Lead Product Designer (w/m/d)

The Role

In this role, you'll report directly to our Director of Product and play a key role in shaping the UI/UX direction of our platform. You’ll lead and mentor 2 UI/UX designers, while also actively contributing to design execution, especially in areas that leverage AI to reduce iteration cycles, speed up prototyping, and explore new frontiers in user experience. If you’re excited by the idea of combining product design, team mentorship, and AI experimentation, we’d love to hear from you.

About us

Zenjob is an AI-powered flexible staffing platform that has efficiently connected companies and temporary workers since 2015. Companies use our platform to book ready-to-work staff in real time, while students use our app to find part-time jobs that conveniently fit around their studies. Over 40,000 students and 1,000 partner companies from logistics, retail, and hospitality in all major German cities share our belief that good work is not a coincidence. It is the result of innovative technology and genuine commitment. Good work starts here.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the strategic integration and application of AI tools to accelerate and enhance our design process
• Drive design innovation by continually exploring and advocating for new AI-powered methodologies to push the boundaries of what’s possible
• Oversee rapid prototyping and iteration, leveraging AI tools to generate and test high-fidelity, functional, code-based prototypes.
• Capture insights from user interviews, usability tests, and other forms of user research to make data-informed design decisions.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, and business teams, effectively communicating design vision and rationale.
• Help grow and scale our design system, ensuring consistency and excellence across platforms.
• Contribute to the UI/UX work as needed while also supporting and guiding the Design team, this is a hands-on leadership role
• Advocate for UI/UX excellence at every stage of the product lifecycle, balancing speed, quality and experimentation
• Foster a high-performance culture of learning and development within the design team.

What you’ll bring

• At least 5 years of experience leading UI/UX efforts across cross-functional teams, partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and other stakeholders to drive outcomes.
• A forward-thinking mindset with a passion for AI-assisted design and emerging technologies.
• Mastery of modern design tools, with a strong portfolio of high-quality UX/UI work.
• Strategic thinking combined with attention to detail - systems-oriented yet uncompromising on execution quality.
• A hands-on mindset with the ability to contribute directly to product design and prototyping.
• User-first mindset and a strong track record of turning complex workflows into clear, intuitive UI/UX solutions
• Exceptional communication skills, using storytelling to clarify complex problems and inspire teams

What we offer

• Innovative mission: Together we create something new. Work in a dynamic set-up where you learn a lot and your every idea is heard.
• Unique team spirit: We can rely on each other blindly and celebrate all successes together as a team.
• Vacation: Recreation and further education is important, which is why we offer 28 days of paid vacation (increased by 1 day for every 2 calendar years of service with us, up to a maximum of 30 days), 1 day of special leave for community service, 5 days of paid educational leave, and the possibility of unpaid leave
• Hybrid working model: We love our brand new office in Prenzlauer Berg. But sometimes you need a little more flexibility. Zenjob's flexible working model combines the best of both worlds, so you can work remotely up to 2 days / week (1 day, during the first 6 months, so we can guarantee you the best onboarding).
• Dog-lover: If you have a dog, feel free to bring it with you. We don't bite and always have a bowl of water in our range of drinks
• Personal growth: Ongoing focus on your personal development (annual training budget of EUR 750, mentoring opportunities, constant career development conversations)
• Healthy mind in a healthy body: With us you will receive a 30 EUR Urban Sports Club grant to keep you fit. In addition, we have a small sports room in the office ourselves.
• Always mobile: You will receive EUR 40 credit per month for NAVIT, a sustainable mobility tool for public transport, bike sharing and much more.
• Legendary Events: Quarterly team events, winter and summer parties, budget for birthdays and anniversaries of our employees

If this sounds good, then we'd love to find out more about you! Apply and send in your application.

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We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to judging every qualified individual on their ability, regardless of age, gender identity, ethnicity, sexual orientation, disability status, or religion. There is no need to add your photo and age to the application.