Director of Experience Design - Berlin, Deutschland - Contentful

Contentful

Geprüftes Unternehmen

Berlin, Deutschland

vor 3 Wochen

Geschrieben von:

Lena Wagner

beBee Recruiter

Beschreibung

About the opportunity:

What to expect?:

Strong leadership skills, with the ability to coach and support team members and senior managers.
Identify and implement best practices and processes for UX, service design, content strategy and user research, ensuring that the team is operating efficiently and effectively.
Support design managers, design operations and ICs to scale the design practice for success with management and engineering.
Attract and retain a diverse team of highly talented design leaders with a wellbalanced range across purposefully chosen skill sets as we evolve into a world class experience team.
Evolve a thriving culture where designers grow in their careers and feel a strong sense of belonging.
Drive design vision with the VP of Experience and our cross functional leadership team.
Partner closely with the senior leadership in developing a winning strategy to achieve our mission.
Foster collaboration and customer focus across the company.
Help to create alignment with product and engineering on priorities leading to product design and execution.
Partner closely with a worldclass team of product managers, designers, engineers, user experience researchers, and data analysts to deliver high quality experiences for different user persona and product tiers.
Set quality standards and implement process improvements and OKRs to support them.

What you need to be successful?:

10+ years of total design experience
5+ years of those leading direct reports
Experience in also leading user research, content strategy and/or service design teams is a plus
Significant experience in leading multiple teams and initiatives simultaneously
A track record of conceptualizing and shipping successful SaaS products
The ability to lead complex design topics, scaling your presence from clearly communicating a design vision to addressing project or organizational issues
An informed set of design principles from shipping and learning throughout your career, and a demonstrated ability to operate from a firstprinciples perspective
A deep understanding of humancentered design practices, how to leverage product design to solve complex business problems, and digital product development (consumer research, engineering, and data)
Senior people management (manager of senior managers), team development, recruiting, coaching and org building experience
Experience building relationships with leadership across the organization (with marketing, sales, customer experience, etc.), and comfortable influencing strategic decisions
Experience working with autonomous, selforganising teams.
Experience delivering customer outcomes with product and engineering via fast cycle times (weeks not months)
Experience working in a softwareasaservice (SaaS) or other technologybased company is a plus.

What's in it for you?:

Join an ambitious tech company reshaping the way people build digital experiences
Fulltime employees receive Stock Options for the opportunity to share ownership and the success of our company
We value
Work-Life balance
and
You Time**
A generous amount of paid time off, including vacation days, education days, and volunteer days
Access to our Employee Assistance Program (EAP) for information, support, discussion, and counseling for life's challenges
Use your personal education budget to improve your skills and grow in your career. Join a free German class or one of our many internal learning initiatives
Use your physical fitness budget to get away from your desk and support your physical wellness
Enjoy a full range of virtual events, including workshops, guest speakers, and fun team activities, supporting learning and networking exchange beyond the usual work duties
A monthly phone/internet stipend and phone upgrade reimbursement after 2 years
Plus, Contentful socks And other amazing swag as part of company events. Oh yeah

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Who are we?:

Contentful is the
leading content platform that powers digital experiences for over 30% of the Fortune 500 companies and thousands of global brands.

Our platform unifies content in a
single hub, structures it for use in any digital channel and integrates seamlessly with hundreds of tools through open APIs.

It lets developers and content creators work in parallel, increasing team efficiency and happiness.

Companies such as Shopify, Staples, Atlassian, Electronic Arts, Chanel, Roche, Vodafone use Contentful to build their mobile and web products, voice-controlled apps and more.

We're
growing rapidly and we have secured over $330 million in funding from top-tier partners such as Tiger Global, Sapphire Ventures, Salesforce Ventures, General Catalyst and Benchmark.

More than
750 people from
70 nations contribute their energy and creativity to Contentful, working from hubs in Berlin, Denver and distributed around the world.

**Everyone is welco