Product Design Lead

About usHumaans is building the next generation of infrastructure for the workplace; software designed for companies that are scaling fast, operating globally, and pushing into new boundaries.What started as a system of record has evolved into a broader platform for operating people globally. With Athena, our agentic AI layer, Humaans moves beyond data management into intelligent orchestration, connecting workflows across HR, IT, Finance, and Operations so organisations can act faster and with greater confidence, redefining how work gets done.We work with ambitious teams across Europe and the US, from AI-native companies like Lovable, Poolside, Fyxer AI, and Tandem Health, to established, high-growth organisations scaling internationally and through acquisition, including Quantexa, Sellpy, Manychat, Gigs, Croud, and Threecolts. These teams don’t buy software for features,they buy leverage. The ability to run faster, cleaner, and with more control as complexity compounds.To date, we’ve raised $20m in venture funding from some of the most respected founders, operators, and funds in technology: Lachy Groom (Physical Intelligence), Stewart Butterfield (Slack), Tobias Lütke (Shopify), Dylan Field (Figma), Jeff Weiner (LinkedIn), Claire Johnson (Stripe), Oliver Jay (OpenAI), Jay Simmons (Bond) as well as Y Combinator, Moonfire, Frontline Ventures, Pathlight Ventures, and Exor.If you have massive ambition and want to work on a hard problem, with a small team that moves fast, at a moment when the category is genuinely up for grabs - this is it.Your day to dayLead and oversee multiple product areas from conception to launchOwn strategic decisions around our product directionDesign end-to-end flows and experiences that are simple and elegant, and solve the most pressing problems our customers are experiencingAlign business vision with customer requirements turning them into useful featuresWork closely with the Engineering team to ensure we consistently translate complex technical architectures into simple and intuitive user interactionsSkillsYou're a strong individual contributor with acute leadership skillsInteraction design: you will define how experiences behave and our interaction model worksVisual design: you will define visual language (typography, colour, layout, iconography and aesthetic) that will impact how the product is perceived and consumedObjective driven with experience leading product directionAbility to articulate your product decisions and present your work to the broader teamAbility to execute at speed navigating the rapidly changing priorities of a growing startupThis is an in-person role. Our GTM team comes together in the office Monday through Thursday, while most of the team collaborates in person on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Thursdays.Package & BenefitsEarly stage startups can be messy – we know that. We're putting effort in providing you with the best employee experience and a quality driven environment in exchange for trusting us.Market-leading compensation that reflects your value25 days paid time off each year plus public holidaysShare Options with 5-year exercise window so you don’t feel pressure to exercise if you leaveFree Thursday lunches at HQ, quarterly team events, and company offsites.Top tier private coverage for health, vision and dental careA new MacBook and tools you need to do your best workEnhanced parental leave with up to 16 weeks for primary and 4 weeks for secondaryLearning & development budgetWhy Join Humaans Today?HR tech is having its AI moment and we’re positioned to own it. Humaans started as a next-gen HRIS taking on large incumbents in a massive market. We’ve since evolved into something even bigger: an AI platform that sits across workforce data and automates the operational layer of HR entirely; the natural progression of what we’ve been building toward.The product is highly differentiated. It’s built around a structured workforce data model that makes AI reliable in an HR context, so ... (truncated, view full listing at source)