✨ Senior Design Leader - AI-Native ATS ✨
About the Role
This is a unique opportunity to shape a product from the ground up, influencing core product decisions and design patterns without the constraints of legacy systems. You will be working with our brand-new design system, "Find Your People," and your design choices will define what modern recruitment software looks like.
AI is at the heart of everything we build. You'll push the boundaries of AI-powered interfaces, exploring how to make complex AI capabilities feel intuitive and trustworthy for recruiters. This isn't about adding AI features—it's about reimagining recruitment workflows entirely.
You'll see impact immediately. We're in beta with real users, which means your designs are tested and validated continuously. You'll conduct user research, ship iterations in 2-week cycles, and witness firsthand how your work transforms hiring teams' daily lives.
You'll lead while learning. You'll own the design direction for your squad's projects—from research and concept to final UI—while being surrounded by an experienced design team. You'll collaborate daily with Lara (another Confirmed designer on the ATS), exchange with Pauline and Claire (Senior designers), and get guidance from Sandy (your Design Manager) and Janina (Lead Designer) whenever you need it.
Your Responsibilities
- Deliver impactful solutions that solve complex user problems and move business metrics by displaying an expert-level understanding of user-centered design methodologies.
- Lead the design vision for the ATS product across the full design lifecycle—from strategic thinking and user research to interaction design and high-fidelity UI/UX—ensuring design quality and business impact.
- Be a major contributor to the team roadmap and co-lead your squad with your PM and EM.
- Drive product differentiation by defining and designing innovative AI-powered features and interaction patterns that set our ATS apart from standard offerings.
- Make architectural design decisions that shape the product's long-term direction, balancing bold innovation with usability, technical feasibility, and recruiter needs.
- Own the quality and velocity of design delivery in a beta environment, establishing standards for rapid iteration while maintaining excellence.
- Use beta tester feedback, product analytics, and research insights to validate hypotheses, inform strategic decisions, and continuously improve the product.
- Lead and conduct user research initiatives, including group design workshops (in-house or with users), ensuring they remain focused and on track.
- Plan and execute comprehensive research programs to deeply understand recruiter workflows, pain points, and needs across the entire recruitment lifecycle.
- Lead the development of a cohesive ATS design language, making strategic contributions to the design system with new patterns and components specific to complex B2B and recruiter workflows.
- Ensure alignment with the global Welcome to the Jungle brand while innovating for product-specific needs.
- Collaborate effectively across international squads (FR/UK) and cross-functional teams, communicating design decisions and rationale clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
- Mentor Lara (Confirmed designer on ATS) to help her grow, share learnings across the design team, and maintain consistency across the product despite distributed teams.
- Enhance current design processes by implementing new initiatives and improving existing ones.
- Lead by example by contributing to design inspiration sharing, documentation of decisions and patterns, and experimentation with AI-assisted design tools or methodologies that elevate the team's design practice.
Your Day-to-Day Will Look Like
- Work in 2-week cycles with your squad (Figma + Linear), mixing user research and UI design, while contributing to our ATS design language and components.
- Join a strong design community with bi-monthly chapters (strategy, design system, process) and weekly critiques (feedback, sharing, growth).
- Collaborate in a France/UK environment with high standards, real autonomy, clear ownership, and the support of a 7-person design team (including a Senior Product Writer).
This is your chance to step up, take real ownership, and leave your mark on the future of work. 🚀