Senior Product Designer, K4B

KAYAK; Berlin (MD); Hybrid; USD 79,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

6 weeks vacation

Work from anywhere 20 days

Mental health focus

Headspace subscription

No meetings on Fridays

Parental leave

Volunteer time

Development dollars

Leadership development

On-demand e-learnings

Travel discounts

ERGs

Free lunch

Pension contributions

Public transport support

Bike leasing

Team events

Job summary

KAYAK in Berlin is seeking a Senior Product Designer to shape and elevate the user experience for our corporate travel shopping. You will design for web and mobile within an agile team alongside PMs, engineers, and other designers.

This role requires you to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week. You will lead design from concept through delivery, conduct user research, and influence product strategy while balancing business goals and customer needs.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of experience in a B2B or B2C product design organization.
• Mastery of user experience and interaction design principles, end-to-end product challenges.
• Understanding of the product development process in a dynamic, experimental company.
• Excellent communication, analytical thinking, and problem-solving abilities.
• Human-centered design mindset with usability research experience.
• Experience guiding decisions with quantitative and qualitative data.

Responsibilities

• Own design work and communicate with teammates, taking responsibility for project success.
• Interface with cross-functional teams and customers to gather insights and constraints.
• Rapidly produce multiple concepts and prototypes with business impact.
• Apply systems thinking for scalable design solutions now and in future.
• Conduct qualitative user research and translate findings into improvements.
• Align with stakeholders by communicating design rationale and success criteria.
• Influence strategic direction while iterating on proposed solutions.

Skills

User experience design

Interaction design

Design systems

Prototyping

Usability testing

Accessibility

Communication

AI tools

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design

Tools

Figma

Strong collaboration tools

Job description

KAYAK, part of Booking Holdings (NASDAQ: BKNG), is a leading travel search engine. With billions of queries across our platforms, we help people find their perfect flight, stay, rental car and vacation package. We’re also transforming business travel with a new corporate travel solution, KAYAK for Business (K4B).

As an employee of KAYAK, you will be part of a travel company that operates a portfolio of global metasearch brands including momondo, Cheapflights and HotelsCombined, among others. From start-up to industry leader, innovation is at our core and every employee has an opportunity to make their mark. Our focus is on building the best travel search engine to make it easier for everyone to experience the world.

We are seeking a Senior Product Designer with experience designing for digital consumer products to help shape and elevate the user experience for our corporate travel shopping experience. As a senior member of the product design team, you will create, test, and deliver web and mobile experiences within an agile software development team. You will be working with a diverse team of Product Managers, Engineers and Designers to influence the strategic direction for your product area(s) by translating insights into ideas that balance business goals, technical constraints, and voice of our customer end-users.

This role will be required to work from our Berlin office at least 3 days per week.

In this role, you will:

• Be autonomous and collaborative. Take full ownership of your design work and full responsibility for communication with your teammates. Own the success or failure of your projects.

• Interface directly with cross-functional teams and customers to collect the insights and constraints that inform your design decisions.

• Rapidly produce multiple concepts and prototypes for design solutions that drive user and business impact.

• Apply systems thinking to approach scalable design solutions and the areas they impact, both now and in the future.

• Conduct qualitative user research, analyze findings, and translate insights into actionable improvements to your product area.

• Facilitate alignment within cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders by clearly communicating design rationale, scope, and measurable success criteria.

• Influence strategic direction for your product area while synthesizing feedback from across the organization and iterating thoughtfully on proposed solutions.

Please apply if you have:

• 6+ years of experience in a B2B or B2C product design organization

• Mastery of user experience and interaction design principles, with demonstrated ability to solve complex product challenges end-to-end.

• An understanding of the entire product development process and the ability to ship features inside an ever-growing and experimenting company.

• Excellent communication skills, together with analytical thinking and problem-solving capability. Able to break down and simplify sophisticated problems and confidently present to a mixed audience of different levels in the organization.

• A human-centered design mentality, with experience conducting usability studies, performing user research, or crafting options for experimentation.

• Experience working in a dynamic design process where quantitative and qualitative customer data guide decisions.

• Strong time management skills and the ability to be self-directed and prioritize effectively. Demonstrated attention to detail that teammates can rely on.

• Proficiency using modern design, user research, prototyping, and AI tools, with experience in testing interactive prototypes and contributing to shared design systems.

• A positive demeanor toward your work, including curiosity to learn and a willingness to adapt as new and different challenges constantly emerge.

• Strong understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices, including experience designing for screen readers, color contrast, and adaptable text sizes.

• Bachelor’s degree or foreign equivalent in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a closely related field.

Benefits and Perks:

• 6 weeks of paid vacation

• Work from (almost) anywhere for up to 20 days per year

• Focus on mental health and well-being:

  • Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth

  • Company-paid subscription to HeadSpace

  • Company-wide week off a year - the whole team fully recharges (and returns without a pile-up of work!)

  • No meeting Fridays

• Paid parental leave

• Paid volunteer time

• Focus on your career growth:

  • Development Dollars

  • Leadership development

  • Access to thousands of on-demand e-learnings

• Travel Discounts

• Employee Resource Groups

• Free lunch 2 days per week

• Pension plan contributions

• Public transportation subsidies

• Bike leasing program

• Monthly social events, massages, Thursday happy hours, sports teams

• An awesome office in Friedrichshain, Berlin

Inclusion

At KAYAK, we want everyone to have the space to grow, share ideas and do great work. That’s why we’re focused on hiring the best talent from all walks of life and experiences, supporting them well and making sure no one feels like they have to fit a mold to belong here.

Need any adjustments for the interview, application or on the job? No problem - just give us a heads-up. We’ve got you.

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