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Director of Product Design (m/f/d)

12 months

In short

SoSafe seeks a Director of Product Design to elevate UX quality, evolve the design system, and lead a high-performing design organization. Candidates should have 3+ years of design leadership and 7-10+ years in product design, ideally in B2B SaaS.

Where
Onsite Β· Portugal β€” Lisbon
Level
Senior-level Β· Full-time
SoSafe
SoSafe
  • Backed by Highland Europe

Builds behavioural science-based security awareness training for organisations' employees.

0 open roles Β· usually open about 8 weeks

Responsibilities

  • Elevate UX quality and platform coherence by refining UX practices and raising standards.
  • Drive high-impact improvements to interaction patterns, usability, and consistency.
  • Shape early AI-native experiences, partnering with Product and Engineering to define user-centric AI principles.
  • Lead prototypes and concepts for AI copilots, adaptive dashboards, and contextual guidance.
  • Evolve and increase adoption of the design system, improving governance, consistency, and engineer adoption.
  • Build and define the Design organisation, including roles, team structure, and hiring plans.
  • Coach and develop the existing Design Lead and establish healthy design rituals.
  • Strengthen collaboration and build–test–learn loops ensuring Design contributes early in discovery.
  • Promote rapid prototyping and hypothesis-driven iteration.
  • Help teams adopt more iterative, evidence-based decision-making.

Requirements

  • 3+ years of design leadership, managing teams of 5+ designers.
  • 7–10+ years in product/UX design, ideally in B2B SaaS.
  • Experience improving UX quality and consistency in complex products.
  • Experience evolving and driving adoption of an existing design system.
  • Strong product thinking and cross-functional influence.
  • A player–coach mindset.

Nice-to-haves

  • Experience with AI-assisted workflows.
  • Enterprise/security domain exposure.
  • Experience mentoring design leads.

Benefits

  • Flexible hours and 33 vacation days for work/life balance.
  • Wellbeing and financial support, including access to Open Up and corporate discounts.
  • Virtual events, collaborative team activities, and opportunities for local meet-ups.
  • Tech equipment, referral bonuses, and dog-friendly headquarters.
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