Product Designer Lead

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Lead Product Designer based in Germany.

As a Lead Product Designer, you will shape intuitive, high-quality payment experiences for complex digital products used by customers across global markets.

You will own the full product design journey, from discovery and research through delivery and continuous improvement.

Working closely with Product, Engineering, and Data teams, you will turn complex customer and business challenges into clear, elegant solutions.

Your work will span web and mobile platforms, with a strong focus on usability, performance, and customer outcomes.

You will use research, experimentation, and product metrics to validate decisions and continuously improve the user experience.

You will also contribute to scalable design systems and help establish consistent, cohesive experiences across the product ecosystem.

This is an opportunity to have meaningful design ownership in a fast-paced environment where your ideas can influence products reaching millions of users worldwide.

• Accountabilities
• Lead the end-to-end product design process, from discovery and problem definition through delivery, covering web and mobile experiences.
• Partner closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Data Scientists to understand customer needs, identify meaningful problems, and define effective solutions.
• Identify relevant product and user metrics for design initiatives and take ownership of measuring and improving their impact.
• Conduct research and translate user insights into actionable recommendations supporting new market launches and the introduction of new payment capabilities.
• Create intuitive and visually polished experiences, progressing from early concepts and wireframes to detailed prototypes and production-ready designs.
• Facilitate customer testing sessions and workshops to validate assumptions, gather feedback, and ensure solutions address real user needs before development.
• Collaborate with engineers throughout implementation to maintain design quality, consistency, and fidelity through to release.
• Contribute to the evolution of the design system, helping ensure scalable, consistent, and cohesive product experiences.
• Proactively identify opportunities and propose creative solutions to complex product and customer challenges.

Requirements

• Fluent English communication skills.
• 4+ years of experience designing complex commercial digital products in an in-house product environment; experience in fintech or payments is a strong advantage.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design experience across web and mobile platforms is required.
• Proven experience designing for i OS, Android, and web environments.
• Strong foundation in user experience design, including user behavior, interaction design, and information architecture.
• Strong visual design skills, including typography, grid systems, color, components, and overall visual hierarchy.
• Ability to think strategically and clearly communicate design rationale to cross-functional stakeholders.
• Solid understanding of technical constraints and how they can influence product and design decisions.
• Strong ownership and autonomy, with the ability to manage the design process independently across multiple projects.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and a creative mindset when approaching complex or evolving challenges.
• Experience creating or maintaining design systems at scale is a plus.
• Ability to build simple prototypes using HTML/CSS, Framer, or similar tools is an advantage.
• Familiarity with payments, financial technology, or business-to-business Software as a Service products is preferred.
• Comfortable working in fast-paced, high-growth environments and navigating ambiguity while bringing structure and clarity to complex problems.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation.
• Home office allowance to support the creation of a productive and comfortable workspace.
• Work equipment provided for the role.
• Stock options.
• Health plan available wherever you are based.
• Flexible days off.
• International and collaborative working environment.
• Opportunity to influence high-impact digital products and solve complex problems at global scale.

How Jobgether works

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Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company.

The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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