Design Ops (UX Designer)

Volkswagen Group Services; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office equipment

Flex allowance

Performance bonus

Health insurance

Job summary

Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions [Portugal] is seeking a junior to mid-level DesignOps specialist. You will design and evolve the Design System in Figma, extend components, and drive measurable UX improvements across teams.

You’ll work to communicate UX value, collaborate with developers, and advocate human-centered design in a remote-friendly setup. Ideally you bring solid UX practices, Figma expertise, and strong collaboration skills, with English proficiency to coordinate across teams and

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of UX practices and processes.
• Experience with using Figma, including components, variants, auto-layout, styles, libraries, and file organization.
• Strong structured approach to documenting and sharing resources.

Responsibilities

• Designing components in Figma and evolving the Design System.
• Improve and communicate Design processes, practices and culture.
• Translate data to demonstrate UX ROI and business impact.
• Work with personal responsibility and self-organization to advance UX design.
• Advocate for human-centered design and research.
• Develop a cross-functional design and UX community.

Skills

Figma proficiency

UX skills

Design System

Documentation

Communication

Team collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

About the Role

• We’re looking for a junior to mid-level DesignOps specialist with strong UX skills and solid Figma proficiency. Your main focus will be to help employees across the company do better UX with less friction by making it more measurable, consistent, and repeatable. You’ll also work closely with our Design System, using and extending our Figma components and patterns so that our work is consistent, scalable, and developer-friendly.
• Teams: Traton - Infrastructure & Cross Enablement – CC User Experience.

What You'll Be Doing

• Designing components in Figma maintaining and evolving the Design System.
• Seeking out ways to improve and communicate the processes, practice, and culture of Design within the company.
• Translating data to demonstrate UX's ROI and business impact.
• Working with a high degree of personal responsibility as well as self-organization and thus drive the subject area of UX design forward in the company.
• Being an advocate for human-centered design and research.
• Driving and developing a cross-functional design and User Experience community.

What You'll Bring

• A solid understanding of UX practices and processes.
• Experience with using Figma, including creating components, variants, auto-layout, styles, libraries, and file organization.
• An organized, structured approach to creating and maintaining documentation, repositories and shared resources.
• Strong attention to detail and a commitment to consistency, quality, accessibility, and maintainability.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with different stakeholders.
• Great English skills (written and spoken).
• Be a strong team player - working together not only with other designers but with developers and outside your own team.

Compensation & Benefits

• 1200€ to equip your home office.
• Flex allowance: 720€/year (60€ per month x12).
• Performance bonus.
• Health insurance extendable to your household.
• Wellbeing program extendable to your household.
• Life insurance.
• Pension fund.
• Smartphone & phone data plan.
• Discounts on VW Group cars and special financing conditions.
• Tailored remote-friendly setup for every team's vibe!
• Flexible working hours.
• Multicultural reality with + 30 different nationalities.
• Pet friendly environment.
• Boost your career with our internal mobility program, focused on your personal & professional growth.
• Mix and mingle across teams for idea-sharing and bonding.

About Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions [Portugal]

Technology-driven trends such as diverse mobility, electrification and connectivity will revolutionize the mobility industry in the next decade. Volkswagen Group, as world leader in the automotive industry, is setting the pace for this revolution.

At Volkswagen Group Digital Solutions [Portugal] we are the go-to team to tackle complex systems and programming challenges. We make sure that our products flow smoothly in all stages of the digital value chain.

Our main areas of focus: vehicle software & operations, mobile online services, IT security, fleet management, sales & after sales, purchasing & logistics and product portfolio management.