Lead Product Designer (m/w/d)

Wwshemi; Osterreich; On-site; PEN 309,000 - 579,000; Full time

Job summary

Wwshemi in Vienna, Austria is seeking an experienced product designer to own design across product, website, and brand, while staying hands-on in day-to-day work. You will lead a growing design team, collaborate closely with product and engineering, and drive customer-centered decisions in a fast-moving environment.

The role requires at least five years of end-to-end product design, strong Figma and prototyping skills, and experience leading design efforts across multiple areas.

Qualifications

• Five-plus years of end-to-end product design across multiple product areas.
• Proven ability to lead a design team or readiness to take team responsibility while staying hands-on.
• Strong hands-on skills in Figma, prototyping, and user interviews.

Responsibilities

• Lead design across product, website, and brand while remaining hands-on in daily design work.
• Own design across three product areas in close partnership with product and engineering.
• Conduct customer interviews and use insights to guide product and brand decisions.
• Lead and support the design team, setting clear standards across product, web, and brand.
• Build and scale design systems to support consistency across multiple product areas.
• Use analytics and regular feedback to evaluate design decisions and iterate on shipped work.
• Apply modern AI tools to accelerate research, prototyping, and design workflows.

Skills

End-to-end product design

Team leadership

Analytics-driven design

User interviews

Tools

Figma

Prototyping tools

Design systems

AI tools (Cursor, Claude, v0)

Job description

About the Role

Join the design team at a seed-stage AI communications software company, owning product design, brand, and team leadership. You will shape experiences across multiple product areas for business customers, working closely with product and engineering in a fast-moving environment.

What You‘21 Do

• Lead design across product, website, and brand while remaining hands-on in day-to-day product design.
• Own design across three product areas in close partnership with product and engineering.
• Conduct customer interviews and use customer insights to guide product and brand decisions.
• Lead and support the design team, setting clear standards across product, web, and brand.
• Build and scale design systems to support consistent work across multiple product areas.
• Use analytics and regular feedback to evaluate design decisions and iterate on shipped work.
• Apply modern AI tools to accelerate research, prototyping, and design workflows.

What We’re Looking For

• At least five years of end-to-end product design experience, with ownership across multiple product areas.
• Strong hands-on skills in Figma, prototyping, and user interviews.
• Experience leading a design team, or clear readiness to take on team responsibility while staying hands-on.
• Experience building and scaling design systems, with ownership spanning product, website, and brand design.
• An analytics-driven approach and experience using insights to improve design decisions.
• Familiarity with modern AI tools such as Cursor, v0, or Claude.
• Native-level German and good professional English.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual base salary: €80,000 to €150,000. Visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

On-site in Vienna, Austria.