Senior Product Designer

Join a fast growing company with a purpose! At Fastned you will actively contribute to accelerating the transition to electric mobility. In this role you will craft digital experiences that deliver WOW to the growing number of electric vehicle drivers! Fastned is a pioneer in a completely new industry so together with the team you will be creating innovative solutions to drive the business forward.

Your role

Fastned aims to accelerate the transition towards sustainable mobility by giving freedom to electric drivers. As a Senior Product Designer you are responsible for crafting experiences that are simple, drive engagement and deliver WOW to our users on every touchpoint. The goal is to build positive experiences, create stories that stick, build loyalty, while contributing to overall business success.

In this role you will lead the design of Fastned in-house developed operational products, for your users in the Network, Field and Customer Operations teams. Through these products, we make sure every customer has a great and reliable charging experience at our stations. You will be accountable for the usability of the solutions delivered. The Senior Product Designer role is part of the UX team, and works as a member of a cross-functional Agile scrum team.

Your overall responsibilities include

• Leading design on the Operator area, in scope of our ‘Revolt Admin’ operations control panel

• Leading user research, solution testing, and validation, leveraging all tools in your designer toolbox; your designs are the painkillers and innovative solutions to real users' problems to solve

• Leading and facilitating design sprints and workshops with your team and stakeholders

• Strong storytelling and presentation skills to communicate insights clearly and effectively

• Leading design system development in close liaison with fellow creatives on UX and brand

• Inspire and advocate for user-first thinking, sharing & challenging user insights across the board

• Improving the product design life cycle and embedding best practices in our workflows

• Contributing to and facilitating design thinking and practice within your team

• Do validations and workshops in person with your stakeholders

Who we are looking for

In order to be successful in this role you bring along an inspiring and highly entrepreneurial mindset - we want our employees to ‘think like a founder’. You thrive in taking ownership of all product design aspects and inspire your peers with the design direction you’re crafting. You get joy out of getting close to the user’s needs and problems through research, and understand the importance of using qualitative and quantitative data for validating your designs. The ideal candidate has a strong passion for experimentation, using a data-driven approach to (in)validating new ideas. You consider every failed experiment as a lesson learned, while crafting experiences that matter. Additionally, you tick the following boxes:

• At least 5 years of experience as a digital Product Designer or similar role in a scrum team.

• Proven expertise in product design, user research, solution validation, and design advocacy.

• Proficient in all phases of the product lifecycle, from discovery to delivery.

• Experience in creating and contributing to design systems.

• Strong focus on accessibility (A11Y).

• Experience in creating and contributing to design systems.

• A portfolio showcasing diverse digital platform-based products, ideally within mobility or EV industries.

• Skilled in leading design sprints and workshops for collaborative solution design.

• A problem solver with a customer-centered mindset and strong critical thinking.

• Proficiency with design tools like Figma and Miro.

• Passionate about the energy transition and Fastned’s mission.

Join us in building a better future

We work hard to change the world, but we don't forget to recognise & celebrate our successes, big and small. We put a focus on work-life balance, provide you with genuine work flexibility, and have family-friendly policies in place. Our benefits include:

• Stock option plan -> we believe in shared value creation;
• A training and development budget of €3,000 per year per employee, because development and training are important to us and our sector offers endless opportunities;
• Daily vegetarian lunches, snacks & drinks are provided at our office locations;
• Full access to our electric vehicle fleet with all charging expenses covered;
• Next to fun events year-round, we throw notorious Christmas parties and organize an amazing yearly trip abroad with all employees;
• Other perks include flexible working hours, full travel compensation and the working gear of your choice
  

Interested in making an impact?
We would love to have a conversation with you! Apply now; send us your CV, your motivation letter, and portfolio with your best 5 projects.
Here’s the next steps of the hiring process:

• Screening call with one of our Talent Acquisition Partners

• Technical interview to discuss your portfolio with the UX manager and Product Designer

• Team Interview with your future team members and a fellow creative

• We will end the process by having a Coffee Chat with the Director of Product & Engineering

Then, it’s time to welcome you on board to Fastned!

If you have questions or need further information regarding your application, please contact our recruitment team via recruitment(at)fastned.nl