Director of Product Design(m/w/x)

# Director of Product Design (all genders) City: Berlin Job Function: Corporate Functions Job Area: Product & IT Seniority Level: Director Date: Aug 14, 2025 ## BUSINESS UNIT HRS' Product Management department is a critical function in driving the success of the company's Lodging-as-a-Service (LaaS) platform. The department collaborates with cross-functional teams to define the product vision, roadmap, and strategy, and prioritizes features using analytics and data to meet business goals and deliver an exceptional experience for stakeholders. Product Managers at HRS own the program backlog, define product increments and releases, and are responsible for the product vision, roadmap, pricing, licensing, and ROI. They possess strong business and technical knowledge, as well as excellent communication and prioritization skills. The department operates based on HRS' leadership principles, putting the customer view first and striving for customer success over commercial success. They think and act big, challenging the status quo, and constantly leaving their comfort zones to achieve growth. As coaches, they hire the most likely to win and help develop team members to become the best through radical candid feedback. Product Managers at HRS are learning pioneers, continually seeking to improve processes, products, commercial models, technologies, and ways of working. They take ownership of the entire customer experience, seeking truth and committing to decisions once they are made. To succeed in the role, candidates must possess strong business and technical know-how, prioritize tasks accurately, and have excellent communication skills. They must also have an up-to-date knowledge of the latest trends and technologies and be comfortable presenting their ideas to internal stakeholders. ## POSITION As the Director of Product Design (all genders), you will spearhead our efforts to deliver an unparalleled, Apple-like user experience across our platforms, with a special focus on utilizing advanced AI technologies. This role requires a visionary leader who will leverage AI to anticipate customer needs, personalize interactions, and streamline processes to create a customer experience that is as intuitive and elegant as it is intelligent. Your leadership will ensure that AI integration is at the core of our customer experience strategy, setting new benchmarks in how technology can enhance user satisfaction and engagement. **Unleash your potential with us:** * Activate your innovator mentality and identify new services highly relevant for our customers to elevate their employee and traveler experiences. * Be humble and yet relentlessly challenge the status quo with your technology-oriented growth mindset, supporting our vision of continuously differentiating solutions in our TravelTech platform that enable HRS to always stay way ahead of the market. * Be close, lead and develop a global team of product managers and engineering teams across our innovation hubs to retain their undivided focus on deliberately producing incremental customer value with least waste and highest operational reliability. * Support our global tribe in selling futuristic experience propositions that matter for our customers and partners to benefit from HRS’s blue ocean strategy in providing the industry’s leading travel experience platform powered by latest technology. * Be part of our global Product House leadership organization and foster change in our ever-evolving ways of working, innovation culture and engineering excellence. ## CHALLENGE * Develop a strategic vision to integrate AI-driven enhancements that simplify and personalize the customer journey across all touchpoints, ensuring an intuitive and seamless experience. * Champion the use of sophisticated AI technologies to revolutionize customer interactions, making them more adaptive and responsive to individual user preferences. * Lead the design and implementation of AI solutions that automate customer service processes, enhance data analysis, and ensure personalized content delivery at scale. * Foster a culture of innovation that prioritizes customer-centric AI applications, enhancing user engagement and satisfaction while maintaining the simplicity and elegance of design. * Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure that AI initiatives align with overall business goals and user experience standards, integrating feedback from design, product management, and technology teams. * Develop metrics and systems to measure user experience and satisfaction in real-time, using data-driven insights to continually refine and optimize interactions. * Define key performance indicators for AI-enhanced customer experiences, measuring effectiveness and continuously refining strategies to achieve excellence. * Champion a culture of customer-centricity throughout the organization, influencing all levels and departments to adopt customer-first practices and thinking. * Communicate the transformative potential of AI in customer experience to stakeholders across the organization, ensuring alignment and advocacy for your strategic vision. ## FOR THIS EXCITING MISSION YOU ARE EQUIPPED WITH... * Proven track record as a leader in customer experience, specifically in environments heavily utilizing AI and other emerging technologies. * Strong expertise in AI applications and their impact on user experience, with a portfolio demonstrating successful integration of AI into customer-facing solutions. * Exceptional ability to lead and inspire teams in a fast-paced, innovative environment. * Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the capacity to think strategically about how AI can solve complex customer experience challenges. * Advanced degree in Business Administration, AI, Computer Science, UX Design, or a related field, with additional certifications in AI or machine learning a plus. **YOUR CHALLENGES IN THE FIRST 12 MONTHS** * Create the AI-driven and Apple-like Customer Experience vision and detail the strategic roadmap. * Lead the product and engineering organization to plan, execute and retrospect the delivery of the roadmap with a focus on customer value and experience, commercial acumen and at minimum waste. * Establish a customer experience performance metrics framework and related ceremonies. * Establish a target customer experience standard and continuously assess, benchmark and report on product compliance with the standard and improvement priorities. * Engage with platform partners in successfully integrating the HRS lodging-as-a-service value proposition in their customers’ instances. * Identify and partner with technologically enabling solutions that can differentiate and elevate the user experience leading to daily engagement. ## PERSPECTIVE Access to a global network of a globally united and mutually responsible “Tribe of Intrapreneurs” that is passionately dedicated to renew the travel industry and while doing so reinvent the ways how businesses stay, work and pay. Our entrepreneurial driven environment of full ownership and execution focus offers you the playground to contribute to a greater mission, while growing personally and professionally throughout this unique journey. You will continuously learn from a radical culture of retrospectives and continuous improvement and actively contribute to making business life better, smarter and more sustainable. ## LOCATION, MOBILITY, INCENTIVE * The opportunity to be at the helm of an industry-leading initiative to redefine customer experience through AI technology. * A role where your strategic vision and technological acumen directly influence the company's success and customer satisfaction. * A competitive compensation package, including comprehensive benefits and opportunities for significant career growth. # LI-EW1 Req ID: 17648 **Job Segment:** User Experience, Computer Science, Travel Industry, Technology, Travel, Marketing