Lead Product Designer (m/w/d)
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.
