Lead Product Designer

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Lead Product Designer in Switzerland.

As a Lead Product Designer, you will drive the design vision and execution for a complex, developer-focused platform. This hands-on role blends strategic product thinking with practical design execution, giving you ownership over feature design, user experience, and long-term product evolution. You will collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, DevOps teams, and other designers to create scalable, high-quality solutions that empower both technical and non-technical users. The position offers the opportunity to shape design systems, mentor team members, and influence product direction while working in a fully remote, international environment that values sustainability, innovation, and autonomy.

Accountabilities

• Own and drive the product design vision, ensuring alignment with overall product strategy and company goals
• Design end-to-end product features, including user flows, wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI
• Lead design decisions on complex workflows, platform UX, permissions, and lifecycle management
• Collaborate with product managers, engineers, DevOps teams, and stakeholders to validate designs and influence product decisions
• Maintain consistency and scalability through design systems and shared UI patterns
• Mentor and collaborate with other designers, providing feedback and guiding design quality across the product
• Support frontend implementation by working closely with engineers and advising on code-related design trade-offs
• Provide regular reporting and retrospectives to leadership on design progress and outcomes
  
  

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in product design, with prior leadership or senior ownership roles
• Proven ability to scale a design team and implement best practices in team structure and workflows
• Strong portfolio demonstrating design of complex digital products, ideally developer tools, SaaS, or technical platforms
• Expertise in interaction design, UX architecture, visual and UI design
• Solid understanding of frontend fundamentals (HTML, CSS, basic JavaScript) and ability to reason about code
• Experience collaborating closely with engineering teams and influencing product decisions
• Excellent communication skills to articulate design rationale to technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Startup mindset with ability to operate autonomously in a remote-first environment
• Fluent in English; French proficiency is a plus
• Familiarity with developer platforms, DevOps, cloud tools, or internal developer platforms is highly desirable
  
  

Benefits

• Competitive salary and benefits package
• Fully remote work with flexibility and autonomy
• Home office setup budget up to €1200 and device choice policy
• Annual company retreat in the EU
• Influence over product direction and ownership of design decisions
• Professional growth and continuous learning support
• Collaborative, highly technical, and passionate team environment
• Commitment to sustainability and positive environmental impact
  
  

Why Apply Through Jobgether?

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

Why Apply Through Jobgether?

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