Product Design Team Lead, CarTrawler
FTC
Car rental & mobility solutions
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Car rental & mobility solutions
201-500 employees
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201-500 employees
Company mission
To enable the world's leading brands in travel to offer better transport services to their customers.
Role
Who you are
- We’re looking for a people manager who knows how to lead design projects
- A senior designer who has transitioned into a leadership role
- We want someone who is process-oriented, has good organisation and communication skills, with excellent people skills
- 5+ years working in a design related role with a minimum of 2+ years management experience
- Experience leading design projects
- Experience delegating tasks to team members and reviewing work
- Experience mentoring or coaching other designers
- Comfortable managing senior stakeholders and being the point of contact for design
- Experience facilitating workshops
- Passionate about design and an advocate of Design Thinking
- You’re an effective communicator at all levels within the team (tech, design, research) as well as other business functions
- Expert knowledge of industry standard tools such as Figma and the Adobe Suite (Photoshop, Illustrator)
- Ability to switch between analytical and creative thinking
- Detail-oriented – ability to capture all elements of requirements and scenarios and address edge cases
- Ability to multitask, prioritize, and manage time efficiently
- Ability to rationalise design choices and showcase data informed decisions throughout your work
What the job involves
- This role is critical for the successful delivery of key strategic initiatives for our partners
- You will be responsible for assisting your team members, leading design projects, handling senior stakeholders and representing design with external partners
- You will also contribute to the development of our design team by building career development plans, supporting in recruitment drives and having regular 1:1’s with your direct reports
- This role will require you to balance design and leadership responsibilities
- Line management of team of Product Designers
- Strategic input into the development of the Product Design function at CarTrawler
- Inputting into project scoping, drafting discovery plans or setting the creative direction of a project
- Influencing the strategic direction and shape of our products
- Delegation of tasks to other designers and coordinating with other designers giving critical feedback to help move projects in the right direction
- You are a motivator and help inspire others to follow your lead
- You think about designing for scale and anticipate potential challenges before they arise
- You’re a team player that knows how to collaborate to solve problems
- You’re a great communicator and understand how to sell an idea by telling a story and this is reflected in how you present your work
- Critical Interfaces:
- Working closely with the Head of Product Design to develop the design function
- Working with other senior product and engineering leaders to understand objectives, outcomes, and requirements for our Partnerships squads
- Working with our Senior Product Designer to support the development of our design system to unify our products
- Working closely with product managers, and designers to better understand our user needs through prototype testing, moderated research, surveys, and user interviews
- Working with engineers to understand the technical feasibility of solutions as well as brainstorming to solve complex problems
- Working closely with stakeholders from across the business to understand and solve design problems
Our take
CarTrawler provides car rental and mobility solutions to travel industry players, enabling them to supplement their revenue and improve the experiences of their customers. It runs what is essentially a B2B marketplace for car rentals, through which airlines and travel agents can offer their clients end-to-end travel options.
Like many of its travel industry peers, the company has felt the pinch in recent years due to the after-effects of the pandemic and the cost-of-living crisis. Despite this, CarTrawler has remained positive that it can capture further success in the new-look economy. It has continued to pursue new partnerships and expand its North American presence, already boasting a network of key players including United Airlines, easyJet, Uber, Emirates and Hotels.com.
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Insights
Few candidates hear
back within 2 weeks
3% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (1 round)
May 2020
$104.1m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Total funding: $104.1m
Company benefits
- 25 days annual leave, plus company days
- “Friday Unplugged” – last Friday of every month we have a half-day mental health break day
- Maternity & paternity leave, wedding leave & parents leave
- Bespoke career pathing platform
- Online behavioural & technical academy
- Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging seminars
- Hybrid working model
- Modern, open plan offices just a stone’s throw from Dublin City Centre
- Chill Out Room – designed to give our employees a relaxation space during their work day
- Free weekly yoga classes, VHI online fitness classes, weekly tennis, running and 5-a-side football
- Charity runs
- Pension scheme
- Comprehensive VHI health insurance
- In-house health screenings
- Optional flu vaccinations
- Income protection & life assurance
- New mothers’ lactation room
- We have several employee cohorts across the business that you can become a part of, such as Sports and Social Club, Corporate Social Responsibility Committee, Engagement Champion Network, etc
- Travel Tax Saver Schemes for rail and bus
- On-demand ride-hailing app with discounts exclusively for CarTrawler employees
- Bike to Work scheme and secure bike storage
Company values
- Shared Wins: We celebrate successes. We share information with other. We help others to thrive
- Active Choices: We show interest in business performance. We use the strategy to make decisions. We are always engaged
- Relationships Make The Difference: We build strong, collaborative relationships. We are transparent & open. We are prepared & on time
- Hunger: We always do what is company first. We look for opportunities to improve. We take ownership over our work
- Craic: We put ourselves out of our comfort zone. We showcase a “can do” attitude. We encourage others to get involved
Company HQ
Farranboley, Dublin, Ireland
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Leadership
Cormac Barry
(CEO, not founder)Prior to joining CarTrawler as CEO in April 2018, they held the position of CEO for 7 years at Sportsbet, the Australian division of Paddy Power Betfair.
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