Head of Product Design

Job description

About the Role This is a senior design leadership role at a fast-growing, Sequoia- and Index-backed AI procurement platform serving large industrial companies across Europe. The company is at Series A/B stage with ~150 employees and is rethinking how procurement works — combining human expertise with AI agents to make high-impact cost decisions legible, trustworthy, and actionable for industrial buyers. As Head of Product Design , you will define how humans and AI agents collaborate across the product, build and lead a team of ~4 product designers, and establish design as a true strategic partner alongside product and engineering. This role has direct impact on profitability for large industrial customers and shapes the future of agent-native enterprise UX. Location: Munich, Germany (hybrid on-site). No visa sponsorship available — right to work in Germany is required. What You'll Do Define the interaction paradigm for an agent-native product, where AI agents execute procurement workflows and buyers supervise, steer, and handle exceptions. Turn a screen-first product into an agent-driven experience — building the mental models, UI patterns, and frameworks that make complex decisions legible and trustworthy for non-analyst users. Translate technical procurement concepts (e.g. should-costing, raw material indices, contract leakage) into accessible, actionable UX. Own and evolve the design system and component architecture to support agent-driven development and rapid iteration. Build, hire, and lead a team of ~4 product designers — setting standards for craft, speed, and strategic impact. Establish design as a strategic partner in the product trio alongside product management and engineering. Drive company-wide user understanding through UX research best practices and ongoing advocacy for real user problems. Collaborate closely with executive leadership and cross-functional stakeholders (PM, Engineering, C-suite). What We're Looking For Required: 6+ years of product design experience, with at least 2+ years in design leadership and people management at high-growth technology companies. Deep experience designing data-heavy, workflow-driven products — able to make information density an asset rather than a liability. Proven ability to build and maintain design systems and component architectures for complex software products. Genuine fluency with AI as a design…