Head of Product Design (m/f/d)

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Key Responsibilities

• 1
  Lead and scale the design organisation. Build, mentor, and grow a team of product designers. Set the vision for how design works at scale - from quality standards to career development.
• 2
  Own the end-to-end product design function. Drive design strategy across Heartbeat and our customer-facing products, ensuring every touchpoint - from onboarding to energy management - is coherent, intuitive, and beautifully executed.
• 3
  Embed AI into how your team works. Champion AI-native workflows across the design org: rapid prototyping, large-scale research synthesis, and automated workflows. Raise the velocity and ambition of what your team ships.
• 4
  Shape AI-powered product experiences. Partner with Product and Engineering to define how AI shows up for customers - turning complex energy data and recommendations into experiences that feel clear and trustworthy.
• 5
  Operate as a senior cross-functional leader. Influence roadmap priorities and company strategy alongside Product, Engineering, and the C-suite. Represent design as a driver of business outcomes, not just craft.

Requirements

• A seasoned design leader. You bring 9+ years in Product Design, and at least 3+ years leading and managing design teams.
• You have led multi-disciplinary design teams in a fast-scaling tech environment. You know how to build organisations, not just manage them - and you bring a clear point of view on what great design leadership looks like.
• You stay up to date with the latest innovations in AI Product Design.
• You're fluent in generative design tools, use AI to accelerate your teams workflows, and bring genuine optimism and curiosity about where the technology is headed.
• You see the whole product ecosystem, not just individual screens.
• You care deeply about design systems, coherence across touchpoints, and the long-term craft infrastructure that lets teams move fast without breaking quality.
• You can align a room of engineers, product managers, and executives around a design vision.
• You're comfortable with ambiguity, direct in your feedback, and generous with your thinking.
• The energy transition isn't background context for you - it's the reason you want this job.
• You're energised by the idea that great design can accelerate the shift to a clean energy future for millions of households across Europe.
• Your English presentation, storytelling, stakeholder management, and feedback skills are elegant and polished.
• German nativity is a huge bonus.

Perks & Benefits