Principal Product Designer, Lodgify
1 day a week in office
SaaS Vacation Rental Software Company
Job no longer available
SaaS Vacation Rental Software Company
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
1 day a week in office
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower the long-tail vacation rental host or property manager worldwide to get started and grow their business through technology - with the ultimate goal of making them independent
Role
Who you are
- Proven experience designing end-to-end experiences in a complex product environment
- A passion for customer-centricity and a track record of turning research insights into impactful, real-world solutions
- Excellent at collaborating with a customer-obsessed team, passionate about raising the bar for user experience
- Visual thinker, strong in information architecture, UX, and interaction design, with a sharp eye for detail, quality, and consistency
- Ability to turn research insights and business needs into clear, impactful design solutions that align with the product vision
- Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the confidence to lead workshops and influence at all levels
- Empathy, adaptability, and a passion for delivering designs that truly improve the user experience
- Mastery of design tools like Figma, and other design/research tools, with a solid understanding of design systems and accessibility principles
- A track record of improving workflows, applying UX patterns, and contributing to scalable design practices
What the job involves
- As a Principal Product Designer in the Customer Experience Group, you'll lead through design and own the strategy that brings our product experiences to life
- You'll be the driving force behind creating thoughtful, end-to-end solutions deeply rooted in customer needs, leveraging Design Thinking to ensure our products are as valuable as they are delightful
- This role is where strategic vision meets hands-on design: You'll influence product direction, make high-impact decisions, and ensure every solution is grounded in empathy, research, and business insight
- Join a design-driven culture where your work will directly improve how we deliver value to our customers!
- Customer-Centric Strategy: Lead the design strategy for your Customer Experience area, ensuring every decision starts with the customer and delivers measurable value
- Design Thinking Leadership: Drive a culture of problem-solving through ideation, prototyping, and iterative validation
- Lean UX Approach: Work iteratively, test early and frequently, adapt quickly to change, and deliver value early through close collaboration with cross-functional partners
- User Research & Problem Definition: Translate insights from research into clear, user-focused problem statements that align stakeholders and guide impactful design decisions
- Journey Thinking: Map and refine end-to-end user journeys to identify pain points, opportunities, and ensure cohesive, seamless experiences
- Experience Maker: Through brainstorming, prototyping, and co-creation workshops, generate innovative solutions that deliver clear customer value, solving both user and business challenges
- Concept Validation: Lead concept testing to validate value creation and turn data into actionable design decisions
- A/B Testing: Partner with Product and Data to design and analyze experiments that measure impact and inform iteration
Application process
- All applications and CVs must be submitted in English
Our take
For independent vacation rental owners or managers, creating and marketing a property can be challenging, and third-party portals can eat into profits with commissions and fees. Lodgify offers an efficient alternative with its vacation rental marketing software, enabling users to more efficiently manage their properties.
Lodgify enables users to quickly create mobile-friendly websites, manage reservations and payments, and synchronise property information across multiple rental portals. With the vacation rental market still booming, more and more people are looking to let out their spaces, which means demand for Lodgify's offerings is high.
This demand also means there is a lot of competition in the space, but as owners and managers look to professionalize, this should benefit Lodgify in the long-run. The company is well-funded and bolstered by partnerships with Airbnb, Expedia and Booking.com.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
39% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)
Nov 2022
$34.5m
SERIES B
May 2021
$8m
EARLY VC
Total funding: $50m
Company benefits
- Remote Flexibility: The freedom to work from home any day that works for you.
- Time to Recharge: 25 working days of paid vacation and Jornada Intensiva in August.
- Alan Health Insurance: Premium health, dental, and mental health support via Alan. Pre-existing conditions are covered.
- Meal Perk: €150/month allowance on your Alan card + 50% off Ametller Origen prepared dishes at the office.
- Tax-Free Savings: Increase your take-home pay by using Flexible Remuneration for extra meal costs (up to €70/mo) and public transport (up to €136/mo).
- Free Spanish classes
- Home Office Gear: We provide a table, ergonomic chair, and monitor for your home setup.
- Great culture & working environment with an international team of over 60 different nationalities
Company HQ
La Nova Esquerra de l'Eixample, Barcelona, Spain
Leadership
Dennis Klett
(Co-founder & Board Member)Previously worked as a Finance Analyst at Siemens Healthcare, then Philip Morris International.
Marco De Gregorio
(Co-founder & CAIO)Has extensive experience in web development, having done so both on a freelance basis and at 4D Interactive and Vueling Airlines. Was also the co-founder and CTO of Domegos Ltd., a holiday home web portal.
Shaun Shirazian
(CEO)Formerly CPO at Pipedrive, Country Manager at Intuit where they spent 12 years, and a Project Leader at Procter & Gamble.
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