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Head of Design(m/w/x)

Berlin
Full-timeWith Home OfficeSenior
AI/ML

Evolving the design system and QA practices for an open workflow orchestration platform. Experience leading design for developer-facing products and managing managers required. Equity, 30 days vacation (Europe), or 20 days vacation (US).

Requirements

  • Managed managers and coached senior designers
  • Built design teams improving craft and business outcomes
  • Made hard performance calls
  • Led design across complex or developer-facing products
  • Deep product understanding for UX quality
  • Quality bar for design work
  • Identify and explain great design work
  • Hold design standards even when uncomfortable
  • Made design a co-equal in product conversations
  • Ability to bring people along and drive decisions
  • Structured problem-solving under ambiguity
  • Create plans for unclear problems
  • Move forward without a map
  • Understanding of AI, automation, or adjacent tooling landscape
  • Turn emerging patterns into usable product experiences
  • Build research into product development
  • Ensure insight guides team decisions
  • Use product analytics and customer evidence for decisions
  • Design team structures and define career paths
  • Raise expectations and handle performance conversations
  • Experience with open-source or community-led products
  • Understand designing for opinionated communities
  • Front-end or design engineering fluency
  • Partner on design system adoption and implementation
  • Built remote-first design rituals and practices
  • Worked on activation, onboarding, or growth surfaces
  • Exceptional Design Manager ready for Head-level role
  • Existing right to work in Germany or other country
  • English language proficiency

Tasks

  • Set and maintain a high quality bar for design
  • Develop review processes and critique rituals
  • Evolve the design system and QA practices
  • Lower the learning curve for new users while retaining power user features
  • Influence product strategy and roadmap conversations
  • Lead the expansion to a broader, less technical audience
  • Build strong relationships with Product, Engineering, and leadership
  • Lead a team of 14 designers, including 2 Design Leads
  • Shape the team structure and career progression paths
  • Create a culture of high standards and honest feedback
  • Manage hiring and headcount planning for the design department
  • Establish a continuous UX research practice
  • Integrate customer insight, product data, and community feedback into product decisions
  • Connect research to key decisions: activation, adoption, retention, and user onboarding
  • Champion practical AI adoption in the design organization
  • Stay current with AI tools and design patterns
  • Model a thoughtful, adaptive, and enthusiastic working style

Work Experience

  • approx. 4 - 6 years

Education

  • Bachelor's degreeOR
  • Master's degree

Languages

  • EnglishNative

Benefits

Competitive Pay

  • Equity

More Vacation Days

  • 30 days of vacation (Europe)

Healthcare & Fitness

  • Health benefits (Europe)
  • Low-premium medical plans (US)
  • Dental coverage (US)
  • Vision coverage (US)

Retirement Plans

  • Pension contributions (Europe)
  • 401(k) retirement plan with 4% employer match (US)

Other Benefits

  • Disability insurance (US)
  • Life insurance (US)
  • Transparency

Additional Allowances

  • 1000 EUR yearly for career growth
  • 100 USD per month for open source support
  • Unlimited AI budget

Team Events

  • Hackathons
  • Team off-sites

Flexible Working

  • Remote-first
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