Lead Product Designer (m/w/d)

About this role

ABOUT THE ROLE Join the design team at a seed-stage AI communications software company, owning product design, brand, and team leadership. You will shape experiences across multiple product areas for business customers, working closely with product and engineering in a fast-moving environment. WHAT YOU'LL DO - Lead design across product, website, and brand while remaining hands-on in day-to-day product design. - Own design across three product areas in close partnership with product and engineering.

- Conduct customer interviews and use customer insights to guide product and brand decisions. - Lead and support the design team, setting clear standards across product, web, and brand. - Build and scale design systems to support consistent work across multiple product areas. - Use analytics and regular feedback to evaluate design decisions and iterate on shipped work. - Apply modern AI tools to accelerate research, prototyping, and design workflows.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR - At least five years of end-to-end product design experience, with ownership across multiple product areas. - Strong hands-on skills in Figma, prototyping, and user interviews. - Experience leading a design team, or clear readiness to take on team responsibility while staying hands-on. - Experience building and scaling design systems, with ownership spanning product, website, and brand design. - An analytics-driven approach and experience using insights to improve design decisions.

- Familiarity with modern AI tools such as Cursor, v0, or Claude. - Native-level German and good professional English. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Annual base salary: €80,000 to €150,000. Visa sponsorship is not available. LOCATION On-site in Vienna, Austria.

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