UX/UI Team Leader

AmRest Holdings SE; Gdańsk; On-site; PLN 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Wakacje.pl, a leading Polish travel e-commerce platform, is seeking a Team Leader UX/UI to lead and develop our design team across the CEE region.

In this role you will blend people leadership with hands-on collaboration with Product, Technology and Business teams, mentor designers, set standards, and ensure user experience stays at the heart of product decisions.

Join our modern Gdańsk office for on-site work with opportunities for collaboration and growth.

Qualifications

• Experience leading or managing a UX/UI Design team.
• Knowledge of UX KPIs and measuring design impact.
• Strong collaboration skills across Product, Business, and Engineering teams.
• Experience facilitating workshops and presenting design solutions to stakeholders.
• Ability to use user research and analytics to inform design decisions.
• Strong communication, prioritization, and organizational skills.
• Proactive mindset and ownership of design quality and team outcomes.
• Fluency in Polish and English at a minimum B2 level.

Responsibilities

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of UX/UI Designers in their professional development.
• Plan the team's work and allocate designers across product initiatives.
• Ensure high design quality through reviews, coaching, and UX best practices.
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Owners, Analysts, Design System, UX Writing, and Engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle.
• Support Discovery and Delivery activities and contribute to product planning.
• Present UX recommendations to stakeholders and advocate for decisions based on user research and data.
• Identify project risks, improve design processes, drive the adoption of AI to enhance design workflows and team efficiency.

Skills

Team leadership

Coaching

Collaboration

UX analysis

Polish-English bilingual

Job description

We are an organization that has been fulfilling the travel dreams of Poles for 25 years. Wakacje.pl is the largest e-commerce platform in Poland and a network of travel agencies offering a wide range of travel products. Since 2015, we have been part of Wirtualna Polska Holding – the largest Polish group of media and e-commerce companies. At Wakacje.pl, we offer thousands of domestic and international trips, as well as travel insurance, airport parking, and holiday vouchers. We constantly expand our offer to best meet our customers' needs. If you approach life with #ENERGY, value #HONESTY AND OPENNESS, focus on #CUSTOMER UNDERSTANDING and #COLLABORATION at work, carry out your tasks with high #EFFICIENCY and #RESPONSIBILITY, and want to play a key role in making us #INNOVATIVE – join us!

Region: pomorskie

About us:

At Wakacje.pl, we create digital products that help millions of people plan and book their holidays. We're looking for a Team Leader UX/UI to lead and develop our design team while shaping the future of our products across the CEE region.

In this role, you'll combine people leadership with hands‑on collaboration across Product, Technology, and Business teams. You'll support designers' growth, strengthen our design culture, define standards, and ensure user experience remains at the heart of product decisions.

Key responsibilities:

• Lead, mentor, and support a team of UX/UI Designers in their professional development,
• Plan the team's work and allocate designers across product initiatives,
• Ensure high design quality through reviews, coaching, and UX best practices,
• Partner with Product Owners, Business Owners, Analysts, Design System, UX Writing, and Engineering teams throughout the product lifecycle,
• Support Discovery and Delivery activities and contribute to product planning,
• Present UX recommendations to stakeholders and advocate for decisions based on user research and data,
• Identify project risks, improve design processes, drive the adoption of AI to enhance design workflows and team efficiency, and foster effective collaboration across teams.

Requirements:

• Experience leading or managing a UX/UI Design team, coaching and developing designers while building a collaborative team culture,
• Knowledge of UX KPIs and measuring design impact,
• Strong collaboration skills across Product, Business, and Engineering teams,
• Experience facilitating workshops and presenting design solutions to stakeholders,
• Ability to use user research and analytics to inform design decisions,
• Strong communication, prioritization, and organizational skills,
• A proactive mindset and ownership of design quality and team outcomes,
• Fluency in Polish and English language skills at a minimum B2 level.

Nice to have:

• Experience defining or driving UX strategy,
• Knowledge of accessibility standards, including WCAG,
• Experience developing or scaling a Design System,
• Experience working in an international environment.

What do we offer:

Workplace safety and comfort:

• Employment based on an employment contract,
• Full support during the onboarding period under the supervision of an engaging leader/buddy.

Business agency and agility:

• Real influence on business decisions, the ability to take initiatives and implement your ideas.

Development within the organization:

• Individual Development Plan,
• Participation in training courses and conferences to enhance professional competencies.

All-inclusive for Employees:

• A benefits package that you can use according to your preferences – Lux Med medical care, Health and Life Insurance (PZU and Warta), Multisport card, shopping and lunch vouchers, and many other cafeteria offers available on the Worksmile platform,
• Study Tour – trips abroad to explore our product offerings (destination tours and hotel audits),
• A training and webinar package supporting professional and personal development,
• Discounts on our products for employees and their families,
• Work in the modern Alchemia office complex – Neon building, 100 meters from the Gdańsk Przymorze‑Uniwersytet SKM station,
• Mini events, delicious coffee, and on Mondays, hot chocolate,
• Casual dress code.

1. Personal Data Controller

The controller of your personal data will be Wakacje.pl S.A. with its registered office in Gdańsk (hereinafter: we).
You can contact us at: Wakacje.pl S.A., al. Grunwaldzka 413, 80-309 Gdańsk

2. Data Protection Officer

We have appointed a Data Protection Officer. This is the person you can contact in all matters related to the
processing of personal data and the exercise of rights related to data processing. You can contact the inspector in
the following ways:
- by letter to the following address: Wakacje.pl S.A. / IODO / al. Grunwaldzka 413, 80-309 Gdańsk
- by e‑mail to the following e‑mail address: [e-mail]

3. Purposes and bases for processing

We will process your personal data for the following purposes:
1) Conduct the recruitment process for the position you are applying for. The basis for processing is:

• implementation of labour law provisions (Article 22 (1) § 1 of the Code of Civil Procedure) and
  preparation for concluding a contract (Article 6 (1) (b) of the GDPR) in the scope of the following data:
  name(s) and surname; Date of birth; Contact; education; professional qualifications, the course of
  previous employment;
• Your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR to the additional data that you choose to provide to us
  voluntarily in your CV, cover letter or during a job interview. Providing additional data, to the extent
  not specified by labour law or not required by us, will be treated as consent to the processing of
  such personal data. Giving consent in this case is voluntary, and consent given in this way may be
  revoked at any time;
• our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) GDPR) in the data collected by us during the interview. We
  have a legitimate interest in vetting your skills and abilities – we need this to assess whether you are
  the right person for the position we are recruiting for;
• our legitimate interest (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR) consisting in the possibility of conducting
  recruitment by electronic means, efficient communication and ensuring the correct identification
  and, if necessary, confirmation of the candidate's identity in the system used to manage the
  recruitment process (the email address is the candidate's identifier in the eRecruiter system);

2) assessment of your qualifications, abilities and skills during future recruitment – the basis for the
processing is your consent (Article 6(1)(a) of the GDPR);
3) archival and evidentiary data - the basis for processing is our legitimate interest related to the pursuit or
defence of possible claims (Article 6(1)(f) of the GDPR).

4. Data retention period

We will retain your personal data for a period of one year after you submit your application for the position.

5. Data recipients

We will transfer your personal data to service providers supporting us in conducting recruitment processes, e.g. IT
service providers and a service provider providing the eRecruiter recruitment process management system, i.e.
eRecruitment Solutions sp. z o.o Such entities process data on the basis of a contract with us and in accordance
with our instructions.

Other companies from the Wirtualna Polska Holding S.A. capital group for administrative purposes,
including personnel management throughout the capital group for the purpose of exchanging data within
the capital group, in particular in connection with human resources management and organizational
structure, administrative, HR, payroll and IT services, planning and reporting at the group level.
In addition, if you consent to the processing of your personal data for the purposes of future recruitment,
we will be able to transfer your personal data to companies from the Wirtualna Polska capital group, which
includes Wirtualna Polska Holding S.A. with its registered office in Warsaw and subsidiaries
(https://holding.wp.pl/investor/struktura-grupy-kapitalowej)

6. Rights related to the processing of your personal data

You have the right to:
1) access to your personal data,
2) request rectification of your personal data,
3) request the deletion of your personal data,
4) request restriction of processing of your personal data,
5) object to the processing of your data – in cases where we process your data on the basis of our
legitimate interest,
6) transfer of your personal data, i.e. the right to receive your personal data from us, in a structured,
commonly used and machine-readable IT format. You can send this data to another data controller or
request that we transmit your data to another controller, but we will only do so if such transfer is
technically possible. You have this right to portability only in respect of the data that we process on the
basis of a contract with you or on the basis of your consent,
7) to the extent that your data is processed on the basis of consent - withdraw consent to the processing
of your personal data at any time. The withdrawal of consent does not affect the legality of
processing carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal.

To exercise the above rights, please contact us or our Data Protection Officer (contact details in points 1 and 2
above).

You also have the right to lodge a complaint with the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection. This
right applies only to the lawfulness of the processing of personal data, and does not apply to the course of the
recruitment process