What is the type of contract for this position?

The contract for this position is a Full-time contract

What's the salary range for the Design Ops position?

The suggested salary for this position is $152,100 - $185,900*

Is telecommuting possible for this position?

No, telecommuting is not possible for this position

Design Ops job at Payfit

Who are we? 🚀

PayFit simplifies payroll management and HR processes for SMBs. PayFit is an automated SaaS solution to help business owners and HR professionals save time and money allowing them to refocus on what really matters: their employees. Since 2015, we have set ourselves a mission to support the digital transformation of HR management through our ever growing range of product features and services. We have a strong presence in France and have been quickly growing in Germany, Spain and in the UK. With 7,000 customers in 4 countries, we are one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in Europe.

Today, we are more than 900 employees at PayFit and we all share four core values:

• Care for each other

• Always stay humble

• Strive for excellence

• Live and work with passion

We are committed to a culture of inclusion and an environment that enables fulfillment in freedom & responsibility.

What will be your role? ⭐

Join the PayFit adventure in our awesome Design Department!We also want to continuously leverage our level of excellence in design and customer-centricity, and we want to do so healthily.

With a design team of more than 40 amazing talents, growing in an international product organization with more than 300 players (product managers, product builders, engineers, designers, etc.), we need to set in place powerful Design operations.

Our missions are :

· 💎 Foster Design team community & culture

· 💪 Organize team learning and growing

· 🤜🏽🤛 Provide expertise, methods & tools

· 🛠 Implement processes and monitoring

As a Design Ops joining PayFit, you will contribute to bring our design department to the next level.

You will be responsible for:

· Operational efficiencies: Improving design team efficiency, collaboration, processes, and rituals. Working closely with our amazing Product Ops team, partner with them on cross-department initiatives to ease and improve collaboration and efficiency between designers, PMs and engineers.

· Design System Mechanics: Strengthen our Design System processes/ecosystem and push forward its adoption. Centralizing our assets, tools and documentation, breaking silos to converge all team material to one single source of truth. Support the construction of a Design System embracing all our brand & product design assets.

· Design Team Growth & Fulfillment: Enable a healthy growth of our design team by building processes and tools to ease and empower our designers recruitment, onboarding and training. Support an environment where diversity and inclusion play a key role in the design department. You also facilitate team buildings and events to improve our design team cohesion, fulfillment, and happiness at work.

This job has been tailored for you if... 🦄

You have at least 5 years of experience as a Product Designer or project manager working closely with a design team, with a strong experience on design systems and design teams collaboration (you have at least one significant experience leading, scaling, or processing a design team).
You are passionate about Design Systems and processes, you are obsessed with automation and efficiency.
You have great analytical skills. You enjoy coordinating stakeholders and managing projects.
You have strong communication skills with a high level of English proficiency.
You are a passionate individual with a very strong team spirit. You enjoy collaboration, understanding other people’s pain points and co-designing solutions for others.
You are empathetic, accessible and an educator. You enjoy explaining and sharing about your work

Nice to have:

Experience of hyper-growth in a start-up or a scale-up company
Experience as a Design ops for a big design team
Experience in design recruitment and building a design culture
High engagement in Design Communities
Engage in any action/organization related to diversity and inclusion at work

We are looking for passionate and innovative people who want to build the next big success story with us! Do you recognize yourself in these words? Do you want to join an incredible adventure? Tell us who you are, what you’ve done, and what you're looking to achieve. We’ll be more than happy to meet you :)

What we offer ❤️

An amazing working environment, designed for kindness and blossoming.
Work From Anywhere policy.
An international and dynamic team with the opportunity to visit our different offices (Paris, Berlin or London).
Regular team and global events.
An attractive remuneration package.
Flexible work environment.
Private health insurance.
Restaurant tickets.
Gym subscription with the preferential rate.
English, French or Spanish classes.
25 days of holidays.
Parental leave support program.
Great coffee, fruits, and snacks.
MacBooks are our standard, but we'll provide whatever equipment you need to help you get your job done!

Hiring process ⚙️

1️⃣ CV submitted with a portfolio including design A-Z project examples.

2️⃣ First call with Damien, Design Ops, to exchange your experience, professional goals & desires and measure the potential fit with the mission.

3️⃣ Remote project review or case study review with a User researcher and a Product Ops

4️⃣ Meeting with a senior Designer and a member of the Design System team

5️⃣Meet Marie - Director of Product Operations