Lead Product Designer

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in Spain, +1 more country.

📋 Description

• Guide a design team through intricate product challenges while ensuring focused execution.

• Engage directly in interaction, visual design, prototyping, and overall product design.

• Establish and uphold a high standard for design excellence and product thinking.

• Mentor and nurture designers through collaboration, feedback, critique, and problem-solving.

• Create patterns, systems, and practices that enhance quality and consistency.

• Work alongside Product and Engineering teams to align user needs, business objectives, technical limitations, and delivery realities.

• Lead design discussions with clients and manage crucial stakeholder relationships.

• Clarify vague business and product challenges and develop a strategic direction.

• Present recommendations, articulate design choices, navigate disagreements, and foster stakeholder alignment.

• Link design decisions to broader product and business results.

• Enhance design operations across client accounts and the wider engagement.

• Collaborate with colleagues from DNA.inc in design, product, and engineering.

• Share patterns, insights, and methodologies across DNA.inc’s design practice.

⛳️ Requirements

• Proven experience in designing and delivering complex digital products for both web and mobile platforms.

• Strong hands-on skills in visual, interaction, and product design.

• Experience in leading a design team while actively participating in the design process.

• Demonstrated ability to elevate the quality and effectiveness of fellow designers through leadership and craftsmanship.

• Proven track record of independently managing client or senior stakeholder relationships in complex organizational settings.

• Confident in navigating disagreements, ambiguity, competing priorities, and organizational dynamics.

• Ability to define unclear challenges, formulate strategic direction, and guide stakeholders effectively.

• Strong instincts in product development and experience collaborating closely with Product and Engineering during build, launch, and iteration phases.

• Good judgment regarding when to engage in details, provide direction, or allow others to take the lead.

• Professional proficiency in Spanish.

• Ability to communicate clearly, concisely, and empathetically in written and spoken English.

• Must be eligible to work in the European Union without the need for sponsorship or restrictions.

• Experience with motion graphics, 3D design, or products beyond just web and mobile is advantageous.

🏝️ Benefits

• Competitive compensation, reflecting your experience and regional standards.

• Flexible working hours and location.

• Opportunities to learn from and collaborate with skilled engineers and designers.

• A clear growth trajectory, whether you aim to enhance your craft or transition into leadership roles.

• Regular company offsites throughout Europe.

• Support for your home office setup, including hardware and software provisions.

• Professional development opportunities through mentorship, learning budgets, and conference attendance.

• Additional benefits such as pension plans, varying by country.