Senior Digital Product Designer: Digital Workplace Experience (m/f/d) | Remote or on site

Senior Digital Product Designer: Digital Workplace Experience (m/f/d)

We are a fast-growing scale-up based in the heart of Cologne. Our mission: epilot is revolutionizing collaboration among all market partners involved in delivering products and services within the energy sector. Through our product, we accelerate the energy transition. To help position our solution even more quickly at the forefront of the energy world, we’re looking for you—a Senior Digital Product Designer.

Your Role

We’re seeking an experienced Senior Product Designer to join our expanding Product Design & Research team. You’ll play a pivotal role in shaping our platform, driving design excellence across the organization, and influencing our strategic direction. You’ll work independently, juggling multiple projects within your area of responsibility while providing clarity and efficiency within the team. Your work will directly contribute to advancing the energy transition.

While you should have strong all-around design skills, our existing 10-person Design & Research team would particularly benefit from colleagues who are great in solving complex visual ui design problems, bring experience in building platform design systems, and/or have deep expertise in research and strategy.

We know we're asking for a lot. If a large portion applies to you, rather than all, please reach out and discuss it openly with us—curiosity and willingness to learn can often bridge gaps effectively.

What you can expect

• Independently lead the conception and design of critical parts of the digital workplace for thousands of users actively driving the energy transition.

• Design AI-based features in a user-centric and intuitive way.

• Proactively address and resolve complex requirements and cross-team dependencies.

• Increase design maturity across the organization by actively developing our design system and sharing your insights on design processes and governance.

• Utilize data, analytics and user testing to continuously validate design concepts and ensure user-centric solutions.

• Work autonomously across the entire product design lifecycle—from strategic research and conception to delivering high-quality designs and conducting usability tests. Know your weaknesses and seek help from other spcia

• Iteratively develop new and existing features, ensuring designs are functional, visually appealing, and strategically compelling.

• Stay continuously updated on industry trends and external influences that impact our solution designs.

• Actively bring in your perspectives and ideas, organizing workshops or design sprints when necessary to create strategic clarity.

What you bring along

• Experience: At least 5-7 years in digital product design, with at least 2 years in a B2B environment.

• Passion for operational efficiency, as you are designing a digital workplace

• Portfolio: Demonstrated experience working on digital platforms or complex digital products, ideally through a portfolio or at least detailed case studies you can present during the interview process.

• Broad design skills & deep specialization in at least one area: Visual UI design, design systems, or research.

• Cross-functional skills: Ability to independently collaborate with interdisciplinary teams (product management, development, research, marketing, sales) to consistently deliver design solutions.

• Communication: Outstanding communication, leadership, and presentation skills enabling clear and persuasive communication of design decisions to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.

• A lot of mindfulness towards your colleagues.

• Results-oriented with enthusiasm for agile working environments.

• Strong problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a passion for tackling complex technical and UX challenges.

• Nice to have: Experience in designing ai powered features & applications

What we offer

• The chance to build the most successful SaaS platform in the energy market and thereby accelerate the energy transition.

• Collaboration with a strong and dedicated team.

• A lot of learning opportunities: In the product, from the team & by visiting conferences and other design events.

• Freedom to choose the tools you need for your job.

• Startup mentality: dynamic atmosphere and great team spirit.

• Rapidly growing company with open communication culture, motivated colleagues, and international company culture—English is our company language.

• Exponential learning curve—epilot is growing fast, and we expect the same from you. You'll constantly be challenged and learn from your mistakes according to the principle "Fail Fast and Often."

• If you're based in Cologne: A central location in the heart of Cologne, including coffee, drinks, fruit, appreciation, and cool cafés nearby.

• If you're not based in Cologne: Remote work with regular team meetings in Cologne or at conferences across Europe.

• Performance is rewarded—we take your salary expectations seriously and discuss them openly with you.

• Transparency—we maintain a flat and open company culture where everything is transparent and open for discussion.

• Regular team events such as Carnival, summer parties, Christmas celebrations, company breakfasts, and many more opportunities to connect with your fellow epilotians outside work hours.

Still not convinced? Here is our promise to all future epilotians: takeoff.epilot.cloud/

We look forward to your application!