Head of Product Design

This isn’t your regular job. Almedia is a place where those who want to push harder can accelerate their careers faster than anywhere else. We’re aiming to become Germany’s second bootstrapped unicorn. Almedia is already Europe’s #3 fastest-growing company in 2025 (FT1000). We are building the future of marketing by rewarding our community of over 80 million users for engaging with our advertisers’ products. We are offering a new way to acquire users for the biggest companies in the world. At Almedia, you’ll: Own way more, way earlier — you’ll be trusted with responsibility fast. Push harder, get further — this isn’t a 9–5. We highly reward intensity. Join a rare environment — you will work with ambitious high-speed, high-ownership people. Fully present — we’re 5 days a week in the office to build the energising momentum we need. Head of Product Design Salary range: €130,000-180,000/annum We’re looking for a highly hands-on and influential Head of Product Design to join our team in Berlin. This pivotal role goes beyond execution; you'll lead by example, deeply owning end-to-end product experiences, directly shaping our design strategy, and significantly elevating the overall quality and impact of our user-centric products. If you're passionate about pushing design excellence and ready to dive into the details, we want to hear from you. What You’ll Do 🎯 Lead End-to-End Product Design: Drive the entire design process from discovery and ideation through to detailed implementation, ensuring a relentless focus on quality, speed, and measurable impact. Coach & Elevate Design Quality: Act as a hands-on leader, directly coaching and mentoring a team of designers to continuously raise the bar for visual and interaction design, setting new standards across the product experience. Drive Strategic Design Vision: Collaborate intensely with Product, Engineering, and Data Science to align design with ambitious business goals, drawing on strong product and visual instincts and understanding competitor landscapes to shape a clear, impactful strategy. Deliver Measurable Impact: Champion a data-driven approach, conducting user research and analyzing performance metrics to directly inform design decisions that move key business metrics for users and advertisers. Own & Enhance the Experience: Proactively identify opportunities for improvement across our products (e.g., Freecash), taking full ownership to redesign, refine, and implement solutions that enhance usability, emotional connection, and overall user satisfaction. What You’ll Bring 💡 Extensive experience (typically 7+ years) in end-to-end product design, with a strong portfolio showcasing impactful UI/UX work across mobile-first products. Exceptional visual and interaction design skills, demonstrating a meticulous eye for detail, hierarchy, and accessibility, coupled with a deep care for quality and polish. Proven ability to lead by example, actively coach designers, and inspire cross-functional teams towards design excellence and high-quality outcomes. Strong product instinct and strategic thinking, enabling you to form clear design strategies that align with business drivers, user needs, and market opportunities. A highly data-driven mindset, with experience using research and analytics to inform decisions, measure success, and understand what truly moves the needle. What Makes You a Great Fit 🌟 Highly Hands-On & Quality-Obsessed: You naturally dive into the details, aren't satisfied until things are polished, and actively fix elements that don't look or feel right. Impact-Driven & Business-Minded: You're passionate about seeing your work directly move real metrics and are deeply curious about how design impacts growth, users, and advertisers. Proactive & Emotionally Intelligent: You take full ownership, proactively seeking out improvements, and consistently think about how users feel, creating rewarding and motivating experiences. Why Almedia? 🚀 Own Our Growth: We offer all Berlin-based employees equity in Almedia to truly be a part of our success. Scale With Almedia: Grow alongside a startup that has been profitable from day one. Central Berlin Office: Work from a fully-stocked modern office built for collaboration, accessible from all around Berlin. Other Benefits: Transport subsidy, breakfasts and lunches, language learning, Urban Sports Club, and more. We believe in fostering talent, evaluating all skill levels during the hiring process, and providing a clear path for growth. Almedia is an equal opportunity employer. We embrace and celebrate diversity, and encourage individuals from all backgrounds to apply. Compensation: €130K – €180K • Offers Equity • Total Comp: 250k • €130K – €180K • Offers Equity • Total Comp: 250k Find more English Speaking Jobs in Germany on Arbeitnow