Lead Product Designer
Summary
Lead Product Designer at clera, a seed-stage AI communications SaaS company in Vienna: hands-on ownership of product, brand, and website design across three product areas, leading a small design team, building design systems, and using AI tools to ship fast. Requires 5+ years of end-to-end product design experience and native-level German.
About the Role
Join the design team at a seed-stage AI communications SaaS company, taking hands-on ownership of product design, brand, and design-team leadership. You will shape experiences across several product areas for businesses using AI to manage customer communications.
What You'll Do
Lead product design across three product areas in close collaboration with product and engineering.
Spend time designing hands-on, conducting customer interviews, and developing the brand and website.
Guide the design team across product, brand, and web while remaining involved in day-to-day design work.
Set and maintain consistent design standards across products and customer touchpoints.
Build and scale design systems, using customer insights and analytics to measure outcomes and improve designs.
Use modern AI tools to accelerate design work and support a fast, iterative shipping cadence.
What We're Looking For
At least five years of end-to-end product design experience, with ownership across multiple product areas.
Hands-on expertise in Figma, prototyping, and user interviews, plus experience building and scaling design systems.
Experience owning product, brand, and website design, with an analytical approach to evaluating design decisions.
Design-team leadership experience or readiness to take on team responsibility while staying hands-on.
Experience with modern AI tools such as Cursor, v0, or Claude, and an interest in AI-enabled products.
Native-level German and good professional English.
Compensation & Benefits
Salary range: €80,000 to €150,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is not available.
Location
On-site in Vienna, Austria.
Skills
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