Director of Product Design

As our Director of Product Design, you'll manage a team of experienced Designers and UX Researchers. User-centric design is a core part of our product strategy and you'll have an impact that extends beyond your own team and function. Alongside your peers from Product Management, Engineering and Marketing, you'll set the stage to evolve our product offering while ensuring excellent processes within your team.

This role offers you the chance to dive into a decentralized setting that navigates within a dynamic and future-facing market. With your skills as a manager, facilitator and advocate for good design, you'll take the team and our user experience to the next level. Apply now!

What Makes You Special

Real Life Experience. You have 5+ years' of experience working as a Product Designer, as well as 2+ years' in managing teams, ideally in a B2B SaaS/Productivity domain.

Product Design Champion. You have a track record of shipping web and mobile products from ideation to iterative release. As a lead, you guide your direct reports in contributing best-of-class design components and UX patterns to the global design system and commit to upholding the highest standards and a shared vision.

Design Operations Specialist. You're passionate about increasing team efficiency by streamlining processes and improving workflows and tools, all within remote and asynchronous work environments. You have experience in setting up, implementing and evolving Design Systems.

Strategy driver. You have experience formulating and executing a comprehensive design and UX strategy that aligns with the product strategy and company's long-term objectives. You know how to drive product innovation and how to turn user experience into revenue growth.

User-Centered Approach. You can translate customer insights, feedback, and market research into valuable design insights. Your ability to dive deep into the Productivity SaaS market gives you a deep understanding of our target audiences and how to build a strategy that resonates with them.

Analytic Mindset. You're proficient on product and design KPIs and use them to inform your discovery, ideation and implementation phases, ensuring to enhance product quality every step of the way.

Research Expertise. You're well-versed in generative and evaluative user research to identify user problems and deriving insights. Knowledge on cross-company research operations is a bonus.

Management Credentials. You know how to mentor and guide a team of senior designers and researchers by creating an environment of open feedback and nurturing their performance and career progression.

Stakeholder Management. You're confident in managing demands and goals from different departments and in steering impactful decisions that reach beyond your own domain.

Communication Skills. Your effective communication skills for collaboration with team members, stakeholders, and customers, convey complex matters clearly and concisely. Speaking German is a plus!

How we hire

Phone interview

Skills and values interview

Complete a challenge

Leadership interview

(optional)

Offer call

Meister and you

Find your place. We're ambitious and well-funded: driving innovation and bringing value to users.

Feel valued. Salaries at Meister fit your skills and experience. You'll share in our success with an employee stock ownership program additional to your pay.

Define your future. 10% time for personal development and a customizable training plan.

Choose where.Work with us in Vienna and/or remotely in Austria or Germany. Full-remote possibilities for international team members.

Choose when.Organize your work week as you like with our flexitime agreement.

Choose how. Select your own hardware and join an agile environment that promotes autonomy.

Get there. Public transport card or other commuter benefits.

Stay healthy. Subsidized indoor, outdoor and wellness activities in Austria, Germany or the US.

Relax.Extra vacation day on your birthday, plus December 24 and 31. Entitlement increases the longer you're at Meister.

Celebrate. Regular events, including an annual company retreat and frequent team activities.

Talent Partner

VP of Product

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Perks and benefits

Flexibility

Health

Fun

Development

Employee stock ownership

Generous holidays

Corporate benefits platform

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Your work, your hardware

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Sports clubs

Mental health initiative

Visit an office doctor for regular health checks.

Enjoy modern sit-stand desks in our Vienna office.

Fresh fruit & tasty snacks

Hackfest

Social events

Team events

Games

10% time

Conferences

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MeisterLabs GmbH is an equal opportunity employer and committed to creating an inclusive work environment with a diverse workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, disability or age. All qualified people are encouraged to apply.