Product Design Lead

Crane Venture Partners; Paris; À distance; EUR 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

A leading tech company is seeking a Product Design Lead to shape its visual identity at a crucial growth stage. The role involves leading a talented design team and developing a comprehensive design system, ensuring a seamless user experience that reflects high quality and ambition. This position offers competitive compensation and growth opportunities within a dynamic, remote-friendly environment.

Prestations

Competitive compensation

Stock options

Home office stipends

Learning and development budgets

Free phone and international data plan

Qualifications

• Proven experience building and leading design teams.
• Experience developing distinctive brand identities.
• Strong portfolio with exceptional product design work.

Responsabilités

• Lead the product design team and mentor designers.
• Build and evolve brand identity in collaboration with founders.
• Develop a cohesive design system across products.

Connaissances

Design Leadership

Collaborative

Communication

Systems Thinker

Quality Obsessed

Description du poste

About Gigs

At Gigs, we're building the operating system for mobile services - a platform that enables tech companies to seamlessly embed connectivity into their products.

Just as Stripe enables businesses to embed a payment button into any product, Gigs enables businesses to add a connect button and issue SIMs with a single click or API call. From fintechs launching mobile services to HRIS platforms offering work phone plans, we automate phone plan provisioning.

We're solving complex technical, operational and regulatory challenges to make connectivity truly effortless. We've grown to a team of around 90 people across the US and Europe, bringing together an experienced team of early-stage engineers, product builders and business athletes from companies like Stripe, Airbnb and Shopify. We know what it takes to solve hard problems.

With almost $100MM in funding from Ribbit Capital, Google and Y Combinator, Gigs is one of the fastest growing tech companies. Building on our strong foundation, we’re looking for exceptional candidates who want to do the best work of their lives in a high-paced environment, surrounded by a highly talented, ambitious team.

You’ll be joining at an exciting inflection point in our company’s history. At sub-100 people and with a year of hyper-growth ahead of us, opportunity is abundant.

The Position

The Product Design Lead will shape Gigs’ visual identity and product experience at a critical growth stage. They will own building user experience that can go head to head with strongest design led companies in the world, reflecting our high aspirations, attention to detail and commitment to quality. They will guide our customers in building on this level and make sure to hold the work within the company to this standard, by establishing a comprehensive design system that unifies our product suite and external presence, while leading a talented product design team to create exceptional user experiences.

What you will do

• Lead the product design team, mentoring designers and establishing processes that drive excellence and innovation.
• Partner with product and engineering teams to create intuitive, elegant user experiences that make complex telecom services simple and accessible.
• Build and evolve Gigs' brand identity and visual language in close collaboration with our founders, establishing a distinctive presence in the market that reflects our ambition and quality standards.
• Develop and implement a cohesive design system that spans all Gigs products and external assets, ensuring consistency across our entire ecosystem.
• Champion user-centered design principles throughout the organization, advocating for our customers' needs while balancing business objectives.
• Stay at the forefront of design trends and technologies, bringing fresh perspectives and innovative approaches to our products.

About you

• Design Leadership: Proven experience building and leading high-performing design teams, with the ability to mentor, inspire, and develop talent.
• Brand Builder: Experience developing distinctive brand identities and design systems for ambitious technology companies.
• Product Excellence: Strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional product design work that balances aesthetics with usability and business impact.
• Systems Thinker: Ability to create scalable design systems that maintain consistency while allowing for product-specific adaptations.
• Collaborative: Skilled at working with founders, product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to translate vision into reality.
• Communication: Excellent communication skills with the ability to articulate design decisions and gain buy-in from diverse stakeholders.
• Quality Obsessed: Meticulous attention to detail and unwavering commitment to quality in every aspect of design.
• Resilient: Start up / scale ups are a marathon and a sprint at the same time. Gigsters roll with the punches and rise to the next challenge.
• Opinionated: Good taste and opinionated about things. Able to communicate these opinions internally as well as externally.

Remote Work at Gigs

At Gigs, we’re remote-friendly, with a strong emphasis on meaningful in-person collaboration. While most of our work is done remotely, we encourage our team to connect regularly in our hubs, whether for focused teamwork, customer meetings, or brainstorming sessions that drive creativity.

• Gigs Pads: Our hubs in San Francisco, London, and Berlin are vibrant spaces where Gigsters come together to connect, collaborate, and create.
• Gigs Republic: Twice a year, the entire company gathers for in-depth team bonding, strategic sessions, and shared experiences to reinforce our culture and drive growth.

This blend of remote work and in-person collaboration ensures we maintain a dynamic, connected, and innovative team environment.

What We Offer

At Gigs, we believe in rewarding excellence. You’ll receive competitive compensation and stock options to ensure you are truly part of our growth. Benefits/additional compensation for this role may include stipends for upgrading your home office or work setup, learning and development budgets to support your career growth and a free phone and international data plan (naturally).

If you’re excited about pushing boundaries and helping us shape the future of telecom, we’d love to hear from you.

For more information on benefits, Gigs Pads, and life at Gigs, check out our Careers page.