Senior Staff Product Designer (d/f/m) at Personio | hitIT
Senior Staff Product Designer (d/f/m)
October 8, 2026
Hybrid
Senior
Munich, Berlin, London
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Mandatory office attendance
2 days per week
Description
An intelligent HR platform that helps small and medium-sized organizations make complicated, time-consuming tasks simple and efficient. This Senior Staff Product Designer will define the future of the HR platform and lead key initiatives to evolve the product and the product design practice. The role owns the functional strategy for a product area and coordinates stakeholders across disciplines and levels. The position is office-based with two days per week required in Munich, Berlin or London.
Gender markers in the title: (d/f/m)
In accordance with European anti-discrimination legislation, this job is open to all candidates
Ddiverse
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Mmale
Responsibilities
Manage entire work-streams, providing product direction through goal-setting and planning
Develop thoughtful and inclusive design strategies, balancing ambitious insight-driven goals with practical constraints
Create high-fidelity deliverables including hand-coded or AI-assisted prototypes that articulate and inform product vision
Identify emerging design patterns and create reusable and extensible abstractions and frameworks
Mentor designers and cross-functional peers through providing constructive critique and feedback
Work with product, engineering, and other cross-functional partners to design the entire lifecycle of the customer experience
Influence and shape product strategy at team, group, or product-line level
Requirements
Exceptional in at least one dimension of design, e.g. Product thinking, Interaction Design, Execution, Craft
Skilled in using high-fidelity and AI powered prototyping tools
Experience creating reusable frameworks, tooling, rituals, playbooks, patterns, or processes adopted by others
Demonstrated ability to lead multi-team, cross-org, or company-wide design initiatives
Capable of spotting gaps in craft, proactively identifying and driving initiatives, and raising quality across the organization
Proven track record of shipping high-impact, multi-release product outcomes
Operates with autonomy, accountability, and mature decision-making, thriving in ambiguity
AI Fluency: hands-on experience using AI to improve your workflow with sound judgment about when to rely on it
Conditions
2 days per week required in the office, remaining days can be worked from home
20 Flex Days per year to work remotely from other locations
Competitive reward package reevaluated each year including salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
28 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years
1 fully paid Impact Day for environment and society
Generous family leave, child support, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities
Weekly catered lunch, healthy snacks, drinks, and cultural initiatives and events