Lead UX Designer

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We are looking for a Lead UX Designer to join our Xweather business at Vaisala in Keilaniemi, Finland. If you are a UX or Service Design leader ready to shape how design works across teams and products, and passionate about delivering great user experiences at scale, we would love to hear from you!

Xweather, as a part of Vaisala, is a mission-driven climate intelligence lab where top scientists and developers collaborate with the world's leading companies to pursue innovations for combating the planet’s most pressing climate and weather threats. The subscription-based business focuses on weather data and technology.

Vaisala itself is a global leader in measurement instruments and intelligence helping industries, nations, people, and the planet to thrive. From predicting hurricanes to optimizing renewable energy production, Vaisala’s technology is used where it matters the most – from data centers, windfarms and laboratories to airports, the Arctic and even the surface of Mars. Vaisala is recognized in TIME Magazine's World's Best Companies in Sustainable Growth 2025 study. Vaisala’s team of over 2,400 experts and 59 nationalities around the world is committed to taking every measure for the planet. Driven by shared purpose, curiosity, and pioneering spirit, Vaisala stays ahead to make a difference. At Vaisala, you don't have to fit in to belong.

Why join us?

• Create Strategic UX Impact

Shape the UX vision, tools, and ways of working across the design team – and help to embed design excellence throughout our SaaS and DaaS products

• Lead and Grow a Strong Team

Coach and support a talented team of designers. Build shared practices while empowering individuals

• Work on Meaningful Products

Collaborate with skilled developers, product managers, and domain experts to create data rich, customer-centric SaaS solutions and DaaS products

• Create a Scalable Design System

Work at the intersection of product, design, and deliver consistent and intuitive user experiences across a high growth product portfolio

What's your role?

As a Lead UX Designer you will strengthen the user experience and design maturity across our growing SaaS and DaaS product portfolio. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will lead a team of designers and play a pivotal leading role in establishing shared UX principles, scalable practices, and high-quality, user-centric design. You will work closely with product management, engineers, marketing and sales to shape how UX is delivered across multiple product teams - ensuring clarity, alignment, and great user experiences in everything we build and deliver.

• Lead the UX team

Provide thoughtful leadership to a team of experienced designers. Support their development and build a collaborative, high-performing design environment. Lead shared UX initiatives both with the team and across Xweather

• Develop Shared UX Practices

Define and implement scalable UX approaches that allow product teams to operate with both autonomy and consistency

• Bridge Design and Product

Act as key connector between UX, product management, and engineering, - ensuring that design efforts are well-integrated and user-centric

• Mentor and Grow

Guide and coach other designers in applying design thinking, user research, and service design to solve real user problems

• Drive Continuous Improvement

Identify gaps in our design workflows and/or capabilities. Lead cross-functional initiatives that strengthen design maturity

• Innovate with Purpose

Build and share tools, methods, and insights that help teams work smarter and deliver better experiences

What will you bring?

• A proven UX or Service Designer with a track record of creating impact and team leadership. While many successful candidates have 10+ years of experience, we value what you’ve done more than how long you’ve done it
• A hands-on design leader who enjoys balancing strategy and execution, leading by example while coaching others
• Experienced in leading UX efforts for SaaS product – experience with DaaS and visualization tools is a strong plus
• Skilled in user-centered design, usability testing, systems thinking, and service design
• Comfortable collaborating with customers, developers, product management, marketing and sales to turn complex challenges into elegant, user-focused solutions
• A strong communicator and facilitator who builds alignment and clarity across teams

For additional information please contact John Liljelund, Director SaaS at [email protected]. Please note that applications sent via email cannot be processed due to privacy reasons. The recruitment process will most probably consist of three meetings, including an aptitude assessment.

Ready to take every measure for the planet? Apply at the latest on June 23rd, 2025 via the application form.

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