Lead Designer

• Provide direction, leadership, and mentorship to members of the Design team (currently 2 designers) ensuring strong collaboration and high morale.
• Foster a culture of teamwork, identifying opportunities to improve quality and efficiency through shared practices.
• Lead the creation of user-centered designs by understanding business goals, data insights, and user needs.
• Deliver user-friendly, visually appealing designs from discovery through implementation — crafting user stories, process flows, wireframes, and prototypes.
• Act as a strategic partner to Product, Design, and Engineering — using emotional intelligence to build strong collaboration and informed decision-making.
• Ensure design consistency and scalability across multiple products by developing and maintaining a unified design system.
• Collaborate cross-functionally to ensure design guidelines are aligned and consistently applied across the company.

Requirements

• Minimum 3 years of experience in design leadership

• Minimum 5 years of experience with digital products (mobile and web applications, SaaS, or complex software systems).

• A portfolio showcasing impactful, user-centered design work.

• Proven ability to lead, coach, and inspire a team to produce consistent, high-quality, and influential design outcomes.

• Strong prioritization skills and ability to manage multiple projects with high-quality results.

• Excellent problem-solving, storytelling, and attention to detail.

• Deep understanding of UX research methodologies and UX/UI best practices.

• Strong sense of design aesthetics, awareness of design trends, and the ability to adapt styles to context.

• Mastery of Figma and modern design workflows.

• Experience in both B2B and B2C environments is a **plus **.

• Ability to conduct customer interviews in German is a strong **plus **.