Principal Product Designer, UpSlide

• +8 years of work experience including significant B2B Software experience
• Shipped high-quality designs that enhance product experience
• Detail-oriented expertise in UX, UI, and visual design, capable of delivering production-ready assets for development with precision
• Meaningfully worked on, or with a design system
• Some knowledge of Microsoft Office (we build on it!)
• Great written and verbal communication skills in English and French to communicate with different stakeholders
• You want to build a productivity tool used daily by thousands of users

Desirable

• Get ready to dive into our dynamic Product Team, led by our CPO and backed by a talented crew including 1 Head of Product, 4 Product Managers, 1 Technical Product Manager, 1 creative Product Designer, and 2 savvy Product Marketing Managers! We’re lucky to work with a strong team 30 engineers
• As our Principal Product Designer, you’ll work with any of our 5 Product x Engineering squads. Some of the latest releases our designers worked on:
• Track Changes for PowerPoint
• AI-Powered Glossary
• Design of new features flow 50%:
• Deliver high-quality, intuitive cross-platform design for financial services that reflect UpSlide's premium positioning
• Develop a strategic UX vision for AI-powered features and innovative capabilities to maintain our leadership as the best Office Add-in
• Build strong relationships and collaborate effectively with Product Designer, Product Managers, Product Marketing Managers, and Engineers as a trusted thought partner
• Create and test advanced Figma prototypes with comprehensive usability testing
• Animate co-creative workshops (ideation, design reviews, design critique, etc.)
• User research 30%:
• Drive user insights through research, competitive benchmarking, and data analytics
• Maintain user personas and journey maps to influence the overall UX across all touchpoints
• Operations 20%:
• Drive design excellence and process improvement across the organisation, collaborating with peers and stakeholders to achieve positive product impact and enhance ways of working
• Support the design system by documenting components, participating in strategy development, and promoting internal alignment
• Product team stack: Figma, Notion, ProductBoard, Microsoft 365 (we build on it!)

• First interview with Misbah, Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, to better understand your career plan and answer any questions you may have [30’ video or call]
• Interview with Diane, Head of Product, to be aligned on expectations on both sides [45’ video call]
• Case study and review with Aymeric, Product Designer, one of our Product Managers, and Matteo, CPO, to evaluate your skills and give you a taste of what working at UpSlide could be like [80’ in person]
• Interview with Matteo, CPO [30’ in person]
• Meet the team around a coffee (or tea!) 🍵
• We'll conduct a reference check to learn how to help you thrive!
• On average our process lasts 3 weeks