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. As our Product Design Lead, your impact will be felt across every team and touchpoint. You’ll shape how we think about design and drive a culture of excellence, speed and user empathy. This role demands vision, a scalability mindset and the drive to deliver simple, scalable interfaces that people love. This is a remote position open to candidates based in Europe.
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.