On our path to becoming the world's favorite way to shop, we're assembling an unparalleled global talent network, accelerating individual careers, and disrupting entire industries.
We are on a mission to liberate humanity from all the meaningless time spent managing their purchases and finances, so they can do more of what they love.
We're in search of global talent eager to embrace a hypergrowth atmosphere and defy their own expectations.
**About Klarna Design**
We are a multidisciplinary design community, consisting of Product Designers, Brand Designers, UX Researchers, UX Writers, Front-end Designers and Design Operations.
We love to create appealing and distinctive experiences within our products, services and brand.
We possess a clear vision for building a strong community, passion and drive for great customer experience that goes above and beyond.
**About the role**
You will be part of one of the multidisciplinary teams who design smoooth shopping experiences for customers so they can get what they love with Klarna.
You will manage your team's career development and push the quality bar beyond what we already achieved.
You will empower your designers and offer strategic insight in how we can shape our product to serve from smaller and medium businesses, to also big enterprise solutions.
**What you will do**:
- Responsible for aligning design strategy and growth of the design team in one of the business groups in Klarna
- Work closely with Product Managers, Engineers in your group and collaborate with Designers or Design Managers, UX Researchers, UX Writers and Marketers
- Work closely with Design leadership across different business units at Klarna to develop the design process, operations and practices at Klarna
- Lead and build a team of designers, providing guidance on the output, facilitating collaboration and improving the design process
- Responsible for hiring and growing a small-to-medium sized design team, contributing to development of design culture at Klarna along with other Design leaders
- Provide mentorship, champion the craft and career development of your team
- Foster an environment of diversity and trust, where designers can accomplish their best work
**Who you are**:
- 7+ years of relevant design experience in digital products, 2+ years in people management
- Experience managing product designers, and the ability to build, mentor and motivate teamsHas a portfolio with work you personally designed and shipped, but also with examples of work of your team and their achievements
- Experience in articulating and synthesizing design problems and solutions to a cross-functional team of engineers, marketeers, data scientists
- Comfortable getting hands on when needed to help your group to achieve the desired outcomes
- Self-motivated and autonomous.
Successfully prioritize and execute on the projects with quality outcomes
- Experience working in e-commerce, social media or fashion tech is a plus but not required
- This position is officially located in Milan but is remotely eligible for working Italy in the CEST (GMT+1).
Your resume in English
**What we offer**:
**Diversity & Community**
With our diversity of skills, perspectives and backgrounds, we can create, innovate, and disrupt like no other.
Diversity is part of who we are, and essential to our success.
**Ownership & Impact**
Here, every voice matters.
We're organized into hundreds of small teams, each run like a start-up, focused on their own problem-space.
**Trust & Collaboration**
Successes and failures are won together at Klarna in a melting pot of teams.
Win, lose, and learn, we're on this path together.
The Klarna Work Policy is designed to make sure we foster team collaboration while also ensuring a productive and flexible work environment.
We work 2 days per week in the office on agreed days, and then 3 flexible days.
We're also providing each Klarnaut with an annual financial contribution to improve their flexible work life whether they use it to upgrade their work accessories, or their home office space!
**Challenges & Rewards**
We take a very Swedish approach to benefits.
Support for parents, health and wellness perks—we've got you covered.
**About Klarna