Lead Product Designer
TLDR
Own product design, branding, and design-team direction across three product areas, using Figma, prototypes, and customer interviews.
About the Role
This is a hands-on lead design role at a fast-growing AI communication platform serving SMEs across Europe. You will own product design, branding, and design-team leadership end to end, working directly alongside founders and engineering to ship daily and set the visual and product design standard across three core product areas.
What You'll Do
Own product design, branding, and design-team direction across the full product portfolio.
Drive hands-on product design work including Figma files, prototypes, and regular customer interviews (roughly 50% of your time).
Lead and coordinate the design team covering website, branding, and product design (roughly 50% of your time).
Take ownership of three product areas in close collaboration with product and engineering counterparts.
Build deep customer understanding through ongoing conversations with target users such as tradespeople, medical practices, and professional service firms.
Build, scale, and maintain design systems for consistent delivery across multiple product areas.
Set and uphold the design standard across product, web, and brand in a high-tempo shipping environment.
What We're Looking For
At least five years of end-to-end product design experience with clear ownership across multiple product areas.
Proficiency in Figma, prototyping, and structured user research and interviews.
Experience building and scaling design systems in a B2B SaaS or similar environment.
Design-team leadership experience, or a strong and demonstrated readiness to step into team responsibility while staying hands-on as an individual contributor.
Branding and website design ownership alongside product design, with an analytics-driven approach to design decisions.
Comfort using modern AI tools such as Cursor, v0, or Claude to accelerate and improve design workflows.
Native-level German for working with DACH-market customers, plus solid professional English for an international team.
A product and data mindset: you measure the impact of design decisions and iterate accordingly.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: 80,000 to 150,000 EUR annually. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.
Location
On-site in Vienna, Austria.
Clera harnesses the power of artificial intelligence to match high-growth startups with exceptional talent, streamlining the entire headhunting process. This innovative approach simplifies the job search for candidates while providing startups with access to a curated pool of skilled professionals who align with their needs.
- Founded
- Founded 2024
- Industry
- Internet Software & Services