Design Ops (UX Designer)

Vwg Digitalsolutions; Lisboa; On-site; EUR 25,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Home office equipment 1200€

Flex allowance: 720€/year

Performance bonus

Health insurance for you and household

Wellbeing program for household

Life insurance

Pension fund

Smartphone & data plan

VW Group car discounts

Job summary

VW Group Digital Solutions [Portugal] is seeking a junior to mid-level DesignOps specialist to enhance UX across the company, focusing on measurability, consistency, and repeatability. You will work with the Design System and extend Figma components to ensure scalable, developer-friendly output.

You will translate UX data into ROI insights, advocate for human-centered design, and collaborate across designers, developers, and stakeholders to advance the UX practice company-wide.

Qualifications

• Solid understanding of UX practices and processes.
• Proficient with Figma, components, auto-layout, styles, libraries.
• Organized approach to documentation and repositories.
• Strong attention to detail and accessibility.
• Excellent written and spoken English.
• Able to collaborate with designers, developers and stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Designing components in Figma maintaining and evolving the Design System.
• Improve and communicate processes, practices, and culture of Design within the company.
• Translate data to demonstrate UX's ROI and business impact.
• Drive the subject area of UX design forward with personal responsibility.
• Advocate for human-centered design and research.
• Develop a cross-functional design and UX community.

Skills

UX practices

Figma proficiency

Design systems

Documentation

Communication skills

English proficiency

Team collaboration

Tools

Figma

Job description

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.

You’ll be focused in

• 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

In order to succeed, you’ll need

• 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.

Company 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

Cool things you’ll experience in our work environment

• 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 VW 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.

Ready to #ExploreNewRoads? Join us!