Lead Product Designer

#### 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 Spain.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the design vision for a next-generation platform serving highly technical users in cloud, infrastructure, and developer environments. You will own the product design function end-to-end, shaping intuitive experiences for complex workflows while influencing product strategy from the earliest stages. Working closely with engineering, product, and leadership teams, you will transform ambitious ideas into scalable, user-centered solutions. The role offers significant autonomy, allowing you to define design systems, improve collaboration, and integrate AI-powered workflows into the design process. If you thrive in startup environments, enjoy solving sophisticated UX challenges, and want to make a lasting impact on a rapidly evolving platform, this role offers an exceptional opportunity to do so.

### Accountabilities

As the Lead Product Designer, you will define and execute the product design strategy while creating intuitive experiences for complex technical platforms. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to ensure product decisions balance user needs, technical feasibility, and long-term scalability.

• Own and drive the overall product design vision, aligning user experience with business objectives and product strategy.
• Lead the end-to-end design process for new features, including research, discovery, information architecture, wireframes, prototypes, UI design, and iterative improvements.
• Design user experiences for sophisticated technical domains such as platform engineering, infrastructure automation, permissions management, configuration workflows, and lifecycle management.
• Partner closely with product managers, software engineers, and technical specialists to validate solutions and influence product direction.
• Build and maintain a scalable design system that supports consistency, usability, and future product growth.
• Integrate AI-powered tools and workflows to improve design efficiency, documentation, prototyping, and collaboration.
• Work alongside frontend developers to ensure high-quality implementation of designs while contributing practical guidance on usability and interactions.
• Communicate design rationale, priorities, and progress effectively with leadership and key stakeholders.

## **Requirements:**

The ideal candidate is an experienced product designer with a strong background designing complex SaaS or developer-focused platforms. You should combine strategic thinking with hands-on execution and be comfortable working independently within a fast-paced, highly collaborative environment.

• 10+ years of experience in product design, including leadership or senior ownership of complex digital products.
• Proven experience designing technical platforms such as developer tools, SaaS products, cloud platforms, DevOps solutions, or infrastructure software.
• Demonstrated ability to establish and scale design practices within startup or high-growth environments.
• Strong expertise in UX architecture, interaction design, visual design, and design systems, supported by a portfolio showcasing systems thinking and problem-solving.
• Solid understanding of frontend technologies, including HTML, CSS, and basic JavaScript, with the ability to collaborate effectively on implementation decisions.
• Experience influencing product strategy and working closely with cross-functional engineering teams.
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to explain design decisions to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Pragmatic mindset with a strong focus on simplicity, usability, and scalable product design.
• Fluency in English.
• Experience with developer platforms, cloud infrastructure, DevOps ecosystems, or Internal Developer Platforms (IDPs) is highly desirable.
• French language skills are considered an advantage.

## **Benefits:**

• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• 100% remote working environment.
• High level of autonomy and full ownership of the product design function.
• Opportunity to shape the future of an innovative technical platform.
• Collaborative team of highly skilled technical professionals.
• Professional development and continuous learning support.
• Strong commitment to sustainability and environmentally responsible technology.
• Home office setup budget of up to €1,200.
• Choose-your-own-device policy.
• Annual company retreat within Europe.