Lead Product Designer

<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lead product design for a growing B2B AI communications software company, balancing hands-on product work with team leadership. You will partner closely with product and engineering, shape the experience across multiple product areas, and set a consistent standard across the product, website, and brand.</p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Own design across product, brand, and the design team, remaining hands-on in day-to-day work.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design and prototype product experiences, conduct customer interviews, and use insights to guide iteration.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Partner with product and engineering on three product areas, supporting fast decisions and frequent releases.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Lead designers working across the website, branding, and product design.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Build a strong understanding of customer needs through regular conversations with business users.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Set and maintain design standards and scale design systems across product areas.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Use analytics and modern AI tools to improve design decisions and speed up workflows.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">At least five years of end-to-end product design experience, with ownership across multiple product areas.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong hands-on skills in Figma, prototyping, and user interviews.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design-team leadership experience, or demonstrated readiness to take on team responsibility while staying hands-on.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience building and scaling design systems, with ownership spanning brand, website, and product design.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">An analytics-driven approach to measuring and iterating on design decisions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience using modern AI tools such as Cursor, v0, or Claude to accelerate design work.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Native-level German and good professional English.</p></li></ul><h3>Compensation &amp; Benefits</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Base salary: €80,000 to €150,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.</p><h3>Location</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">On-site in Vienna, Austria.</p>