Senior Futures Design Strategist

Motorola Solutions

. Shape Horizon 3 (5–10+ year) product opportunities .

Posted 11/6/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesSenior💰 $135,000 - $150,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in design strategy, speculative design, and strategic foresight, with a strong ability to create future-state artifacts and translate abstract concepts into viable business opportunities. Proficient in guiding cross-functional teams and facilitating workshops while leveraging human-centered research and advanced design tools.

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Design StrategySpeculative DesignStrategic ForesightHuman-Centered ResearchFigma

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Hard Skills

Speculative DesignDesign FictionScenario BuildingBusiness Model DesignMarket DynamicsRisk/Return AnalysisScenario PlanningBackcastingSTEEPDelphi

Soft Skills

CollaborationMentoringFacilitationCommunicationGuidance

Tools & Technologies

FigmaFigJamPhysical PrototypingVideo NarrativeAI Tools

Industry Keywords

UX ResearchInnovation StrategyIncubationCorporate InnovationSocio-Technical SystemsPublic SafetyGovernmentEnterprise Security

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Delphi

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Shape Horizon 3 (5–10+ year) product opportunities
Create tangible future-state artifacts, including mock interfaces, speculative journey maps, and world-building narratives
Translate abstract futures into viable business opportunities, including value propositions, target users, business models, competitive positioning, and key assumptions
Scope Strategic Opportunity Briefs
Run activation workshops
Transition validated concepts to downstream R&D, product, and incubation teams with a clear next step and owner
Present strategic options, trade-offs, and risks to C-suite and senior leaders
Partner with researchers to ground concepts in human needs and market and technology context
Contribute to AI-assisted signal scanning
Facilitate foresight methods including STEEP, CLA, and Delphi
Mentor peers and raise the quality of experiential design across the company

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelors degree with 5+ years in UX research or design strategy
3+ years in design strategy, speculative design, innovation strategy, or strategic foresight within a product strategy team, consultancy, or incubation setting
5+ years in design strategy, innovation strategy, speculative design, strategic foresight, or innovation consulting
Tangible future artifacts and frameworks grounded in human-centered research, with evidence of work progressing into funded exploration, product roadmaps, pilots, or new ventures
Deep expertise in speculative design, design fiction, and scenario building
Exceptional visual craft using Figma, FigJam, physical prototyping, and video narrative
Working fluency in business model design, market and competitive dynamics, and risk/return
Practical command of scenario planning, backcasting, STEEP, causal layered analysis, and Delphi
Ability to guide R&D, product, and design teams without direct authority
Willingness to travel for in-person research when needed
Ability to collaborate across US and European time zones
Preferred: advanced degree (Master’s or Ph.D.) or equivalent professional expertise in Design Futures, Strategic Foresight, HCI, Anthropology, Systems Design, or a related field
Preferred: experience in a design-led consultancy, corporate innovation or new ventures group, or incubation setting
Preferred: experience using or building AI tools for signal scanning, trend tracking, and synthesizing unstructured data
Preferred: track record researching complex socio-technical systems; public safety, government, or enterprise security experience is a plus

Benefits

Comp & perks

Incentive Bonus Plans
Medical, Dental, Vision benefits
401K with Company Match
10 Paid Holidays
Generous Paid Time Off Packages
Employee Stock Purchase Plan
Paid Parental & Family Leave
Travel for in-person research when needed