Product Design Lead

Overview

Your mission
You will take ownership of design excellence at deskbird, leading and developing a high-performing Product Design team to deliver industry-defining user experiences. Your mission is to build on our reputation for outstanding UX and push us even further, making our workplace management solution the most intuitive, user-centered experience on the market.

In this role you will
– Lead and develop a team of 4-5 high-performing Product Designers, providing the support they need to grow and perform at their best.
– Collaborate closely with product and engineering leaders to align on priorities, advocate for customer impact, and influence product strategy.
– Develop and operationalise scalable design practices, processes, and tooling that enable consistency, quality, rapid iteration, experimentation, and learning.
– Oversee the end-to-end design process, from concept to implementation, ensuring seamless and delightful user experience.
– Apply your B2B expertise to craft solutions tailored to the needs of diverse enterprise-level user personas.
– Participate in – and when needed, lead – discovery activities with customers to uncover real user pain points and challenges.
– Evolve deskbird’s design system to scale with the product, ensuring consistency and broad adoption while supporting creative flexibility.
– Step in hands-on to support squads when needed, delivering high-quality, impactful design work.

What you need to be successful
– 8+ years of Product Design experience, with at least 3 years leading and scaling high-performing design teams in mid-market or enterprise B2B SaaS environments.
– Strong people leadership skills, with a track record of mentoring designers, fostering growth, and building an empowering, feedback-driven team culture.
– Track record of successfully aligning stakeholders and leadership from various departments like Sales, CS and Marketing.
– Proven ability to drive operational excellence, with deep expertise in building, evolving, and scaling design systems.
– Comfortable switching between strategic leadership and hands-on design work when needed and setting the bar for quality.
– Ability to work with both qualitative and quantitative data to inform your decisions and lead alignment around how to proceed.
– Strong sense of urgency and drive to optimise learning velocity.
– Fluency in English (German or French is a plus).

What’s in it for you?
– Accelerate your career growth: Join Europe’s leading workplace management software company and unlock rapid professional development.
– Company-wide summit: Connect with the entire team at our annual summit, held in dynamic locations across Europe. Check out the video from our last company summit.
– “Bursts”: Collaborate with your team face-to-face through our in-person meeting support.
– Home office equipment: As a remote-first company, we support your home office setup with financial assistance to ensure you have everything you need.
– Co-working budget: Work from modern co-working spaces near you with our co-working budget.
– Learning and development: Invest in your future with a yearly development budget for coaching, certifications, and conferences.
– Cutting-edge technologies & autonomy: Enjoy high levels of autonomy, access to the latest tech, and a dynamic international work environment.