Senior UX Designer

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Senior UX Designer based in Germany. As a Senior UX Designer, you will take ownership of the end-to-end user experience across a portfolio of global workforce management products. You will transform complex, compliance-driven workflows into intuitive, accessible, and user-friendly digital experiences. Working across areas such as employee onboarding, payroll, contractor management, and AI-powered features, you will lead the design process from research and discovery through prototyping and implementation. You will collaborate closely with Product Managers, frontend engineers, leadership, and end users to ensure consistent and impactful product experiences. Combining strong design expertise with analytical thinking, you will use research, product analytics, and user feedback to continuously improve solutions. Join a fully distributed, international team where collaboration, ownership, and innovation are central to building the future of work. Accountabilities: You will lead UX initiatives across key product areas, ensuring that design decisions are grounded in user insights, aligned with business objectives, and translated into high-quality product experiences. Own the end-to-end user experience across key product areas, including onboarding, payroll, contractor management, and AI-powered features, from initial problem definition to final implementation. Plan and conduct user research, interviews, and usability testing with clients, employees, and internal stakeholders. Translate research findings and user feedback into actionable insights and effective design solutions. Create user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity interactive prototypes using Figma to explore concepts and align stakeholders. Maintain and continuously improve the design system, ensuring components, patterns, and documentation remain consistent, scalable, and accessible. Collaborate closely with Product Managers and frontend engineers throughout discovery, development, delivery, and quality assurance. Present and communicate design concepts, explain design decisions, and build alignment with stakeholders at different organizational levels. Measure the effectiveness of design solutions through product analytics and user feedback. Identify opportunities to improve existing experiences and continuously optimize products based on user behavior and business impact. Contribute to a collaborative design culture by sharing knowledge, challenging ideas, and supporting consistent product experiences across teams. Requirements : The ideal candidate is an experienced UX or product designer with strong technical design capabilities, a research-driven mindset, and the confidence to take ownership of complex digital experiences. 5+ years of professional experience in UX design or product design. A strong portfolio demonstrating experience designing complex B2B or SaaS products. Advanced proficiency in Figma, including components, variables, auto layout, and interactive prototyping. Hands-on experience building, maintaining, and evolving design systems in collaboration with engineering teams. Solid user research capabilities, including planning studies, conducting interviews, running usability tests, and translating findings into actionable improvements. Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present and confidently defend design decisions. Excellent ownership, analytical thinking, problem-solving, and collaboration skills. Fluent written and spoken English. Additional experience that would be considered an advantage: Experience in HR technology, payroll, fintech, or other regulated and compliance-intensive industries. Experience designing AI-powered product features or conversational user interfaces. Knowledge of accessibility standards and best practices, particularly WCAG. Understanding of frontend fundamentals such as HTML and CSS, or experience with design-to-code workflows. Benefits : Fully remote working environment within approximately two hours of Central European Time (CET). Flexible working arrangements through a WorkFlex program, offering the opportunity to work from different locations. Dedicated Well-Being Day to support mental health, rest, and personal well-being. Subsidized gym memberships to encourage an active and healthy lifestyle. Training and Development Allowance to support continuous learning and professional growth. Annual team meetups to strengthen connections and collaboration across the international workforce. Opportunity to work with a diverse, distributed team spanning 26 countries. Inclusive and equal-opportunity working environment that values diversity and collaboration.