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Neil Griffiths

Initiator · DISC type Di
Vice President, UX Design & Research at Sonos, Inc.
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Neil is an executive design leader with over 20 years of experience, currently the VP of UX Design & Research at Sonos. He specializes in scaling high-performing design teams and shaping strategy through a user-focused lens. Holding a DPhil from the University of Oxford, colleagues describe him as compassionate, visionary, insightful, and innovative.

Beyond his professional work, Neil has a keen interest in creative and analytical pursuits, including an interest in the LEGO Group. His early academic career in astrophysics has given him a unique analytical and systems-thinking perspective that he applies to his design leadership.

His career began in an unconventional place for a design leader: as an astrophysicist.

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Experience
21 Years
Current Role
Vice President, UX Design & Research
Job Level
Senior
Location
Greater Boston, United States
Personality Overview

How Neil shows up

Impact-Oriented
Friendly Challenger
Confident

They don’t mind taking a stand if they believe in something. They usually prefer to drive the conversation. They measure a product on its merit but can be influenced by strong testimonials.

Priorities

Topics Neil cares about

User-Focused Strategy
He emphasizes guiding company strategy from a deep user understanding to create products that have a measurable market impact.
Scaling Design Teams
He has a proven track record of growing and leading large, multidisciplinary design teams, having scaled his team at Sonos to 50 people.
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Career

Work history

11-2021
Vice President, UX Design & Research
Sonos, Inc.
10-2018 - 10-2021
Senior Director, Head of UX
Sonos, Inc.
4-2017 - 9-2018
Director, UX
Sonos, Inc.
5-2004 - 9-2010
Lead UX Designer
Bose Corporation
10-2002 - 5-2004
User Interface Designer
GroupVisual.io
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1993 - 1996
DPhil
University of Oxford
1990 - 1993
BA
University of Oxford
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

D

Dominance (D)

Dominance (D) reflects how goal and task oriented a person is, and their ability to accomplish results irrespective of how demanding the circumstances might be. Those scoring high tend to be motivated by winning, competition, and success.

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