Circula is a Berlin-based software-as-a-service fintech that provides companies with a comprehensive expense platform for any payments made by employees.

We are a team of 130 ambitious talents obsessed with the mission to simplify finance and payroll administration, while ensuring compliance through smart automations – so employees can do their best job. With over 30 nationalities across our offices in Europe, we embrace diversity and foster an inclusive culture, welcoming different perspectives and connecting people from different backgrounds.New work is nothing new to us: We value the freedom of choosing how and where we want to work. Through trust and flexibility, we are innovative and driven for success.

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As the Product Design Lead, you will be a key leader driving Circula’s product development with a hands-on approach, working side-by-side with Product and Engineering teams. You will be responsible for leading, building and growing an efficient product design team, keeping the human-factor at the center of what it does. Your mission is to actively drive product discovery and product delivery projects and support and mentor your team with new learnings and best practices for ongoing success in one of Europe’s fastest-growing fintech SaaS companies.

• Leadership: You lead and advise the product design team, share your expertise and represent Circula's corporate values.

• Strategy: You drive the product design vision and strategy and align it with Circula's vision, mission and goals.

• Collaboration: You are primarily responsible for working with Product Managers on new features and continuously exchange ideas with the Product and Engineering teams to prepare for development

• Quality assurance: You set the bar high for quality and promote an excellent standard of design performance from all product designers in your team.

• Design: You will shape the design system and ensure it is consistent, followed and constantly improved to provide a holistic user experience.

• Implementation: You deliver actionable designs: journey maps, user flows, wireframes, mockups and prototypes for all our platforms (web/desktop, iOS, Android)

We are looking for a leader with a passion for people, who has a hands-on approach and coaching mentality:

• You have 5+ years of professional working experience in Product Design, with an excellent portfolio of work demonstrating your success

• You are a self-starter, sharing our hands-on mentality, being flexible and with great interpersonal skills, who is able to build strong, mutually respectful relationships without losing the eye for detail and a strong sense of aesthetic

• You are highly experienced with UX, and ideally have strong UI skills

• You have already built and mentored “A” class design teams before

• You are structured and organized, having managed and delivered products from start to finish

• You understand how design decisions affect business decisions, and are able to collaborate with the internal tech team to build feasible solutions

• You are a data-driven person, allowing you to make informed business decisions

• You are proactive, bringing new ideas to the table on how we can improve our product, team and processes

• You are willing to learn about the world of accounting, bringing fresh ideas to the field, but respecting the already existing approaches that continue to rule the industry

Circula’s Benefits. Enjoy Circula's food, internet and mobility allowances of up to €200 per month on us!

Flexible working. We have a hybrid working model, a great, centrally located office in Berlin and offer home office days

Free Urban Sports Club membership. Keep fit and healthy with the sports that you love.

Learning and Development. Use your €1500 budget for books, conferences, courses and more.

Positive and open-minded. We love to socialize at team and company events. We also love pets, so your dog is always welcome too!

Sounds exciting? Check out our careers page, our blog and get an impression of our culture at #lifeatCircula!

We promise, it will be quick! Our Team Lead Talent Acquisition, Alexandra Ösze, will get back to you with feedback within 2 working days. During the interview process, you will meet our team, your manager, Riaan Stipp and Circula’s Co-founders, Nikolai and Roman. We encourage you to apply, even if you don't meet all the criteria.

At Circula, we promote diversity and inclusion by welcoming individuals from diverse backgrounds. We value and embrace everyone, regardless of gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, religion, or disability.