(Senior) Product Designer (d/f/m)

Join talpasolutions, where we use cutting-edge technology to revolutionize the way industries predict and analyze equipment performance. As a leader in providing predictive analytics for fixed and mobile assets, we cover a wide range of industries including mining, construction, and logistics. Our platform integrates real-time and historical data to generate valuable insights and improve machine performance for our clients. Come be a part of a team that's not afraid to push boundaries and have some fun while we do it!

We are looking for a well-seasoned and all-rounder product designer with proven expertise in user research, UX design and UI design, combined with experience working in cross-functional teams.

Your mission:

• Drive the product discovery research activities on a continuous basis
• Set up a regular cadence of customer interactions
• Define customer personas, prepare customer journey maps and continuously refine them based on regular customer interactions
• Identify and understand opportunities (unmet user needs, pains and gains) that target specific product outcomes, in addition to visualizing and structuring the opportunity space
• Explore multiple solutions to target opportunities, compare and contrast those solutions together with your cross-functional team members, identify hidden assumptions of desirability, usability, feasibility and viability, test the most critical of those assumptions, and iteratively discover the best solution
• Prepare story maps for proposed solutions, by defining high-level activities, individual steps, and finer interaction details for target users
• Prepare low-fidelity prototypes based on your story maps, conduct user tests and iteratively improve the solution prototypes
• Prepare high-fidelity prototypes, perform a hand-off to engineering team members, provide any design support required during the development process, and perform a Design QA at the end of the delivery process
• Track the success of delivered solutions using behavioral and attitudinal UX metrics
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends and new design techniques

Your profile:

• At least 5 years of experience in end-to-end product design preferably in the B2B space
• Deep expertise in design tools, processes and methodologies
• Experience working in cross-functional teams
• Excellent communication skills (both oral, written and visual) in English

Nice to have:

• B2-level German skills or higher
• Strong analytical mindset and the ability to slide-and-dice product analytics data
• Experience with agile methodologies such as Kanban and Scrum
• Experience working in high-growth startup environments

Technology and tools

• Mastery of design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe XD, Framer, InVision, Balsamiq, etc.
• Comfortable using virtual whiteboards such as Miro, FigJam, Mural, etc.
• Experience using (or are at least familiar with) user testing tools such as Maze, UXtweak, UserTesting, etc.
• No difficulty using task and document management tools such as Notion, Jira, Confluence, Google Workspace etc.

Why us?

TALPA is a value-driven organization, and we are excited about what we do. Trustworthiness, Accuracy, Leadership, Passion, and Accountability- these are our values. If they are your guiding compass, you will fit right in! We’re flexible, honest, hardworking, and collaborative. As a team, we bring our diverse backgrounds, beliefs, and experiences together. We support and challenge one another to bring out the best in each of us, and we might even have a little fun along the way. We care about you. Here is a glimpse of what makes life at talpasolutions special:

Our culture is diverse and inclusive. We are one team with many voices.

Agile performance: You actively participate in setting your challenges and goals via objectives and key results. Your lead continuously provides feedback and coaches you in dedicated sessions.

Continuous learning is key to our success. We want you to grow and offer training, hackathons and conferences.

€1200 training budget for training courses of your choice, such as conferences (national or abroad), online learning platforms, etc.

We believe in trust. You know how you operate at your best. Free choice of hardware and operating system and flexible working hours are some ways how we will support you.

We want your life to be hassle-free. That’s why you will find free food & drinks in our kitchen.

We have a fully equipped in-house gym on the office premises available 24/7.

Bring your whole self to work and find a community. Whatever your passion, you will likely find like-minded people at talpasolutions.

It is as a team that we operate at our best. We offer regular happiness activities that bring all of us together.

We are a diverse team and want to grow as such. If you are looking to relocate to Germany to join us, we are happy to share our knowledge and help you through the relocation process.

People are at the center of everything we do here at TALPA. We grew to what we are today because of the cooperation of unique people, and we need unique and diverse people to achieve where we want to go as a company. As a result, TALPA as an equal-opportunity employer prohibits discrimination based on race, color, religion, sexual identity, gender identity, marital status, veteran status, nationality, citizenship, age, disability, medical condition, or any other unlawful consideration. We evaluate your application based on merit and keep your information confidential according to local law and best practice.