Senior Product Designer

Who We Are

We are a software as a service (SaaS) company, bringing true digital transformation to the global shipping industry. We enhance the way shipping professionals work by creating technology for the maritime industry and bringing it to market.

With over 85% of the world’s trade transported by sea, we have a huge opportunity to transform existing manual, offline and disparate processes into a tech-enabled and data-rich experience enabling better decision-making and fewer costly and time-consuming mistakes. Our premier platform, Sea, is the world’s first digital shipping platform that provides cloud-based applications focused on the pre-fixture and at-fixture space. These connect to create efficiencies and digitise workflows. We are The Intelligent Marketplace for Fixing Freight. To understand more about us, please visit https://www.sea.live/

About the Role:

A Senior Product Designer is an experienced design professional responsible for leading and executing complex design projects from ideation to launch, taking ownership of critical design components, and working to ensure all solutions align with user needs and business objectives. They demonstrate strategic thinking, excel in both UX and UI, and actively contribute to product direction by collaborating with cross-functional teams and advocating for user-centered solutions. Senior Product Designers also mentor junior designers, enhancing the team's skills and fostering a positive and high-quality design environment.

As a Senior Product Designer, one is expected to influence product direction, bring valuable insights into strategic discussions, and take initiative in identifying and solving key design challenges. They lead the design process, independently facilitate workshops, and work closely with product managers and engineers to ensure cohesive, effective design solutions. This level requires advanced design and research skills, thought leadership, and an ability to inspire innovation across the team.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Product Design: Contributing to and shaping product strategy by defining user experience goals and aligning them with broader business objectives.
• Research and Discovery: Conducting thorough discovery work, defining user needs and pain points, setting up and leading user interviews, and facilitating workshops with stakeholders.
• Data Analysis: Establishing UX metrics, analyzing user behavior data, and translating findings into actionable insights and design improvements.
• Information Architecture: Creating and optimizing complex user flows, journey maps, and structuring content to enhance the product experience.
• Concept Development: Proposing and refining design solutions through both low- and high-fidelity concepts, ensuring product consistency and alignment with brand identity.
• Prototyping and Validation: Developing prototypes for user testing, gathering feedback, and iterating designs to meet usability and functionality standards.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partnering with the Product Trio to influence business strategies, product roadmaps, and timelines, as well as facilitating team workshops.
• Engineering Collaboration: Validating designs with engineering, ensuring proper implementation, and upholding design integrity.
• Stakeholder Communication: Presenting design work to stakeholders, advocating for design strategy, and aligning on product vision and priorities.

Hard Skills:

• User-Centered Design: Translating complex user pain points and business needs into impactful, intuitive design solutions.
• Advanced UX skills: Developing intricate user flows, journey maps, and detailed personas, with an emphasis on improving the product workflow.
• Advanced UI skills: Crafting high-fidelity mockups and interactive prototypes, utilizing a deep knowledge of design systems and tools.
• Conducting and leading advanced research: Planning, executing, and analyzing user research and usability studies, synthesizing insights to drive design decisions.
• Workshop facilitation: Leading design thinking sessions and collaborative workshops with minimal support, ensuring strategic alignment among stakeholders.

Soft skills:

• Strong positive attitude: Displaying resilience and a constructive approach when tackling challenges.
• Courageous decision-making: Making confident design choices, advocating for the user, and effectively balancing creative and technical constraints.
• High curiosity and adaptability: Keeping pace with industry trends, tools, and continuous learning.
• Acts as a role model: Inspiring junior designers, leading by example, and fostering a culture of quality and continuous improvement.
• Proactive problem-solving: Identifying and addressing design challenges independently, proposing well-thought-out solutions.
• Teamwork and collaboration: Engaging actively with the design team, product management, and engineering to ensure cohesive and impactful product development.

A Senior Product Designer at Sea requires a balance of deep technical expertise, strategic foresight, and the ability to drive team growth, influence product evolution, and inspire a strong, user-centered approach to design.

What you can expect

Despite our growth, we managed to maintain a relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere of a tightly knit team that can implement complex projects comprehensively and effectively. Each of us knows what is expected from us and has adequate space and freedom of action.

The actual work is important, but it’s also essential for us at Sea that we all stay happy, relaxed and motivated. That’s why we provide a wide range of benefits to all our employees:

• Private medical care (Luxmed)
• Voluntary group life insurance
• MyBenefit or Multisport card
• Language courses (English and German)
• Employee referral program
• Paid days off from services (B2B)
• A paid day off to care for your health - “Dzień na U”
• Integration events, joint company trips, birthday celebrations and many other

What we offer

• Competitive salary (both B2B / UoP options are available)
• Flexible working hours
• Strong focus on growth, interesting projects & people who enjoy working with each other!