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UX Design Lead

Atlas Metrics

Atlas Metrics

Design
Berlin, Germany
Posted on Jan 12, 2025
🎯Join Atlas Metrics on our mission is to make the sustainability impact of companies fully transparent.

💻 We’re building the market-leading technology platform for organizations to track their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data and manage their sustainability performance.

⭐️Join a team of talented sustainability experts, software engineers, and product builders!

🚀 Series A stage, backed by top VCs including Cherry Ventures, B2Venture, MMC Ventures, Redstone and GFC.

Join our team as a UX Design Lead, where you’ll play a pivotal role in creating intuitive, user-centered solutions that simplify the complexities of ESG reporting. Drive the vision for a seamless and cohesive user experience across our platform, combining your expertise in UX/UI design with a passion for sustainability to make a meaningful impact on businesses and the planet.

Key Responsibilities

Design Excellence

  • Develop intuitive, user-centered designs that meet customer needs.
  • Lead the design of new product features and iterations, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience across the platform and its modules.
  • Develop and maintain the design system, style guide, and patterns to ensure consistency and scalability across the product.
  • Advocate for UX excellence across all levels of the company, facilitating cross-team alignment for efficient use of the design system and design consistency.

Strategic Vision

  • Create a long-term UX/UI strategy aligned with business objectives and evolving user needs.
  • Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices, integrating insights to improve design processes and outcomes.
  • Develop user journeys and a clear UX vision to enhance self-service, efficiency, and intuitiveness, simplifying the complexity of ESG reporting into an effortless experience.
  • Drive UI/UX improvements for each module, ensuring excellence on every page and delivering a seamless, cohesive user experience across the platform.

User Research and Testing

  • Conduct user research, usability testing, and persona development to inform and validate design decisions.
  • Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to user satisfaction, usability, and design quality.

Collaboration

  • Work closely with product managers, developers, and the ESG team to translate goals into designs aligned with the product strategy.
  • Ensure seamless implementation of design solutions through effective collaboration.

Leadership

  • Mentor and guide junior designers, providing constructive feedback and fostering growth.
  • Champion UX/UI practices within the company by presenting design concepts, supporting decision-making, and communicating the value of user-centered design methodologies.

Requirements

Expertise in UX Design and Research

  • 5+ years of experience designing comparable B2B SaaS products (e.g., fintech, regtech, compliance, or reporting solutions with 5-digit contract value).
  • 3+ years of experience in UX research, with a proven track record of delivering user-centered design solutions for sophisticated, modular products.
  • Strong portfolio showcasing intuitive and user-friendly interface designs.
  • Extensive experience in conducting user research and usability testing.
  • Proficiency in user-centered design principles, research methods, and tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
  • Experience with design systems and pattern libraries.
  • Background in fast-paced, agile environments, with a strong ability to prioritize and deliver projects on time.

Growth Mindset

  • Demonstrates a commitment to learning and personal development.

Passion for Sustainability

  • Strong interest in sustainability and ESG, with a desire to make a positive impact through your work.

Leadership and Teamwork

  • Inspires others to achieve excellence, with exceptional communication skills.
  • Values collaboration, diversity, and inclusion, always considering what’s best for the team.

Entrepreneurial Thinking

  • Results-driven and thrives in a startup environment.
  • Strong understanding of core business priorities and KPIs.

Language Skills

  • Fluent in English; German is a plus.

Location

Strong preference for candidates to work from our Berlin office, spending 3 days per week on-site; however, a remote setup (within ±3 hours CEST) is also considered.

Benefits

We value you and your work, at all times. If you join Atlas, you will receive:

  • Competitive salary
  • Generous equity package
  • A family-friendly work environment with flexibility and understanding around the hours you work
  • Nilo.health Account
  • Learning and Development Yearly Budget
  • 28 days of vacation (+1 added every year)
  • A new MacBook and a budget for accessories & equipment
  • Urban Sports membership (or something similar of your choice)
  • Regular co-locations and offsites to strengthen a great culture across geographies

Why join Atlas Metrics?

  • Work with a world-class team: Collaborate with a world-class team of ESG experts, engineers, and designers.
  • Join a purpose-driven mission: Make a meaningful impact by helping organizations easily measure and manage their sustainability performance, accelerating the global transition to sustainable business models.
  • Experience growth: Thrive in a high-growth startup environment that fosters creativity, innovation, and adaptability, as we become the go-to solution for over 50,000 companies affected by upcoming EU regulations.
  • Develop professionally: Unlock your potential with numerous opportunities for professional development, skill expansion, and career advancement in a supportive, learning-focused environment.