Principal Product Designer
€100,000 - €117,000 per year
Key Skills
Job Description
To apply, go to Glopros Job Overview We are on the lookout for a Principal Product Designer who will play a pivotal role in enhancing the user experience of our client's product. This influential position requires you to partner closely with our Head of Product and design team to uncover and define innovative product solutions. Your commitment to user-centered design and data-driven decision-making will help us deliver genuine value to our users, transforming complex workflows faced by IT managers into seamless and intuitive experiences. What You'll Own Hands-On Design: Lead the design efforts for our most critical initiatives, starting with our agentic experience. Design System Ownership: Champion the comprehensive adoption of our design system, establishing its standards and guiding principles. Craft Bar Setting: Set high design standards throughout the product organization via design direction, critique, and clear principles. Team Elevation: Strengthen the team’s craft through mentorship, constructive critique, and collaborative sessions, with a focus on skill development over personnel management. Design Direction: Shape the design roadmap across complex, multi-team product areas by identifying the most impactful opportunities. AI-Native Workflows: Spearhead our shift towards AI-native workflows, leveraging emerging tools to enhance the journey from concept to production while innovating our work processes. Cross-Department Collaboration: Collaborate closely with Product and Engineering teams to expedite processes, deliver with urgency, and advocate relentlessly for our customers. Requirements Experience: A minimum of 10 years in product design with significant leadership experience at a staff or principal level (or equivalent impact). Principal Designer: At least 5 years of experience as an active Principal Designer, with a proven track record of mentoring other designers. Portfolio: A robust portfolio showcasing B2B product designs that highlight your expertise in leading discovery and research initiatives. Design Craft: Exceptional creativity, taste, and craftsmanship, consistently raising the standards of product quality and brand representation. Impactful Leadership: A proven record of driving high-impact projects in complex, multi-team environments, demonstrating strong product judgment and strategic influence. Mentorship Skills: Ability to elevate the design capabilities of team members through constructive feedback, mentorship, and leadership without relying on formal authority. Quality Standards: Expertise in defining design quality standards and principles that uplift the entire organization. First-Principles Thinking: A strong capacity for first-principles thinking, rather than defaulting to conventional UX processes. Communication Skills: A clear and confident communicator, skilled at influencing stakeholders without direct management authority. Tech Savvy: Comfort working closely with engineering teams and utilizing emerging AI-native tools to enhance product development. Additional Skills A proactive, self-starting mentality. Strong communication and interpersonal skills. Ability to effectively manage and prioritize competing responsibilities. Company Offers A flexible hybrid work environment. Access to top-tier tools and equipment. An energetic, entrepreneurial culture with ample opportunities for growth and development. Team bonding events and off-sites to foster collaboration and connection. Regular team lunches and surprise events promoting fun and camaraderie. Pension scheme. Corporate membership to ClassPass. To apply, go to Glopros
Core Responsibilities
Lead design for critical product initiatives, including agentic experiences, and own adoption of the design system and organization-wide design quality standards. Shape design direction across complex product areas, mentor designers, advance AI-native workflows, and collaborate closely with Product and Engineering to deliver customer-focused solutions.
Requirements
Requires at least 10 years of product design experience, including significant staff- or principal-level leadership and at least five years as an active Principal Designer. Candidates should have a strong B2B portfolio and demonstrated expertise in research, design craft, strategic influence, mentorship, cross-team leadership, and collaboration with engineering teams using emerging AI tools.
Benefits
- Flexible Hybrid Work Environment
- Top-Tier Tools And Equipment
- Growth And Development Opportunities
- Team Bonding Events And Off-Sites
- Team Lunches And Social Events
- Pension Scheme
- ClassPass Corporate Membership
About GloPros
Industry: Staffing and Recruiting
Company size: 51-200 employees
We deliver global professionals across every industry. High-skilled and available as permanent hires, freelancers or consultants. Faster, more efficient and affordable than traditional agencies and consultancies.