Senior Product Designer – AI Innovation

<div class="content-intro"><h3><strong>About Staffbase</strong></h3> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We inspire people to achieve great things together. Our mission is t</span>o help organizations unlock the power of inspirational communication.&nbsp;<strong>Our award-winning communications channels</strong> - intranet, employee app and email - deliver experiences that drive engagement and inspire hearts and minds.</p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We’re headquartered in Chemnitz, Germany, with offices in many locations throughout the world, including New York, London, Berlin and Dresden. Our international team counts more than 750 employees from 45+ nationalities and we have a growing base of 2200+ customers that want to transform their employee experience. We are rapidly scaling, post-Series E ($115 million funding), have strong-growing revenue, and our customers love us. </span></p></div><p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">We’re looking for a visionary Senior Product Designer to act as the design co-founder for our next big AI innovation. This is a high-impact, 9-month fixed-term role where you’ll be part of a small, high-performing “startup within the company” team, working from zero to launch, with the freedom to shape the product and the process.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Reporting directly to the VP of Product Experience, you’ll work side-by-side with product, engineering, and AI specialists to take bold ideas from concept to reality. This role demands curiosity, creativity, and a bias for action — whether you’re speaking to customers, vibe-coding interactive prototypes, or iterating on designs at lightning speed.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What you’ll be doing</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Be the design co-founder: Take ownership of the product’s design vision, strategy, and execution from day one</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Lead end-to-end design: Own the process from exploration to polished delivery — from early-stage whiteboarding to high-fidelity, production-ready designs</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Work in startup mode: Operate with speed, agility, and a bias for action. Rapidly prototype, test, and iterate to uncover opportunities and validate solutions</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Collaborate deeply: Partner with engineers, product managers, data scientists, and researchers to ship high-impact features quickly</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Be hands-on with technology: Build interactive prototypes using vibe-coding tools to bring concepts to life in ways that static mocks can’t</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Champion customer insight: Regularly connect with users, conduct interviews, and gather feedback to ground design decisions in real-world needs</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Shape the design culture: Bring your experience, taste, and craft to set a high bar for design quality, innovation, and user experience</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What you need to be successful</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">8+ years of product design experience, including significant work on zero-to-one or early-stage products</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Strong visual, interaction, and UX design abilities, plus confidence in building interactive prototypes using vibe-coding tools</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Experience designing for AI-powered products — especially in conversational AI — is highly valued</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Comfortable collaborating with engineers and experimenting with code when needed</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thrives in environments where fast iteration, experimentation, and adaptability are the norm</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Skilled at uncovering and synthesizing user needs into elegant, impactful product experiences</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Comfortable making decisions, taking responsibility, and driving work forward with minimal oversight</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Excited to help build not just a product, but a product vision and culture from scratch</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;">This isn’t a “keep the lights on” design job — it’s a foundational role in creating a flagship AI product that could redefine our future. You’ll have the freedom and support to shape the work, the product, and the way we design — all in a fast-moving innovation sprint.</span></p> <p><span style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><strong>What you'll get</strong></span></p> <ul> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Competitive Compensation</em> - we offer attractive salary packages including LTIP (unit-based Long Term Incentive Plan)</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Flexibility </em>- we offer flexible working time models and the option of hybrid work, and support this with a yearly flex work allowance of €1560</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Growth Budget</em> - all employees get a yearly budget for external training of €1000 and one day off for growth per year (increase to two days in 2nd year)</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Recharge - with 31 vacation days annually (incl. one floating holiday), plus pro rata fully paid Fridays off during August</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Wellbeing</em> - Monthly Wellbeing Allowance €35, from fitness to mental health, hobbies to relaxation</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Support</em><strong> </strong>-<strong> </strong>we’re offering a company pension scheme</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><em>Health</em> - The offices are equipped with fruits, drinks and snacks and ergonomic workplaces</li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Team Building </em>- Regular team and office events including the yearly Staffbase Camp</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Volunteers Day</em><strong> </strong>- you’ll get one day off per year for supporting a social project</span></li> <li style="font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;"><span style="font-size: 14pt; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;"><em>Employee Referral Program</em> - one of your friends is a fit to one of our full-time openings? Refer them and get a referral bonus paid</span></li> </ul> <p>&nbsp;</p><div class="content-conclusion"><h3><strong><img src="https://imgur.com/a/kIbq0q5" alt="" style="max-width: 100%;"></strong></h3></div>