Director UX/UI Design (m/w/d)

Miele & Cie. KG; Gütersloh; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

Miele & Cie. KG is seeking a senior UX/UI leader to shape long-term product design strategy across digital and physical touchpoints, translating user insights into premium experiences.

You will build a scalable UX architecture and Design System, lead a multidisciplinary team across international product lines, and align user needs with brand ambition, technology, and business goals.

Qualifications

• Degree inInteraction Design/HCI/UX Design/related field with extensive experience in UX/UI/Experience Design.
• Leadership experience in multidisciplinary UX teams within complex, international product environments.
• Experience defining UX strategies, architectures and Design Systems across digital and physical touchpoints.
• Strong design vision with the ability to simplify complex problems into clear decisions.
• Excellent communication in German and English for cross-team collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Shape the long-term direction for Miele’s digital products and connected services.
• Establish a scalable UX architecture and Design System with consistent flows and UI standards.
• Create documentation and processes to ensure quality and scalable collaboration.
• Balance user needs, technical feasibility and business requirements across the portfolio.
• Develop and coach the UX/UI team to share a common understanding of experience quality across disciplines.

Skills

Leadership

UX Strategy

Design Systems

Strategic thinking

Bilingual German/English

Education

Relevant UX degree

Job description

Hybrid

Your Responsibilities

• Working closely with Product Design and Smart Home, you shape the long-term direction for Miele’s digital products and connected services, translating user insights, emerging technologies and market trends into a seamless premium experience across physical and digital touchpoints
• Across products and platforms, you establish a scalable UX architecture and Design System with consistent user flows, interaction patterns, navigation principles and UI standards
• Through clear UX/UI guidelines, documentation and design processes, you create the framework for consistent quality, scalable solutions and efficient collaboration across teams and products
• Across the portfolio, you steer UX/UI quality, priorities, resources and timelines while identifying risks and dependencies early and balancing user needs, technical feasibility and business requirements
• As a leader, you develop our experienced UX/UI team through clear direction, regular feedback and coaching, while building a shared understanding of experience quality across disciplines

What we are looking for

• You hold a degree in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, User Experience Design, Communication Design, Media Informatics or a comparable discipline, complemented by extensive professional experience in a similar UX/UI or Experience Design role
• Leadership experience in multidisciplinary Experience Design teams within a complex, international product environment enable you to provide direction and make sound decisions even when priorities compete
• Your experience includes defining UX strategies, UX architectures and Design Systems across digital and physical touchpoints, with a clear focus on creating coherent premium experiences
• Strategic thinking comes with a strong design vision and hands-on mindset, allowing you to turn complexity into clear decisions and bring together customer needs, brand ambition, technology and business goals
• In international and senior stakeholder environments, you communicate with confidence, lead discussions effectively and bring the German and English language skills needed to collaborate across teams and functions