About the Role
- Are you looking to have an impact on the daily life of millions of entrepreneurs in France and Europe?
- Do you thrive in a trustful, fast-paced environment?
- Do you feel like our Design principles (https://medium.com/@pennylanedesign) are aligned with your vision?
- Design sits at the center of Pennylane's mission, delivering a seamless, accessible, and enjoyable experience for users.
- The design team consists of 35+ product designers working across different tracks divided into cross-functional squads consisting of Engineering, Product, and Design.
- The culture is built on autonomy, trust, and transparency, with designers expected to actively contribute from defining the problem space to user research and testing.
- We are seeking a Product Designer with strong B2B product design experience to help elevate and maintain an excellent user experience for our accountants and businesses in a highly collaborative environment.
What You'll Be Doing
- Within one month: Learn about the company, teams, and vision during onboarding; familiarize yourself with the product and the accounting industry through documentation and peer-organized trainings; gain deep knowledge of the Product and Design organization, methods, and culture; get acquainted with the Design team, the PM, squad engineers, and users.
- Within 3 months: Lead discovery and user research sessions by diving into data, user feedback, and business goals; ensure continuous delivery within your scope (including low-to-high fi and prototypes) in consistency with the design system; contribute to the team effort by reviewing peers and tackling transversal topics.
- Within 6 months: Mentor junior Product Designers; participate in the recruitment of new team members; benchmark the global tech ecosystem for UX/UI practices to create the best experience for Pennylane products.
- Beyond: Manage new Designers; take on increased responsibilities in project leadership; implement new processes, tools, and best practices to improve team workflow.
What You'll Bring
The ability to understand problems and empathize with users through user research and data analysis, turning results into actionable insights.
Experience working closely with dedicated developers, product managers, and other stakeholders to understand technical constraints, align on project goals, and iterate on design solutions.
Excellent visual design skills with experience working on complex systems, including multiple modules, advanced features, and intricate data structures.
The ability to document design decisions and work with engineers and product managers to drive projects forward, challenge limitations, adjust schedules, find alternatives, and advocate for solutions.
Experience generating new opportunities and ideas to improve processes, products, and culture.
Hands-on experience coaching and mentoring more junior members of the team.
Fluency in both French and English, with the ability to run user interviews in French being a must.
Compensation & Benefits
- Healthcare cover (Alan Blue).
- Lunch credits (Swile card).
- Work from our office in the center of Paris or from any WeWork in Europe.
- For fully remote contracts: A budget to turn your home into a comfortable workspace and a monthly allowance for coworking spaces.
- 8 to 13 additional days off per year (in addition to the 25 standard days).
- Access to 8000 fitness spaces and more than 30 activities related to wellness through Gymlib.
- Access to Busuu to learn English or a new language.
- Latest Apple equipment.
- Vibrant social community including sports (Foot, running, climbing) and regular social events like Thursday afterwork drinks or annual company seminars.
Interview Process
- A first look at your portfolio.
- Screening with Technical Recruiters (30 min).
- Who Interview with two people from the design team (45 min - 1 H).
- Assessment at home + review with 2 other people from the design team (1 H).
- Last Round with our Head of Design and CPO (1 H).
About Pennylane
- We aim to become the most beloved financial Operating System of French SMEs (and soon, European ones).
- We help entrepreneurs manage accounting and finance tasks and provide access to key financial information.
- We support accounting firms by enabling them to spend less time on redundant tasks and more time on advising clients.
- Over 200,000 small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and more than 3,500 accounting firms use Pennylane in France, with totals reaching over 400,000 SMEs and 4,500 accounting firms.
- Pennylane is one of the fastest growing Fintechs in France and Europe.
- Raised a total of €150 millions, including investment from Sequoia.
- Grown from 7 cofounders to 650+ employees.
- Recognized as one of the greatest places to work in France with a 4.6/5 rating on Glassdoor.
- International environment with more than 25 nationalities and a strong remote-friendly culture (30% of employees work from all parts of Europe).
- Earned the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms with outstanding ratings.