, guided by our values, and united by a belief in the power of sound. As the world leader in audio experiences, we’re creating what’s next—pushing boundaries and delivering transformative sound experiences for people everywhere. Join us and make your next career move a mic-drop. Let’s Make Waves. ‎