UX Lead for AI-Driven Design & Research

Appfire; Polska; Remote; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Vacation days

Wellness Days

Volunteer time

Learning & Development

Healthcare

Job summary

Appfire is seeking a senior UX leader who champions both user research and product design, guiding a growing team across multiple flagship products. You will define the AI-UX strategy, establish patterns, and collaborate with Engineering and Product to deliver high-impact experiences.

You will lead through influence, design system strategy, and a discipline-wide operating rhythm, while coaching designers and researchers to advance the craft and business impact.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of substantial experience in UX with depth in both user research and product design.
• At least 5 years managing designers and/or researchers directly with tangible growth examples.
• Hands-on Jobs to be Done experience and ability to turn output into job stories.
• Hands-on experience designing or leading design for AI/ML-powered features with a trustworthy perspective.
• Deep command of research methodology including interviews, surveys, usability testing, ethnography, and mixed-method studies.
• Strong craft in information architecture, interaction design, prototyping, and cross-functional communication.
• Experience defining outcome-based UX metrics and using them to move a roadmap.
• Experience collaborating with engineering in an Agile environment and driving effective hand-offs.

Responsibilities

• Own the craft bar: define what ships, set prototyping and interaction quality standards, ensure accessibility and WCAG conformance.
• Lead JTBD-driven research and coach the team to embed job stories into backlogs for engineers.
• Define AI-driven UX patterns, guardrails, and principled design for AI features across teams.
• Shape the relationship with Engineering and Product through clear hand-off standards and documentation.
• Drive research maturity: standards, methods, tooling, and rigour in sampling, bias, and limits.
• Oversee Design Operations and Research Operations including tooling, templates, and recruitment for scale.
• Lead hiring, onboarding, performance, and growth of the UX team, including career framework development.

Skills

UX leadership

User research

Product design

AI UX

Design systems

JTBD

facilitation

Team building

Workshops

Tools

Figma

Pattern library

Job description

Appfire is seeking a senior UX leader who champions both user research and product design, guiding a growing team across multiple flagship products. You will define the AI-UX strategy, establish patterns, and collaborate with Engineering and Product to deliver high-impact experiences.

You will lead through influence, design system strategy, and a discipline-wide operating rhythm, while coaching designers and researchers to advance the craft and business impact.