About the Role
This is a senior, hands-on design leadership role at a fast-growing AI-powered communication platform serving thousands of SME customers across the DACH region and Europe. You'll own product design, branding, and the design team — working directly with founders and engineering to shape the full user experience at high shipping velocity.
What You'll Do
- Take full ownership of product design, branding, and design team leadership across the company.
- Spend roughly half your time hands-on: designing product features, running customer interviews, and evolving the brand.
- Lead design across three distinct product areas in close collaboration with product and engineering.
- Manage and grow a design team covering website, branding, and product design.
- Build deep customer understanding through regular conversations with users in trades, healthcare, and professional services.
- Set and maintain design standards across product, web, and brand.
- Scale and maintain design systems for consistent execution across multiple product areas.
- Ship frequently — contribute to daily releases with direct, measurable impact.
What We're Looking For
- 5+ years of end-to-end product design experience with ownership of multiple product areas.
- Proven senior IC background with design leadership experience or a clear intent to step into team management.
- Native-level German (essential for the DACH market) and solid English for an international team.
- Deep hands-on Figma skills, including prototyping and user research/interviews.
- Experience owning branding and website design alongside core product design.
- Strong analytics and data-driven mindset — you measure the impact of design decisions and iterate accordingly.
- Experience building and scaling design systems across multiple product surfaces.
- AI-first workflow fluency, with practical experience using tools such as Cursor, Claude, or similar to accelerate design and prototyping.
- Background in B2B software, professional services, or CRM-like environments is a plus.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: €80,000 – €150,000 per year, depending on experience.
- Visa sponsorship: Not available.
Location
On-site in Vienna, Austria.