Lead Product Designer
๐ Job Overview
Job Title: Lead Product Designer
Company: Jobgether (for a partner company)
Location: Germany
Job Type: Full-time
Category: Product Design / UX/UI
Date Posted: 2026-07-31
Experience Level: 10+ Years
Remote Status: Fully Remote
๐ Role Summary
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Lead the product design vision for a next-generation platform targeting highly technical users in cloud, infrastructure, and developer environments.
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Drive end-to-end product design, from research and discovery to UI design and iterative improvements, influencing product strategy.
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Design intuitive and scalable user experiences for complex technical domains including platform engineering, infrastructure automation, and configuration workflows.
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Collaborate closely with product management, engineering, and leadership to translate ambitious ideas into user-centered solutions.
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Define, build, and maintain a scalable design system to ensure consistency, usability, and facilitate future growth.
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Integrate AI-powered tools and workflows to enhance design efficiency, prototyping, and collaboration.
๐ Enhancement Note: While the role is for a Lead Product Designer, the emphasis on complex technical platforms, cloud, infrastructure, and developer environments positions this as a highly specialized design role. The integration of AI and the focus on influencing product strategy suggest a strategic contributor rather than purely an execution role. The remote nature within Germany for a full-time position indicates a need for strong self-management and remote collaboration skills.
๐ Primary Responsibilities
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Own and champion the overall product design strategy, ensuring it aligns with business objectives and overarching product vision.
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Lead the entire product design lifecycle for new features and enhancements, encompassing user research, information architecture, wireframing, prototyping, UI design, and user testing.
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Develop user experiences for sophisticated technical domains such as platform engineering, infrastructure automation, permissions management, complex configuration workflows, and application lifecycle management.
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Forge strong partnerships with product managers, software engineers, and technical specialists to validate design solutions and actively influence product direction.
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Establish, evolve, and maintain a robust and scalable design system that guarantees design consistency, enhances usability, and supports future product expansion.
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Proactively integrate AI-powered tools and workflows to optimize design efficiency, streamline prototyping, improve documentation, and foster enhanced collaboration.
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Collaborate closely with frontend developers to ensure the
Application Requirements
The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in product design, specifically with complex SaaS or developer-focused platforms. You must possess strong expertise in UX architecture, design systems, and frontend technologies, along with the ability to influence product strategy.