Senior Vice President of Experience Design
London area / Germany / Spain / UK / France
Product – Product Strategy /
Full-time /
Remote
Contentsquare is a global digital experience analytics company empowering the brands you interact with every day to build better online experiences for all. Since our founding in France in 2012, we have grown to be a truly global and distributed team – known as the CSquad – representing more than 72 nationalities across the world.
In 2022, we raised $600M in Series F funding, and we were also recognized as a certified Great Place to Work in France, Germany, Israel, US and UK. In November 2023, we acquired Heap, our largest acquisition to date, strengthening our analytics platform to provide a 360 view of users' digital experience.
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About the job
The Vice President of Design will play an important role in shaping the future of our platform, and be a key leader in the organization. They will provide a vision and guide teams in creating a seamless and intuitive user experience.
This position will be reporting to Lucie Buisson, our Chief Product Officer, and will have an impact at the group level of ContentSquare. This means working on the Design strategy of the three companies who are part of the group: ContentSquare, Hotjar and Heap, finding synergies and ways to bring all companies together.
What you’ll do:
- Lead, grow, and inspire a global and cross-functional teams of Product Designers, Content Designers and Design System Managers (40 people).
- Lead the transformation of our user experience into a single platform.
- Develop and nurture a product design culture within the organization.
- Create and execute a comprehensive design strategy, that aligns with our company's strategic goals, serving both Product and Sales Led growth motions.
- Drive the team in consistency, efficiency, and scalability across all the product lines when delivering experiences, including implementation of best practices, guidelines, and/or the evolution of the design system.
- Be a part of the Senior Executive team, collaborating closely with counterparts in Product Management, Engineering, Product Analytics, Customer Research, Marketing and Sales.
What you’ll need to succeed:
- Experience in senior leadership positions in Product Design, in customer-facing products (Web and Mobile) in large and global scale.
- Experience and desire to lead cross-functional and geographically distributed teams, with high focus on growth, trust and transparency.
- Demonstrated success in creating and executing Product Design strategies that drive user adoption and growth through a product-led approach.
- Experience with all phases of user-centric design methodology, using data to assess and inform decisions.
Our Hiring Process:
- First chat with our Talent Acquisition Team
- Hiring Manager Interview with our Chief Product Officer
- Take home task, which will include presenting it to our Design Team
- Interview with your future peers, our SVP of Product
- Final Interview with our Chief Strategy Officer
Why you should join Contentsquare:
▪️ We’re humans first. We hire dedicated people and provide them with the trust, resources and flexibility to get the job done
▪️ We invest in our people through career development, mentorship, social events, philanthropic activities, and competitive benefits
▪️ We are a fast-growing company with a track record of success over the past 12 years, yet we operate with the agility of a startup. That means a huge chance to create an immediate and lasting impact
▪️ Our clients, partners and investors love our industry-leading product
To keep our employees happy and engaged, we are always assessing the benefits/perks we offer to ensure we are competitive. Here are a few we want to highlight:
▪️ Virtual onboarding, Hackathon, and various opportunities to interact with your team and global colleagues both on and offsite each year
▪️ Work flexibility: hybrid and remote work policies
▪️ Generous paid time-off policy (every location is different)
▪️Immediate eligibility for birthing and non-birthing parental leave
▪️Wellbeing and Home Office allowances
▪️A Culture Crew in every country to coordinate regular outings such as game nights, movie nights, and happy hours
▪️ Every full-time employee receives stock options, allowing them to share in the company’s success
▪️We offer many benefits in various countries -- ask your recruiter for more information
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