The Role: How you'll make an impact at Personio
This position is based in New York City, and in some cases remote can be considered for the following states: CA, MA, MI, OR, NJ, TX, SC, VT, WA.
At Personio, your work transforms the way millions of people experience work every day. Join our Product & Technology team, where we drive our customers' outcomes by designing, developing and delivering innovative and high quality products. Be empowered to take ownership of your areas and make an impact on your team, our product, and our customers.
In this role, you'll lead a large product area, providing clarity in all aspects of your domain, possessing deep, industry-leading experience, and being regarded as exceptional by peers both internally and externally. You'll manage and hire talent for diverse teams, drive high-impact initiatives, and lead an entire product group in collaboration with Engineering and Product Management partners.
Role Responsibilities: What you'll do
- Managing a team of individual contributors across various products and initiatives.
- Identifying, driving, and delivering high-impact and valuable initiatives for the company.
- Attracting, hiring, and investing in high-potential senior individual contributors and managers.
- Leading an entire product group in collaboration with Engineering and Product Management partners.
- Identifying problems and opportunities that others may not see.
- Ensures collaboration is productive, actively improves own function. Simplifies process, removes blockers, sets up best practices to drive speed of execution and outcomes.
- Creates outsized impact on the quality of the design organization at large.
Role Requirements: What you need to succeed
- 3+ years experience managing a world-class design team through performance management
- 10+ years of professional experience as a Product Designer, working in scaling or scaled tech companies
- Experience working closely with Product Management and Engineering to define product strategy and OKRs.
- Possesses experience in building and launching products at a successful product company.
- Ability to simplify objectives and projects to deliver in the most efficient and high quality way.
- Experience mentoring individual contributors, contributing to their growth and success, particularly through challenging projects or features.
- Experience identifying and consolidated frameworks, systems, tools, adding simplicity and driving velocity.
To apply, include your Portfolio & CV in English.
Why Personio
Our Benefits
Aside from our people, culture, and mission, check out some of the other benefits that make Personio a great place to work:
- Receive a robust reward package - reevaluated each year - that includes salary, benefits, and pre-IPO equity
- Enjoy 20 days of paid vacation, plus an additional day after 2 and 4 years (because we love what we do, but we also love vacation!)
- Invest in your future with a 401(k) retirement account and a Personio match of up to 5%
- Get comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage for yourself and your family
- Make an impact on the environment and society with 2 (fully paid) Impact Days - one for an individual project of your choice and one for a company-wide initiative
- Receive family leave, mental health support, and sabbatical opportunities with PersonioCares
- Grow your skills with an annual personal development budget to use on professional memberships, external certifications, conferences, and more
- Connect with your fellow Personios at regular company and team events like All Company Culture Week and local year-end celebrations
- Engage in a high-impact working environment with flat hierarchies and short decision-making processes
$235,000 a year + equity + benefits
Please note the national salary range listed in the job posting reflects the new hire salary range across levels and U.S. locations that would be applicable to the position. Final salary will be commensurate with the candidate's final level and final location. Also, this range represents base salary only and does not include equity, or benefits, if applicable.
Please also note that the information provided in this job posting is for general informational purposes only. The job posting is provided 'as is' without any representations or warranties, express or implied. Personio makes no representations or warranties in relation to the accuracy, completeness, or suitability of the information contained in this job posting. By applying to this position, applicants acknowledge that they have read and understood this disclaimer and that Personio shall not be held liable for any reliance on the information contained herein.
What We Do
We believe small and medium-sized organizations are the backbone of global economies, with people driving their success. However, HR teams in these companies have long lacked software that truly empowers them to focus on what matters most: people. We're changing that by offering an all-in-one HR solution to support the entire employee lifecycle for small and medium-sized organizations.
As we continue our mission of building the best HR software for European SMEs, we are always looking for the brightest minds to help us to create and innovate in this space. Our office in New York City serves as a tech hub for talent that is based in the US, helping us to continue building best-in-class products and delight our 14,000+ customers.
Why Work With Us
At Personio we're committed to embracing uniqueness, meeting individual needs, and creating a safe space where every single person can belong. And this is just the beginning! Come join us as we embrace what makes us unique.
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Personio Offices
Hybrid Workspace
Employees engage in a combination of remote and on-site work.
Through our Flex working model, we provide the opportunity for a blend of office-based and remote work. Most of us are flexible, spending roughly half our time in the office and half remote, allowing us to iterate on the most effective work arrangeme