UX Design Lead

**_Cherry Ventures is supporting our portfolio with this hire_**:
Join Atlas Metrics on our mission is to make the sustainability impact of companies fully transparent.

We're building the market-leading technology platform for organizations to track their Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) data and manage their sustainability performance.
- ️Join a team of talented sustainability experts, software engineers, and product builders

Series A stage, backed by top VCs including Cherry Ventures, B2Venture, MMC Ventures, Redstone and GFC

**Join our team as a UX Design Lead, where you'll play a pivotal role in creating intuitive, user-centered solutions that simplify the complexities of ESG reporting. Drive the vision for a seamless and cohesive user experience across our platform, combining your expertise in UX/UI design with a passion for sustainability to make a meaningful impact on businesses and the planet.**

**Key Responsibilities**

**Design Excellence**
- Develop intuitive, user-centered designs that meet customer needs.
- Lead the design of new product features and iterations, ensuring a seamless and consistent user experience across the platform and its modules.
- Develop and maintain the design system, style guide, and patterns to ensure consistency and scalability across the product.
- Advocate for UX excellence across all levels of the company, facilitating cross-team alignment for efficient use of the design system and design consistency.

**Strategic Vision**
- Create a long-term UX/UI strategy aligned with business objectives and evolving user needs.
- Stay up-to-date with industry trends and best practices, integrating insights to improve design processes and outcomes.
- Develop user journeys and a clear UX vision to enhance self-service, efficiency, and intuitiveness, simplifying the complexity of ESG reporting into an effortless experience.
- Drive UI/UX improvements for each module, ensuring excellence on every page and delivering a seamless, cohesive user experience across the platform.

**User Research and Testing**
- Conduct user research, usability testing, and persona development to inform and validate design decisions.
- Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) related to user satisfaction, usability, and design quality.

**Collaboration**
- Work closely with product managers, developers, and the ESG team to translate goals into designs aligned with the product strategy.
- Ensure seamless implementation of design solutions through effective collaboration.

**Leadership**
- Mentor and guide junior designers, providing constructive feedback and fostering growth.
- Champion UX/UI practices within the company by presenting design concepts, supporting decision-making, and communicating the value of user-centered design methodologies.

**Requirements**:
**Expertise in UX Design and Research**
- 5+ years of experience designing comparable B2B SaaS products (e.g., fintech, regtech, compliance, or reporting solutions with 5-digit contract value).
- 3+ years of experience in UX research, with a proven track record of delivering user-centered design solutions for sophisticated, modular products.
- Strong portfolio showcasing intuitive and user-friendly interface designs.
- Extensive experience in conducting user research and usability testing.
- Proficiency in user-centered design principles, research methods, and tools such as Figma and Adobe Creative Suite.
- Experience with design systems and pattern libraries.
- Background in fast-paced, agile environments, with a strong ability to prioritize and deliver projects on time.

**Growth Mindset**
- Demonstrates a commitment to learning and personal development.

**Passion for Sustainability**
- Strong interest in sustainability and ESG, with a desire to make a positive impact through your work.

**Leadership and Teamwork**
- Inspires others to achieve excellence, with exceptional communication skills.
- Values collaboration, diversity, and inclusion, always considering what's best for the team.

**Entrepreneurial Thinking**
- Results-driven and thrives in a startup environment.
- Strong understanding of core business priorities and KPIs.

**Language Skills**
- Fluent in English; German is a plus.

**Location**

**Benefits**

We value you and your work, at all times. If you join Atlas, you will receive:

- Competitive salary
- Generous equity package
- A family-friendly work environment with flexibility and understanding around the hours you work
- Nilo.health Account
- Learning and Development Yearly Budget
- 28 days of vacation (+1 added every year)
- A new MacBook and a budget for accessories & equipment
- Urban Sports membership (or something similar of your choice)
- Regular co-locations and offsites to strengthen a great culture across geographies

**Why join Atlas Metrics?**
- **Work with a world-class team**: Collaborate with a world-class team of ESG experts, engineers, and designers.
- **Join a purpose-driven mission**: