At Ankorstore, we believe that local independent retailers have a great impact on the soul of our cities and villages, and we believe that they will flourish even more if they are provided with great tools and exceptional shopping conditions. With this in mind, we are building the largest marketplace that connects authentic European brands with thousands of independent retailers. We are extremely proud to be able to support these amazing entrepreneurs every day. Ankorstore was founded in 2019 and has recently closed a $100 million Series B funding. We already have over 450 employees, already present in 28 countries and want to continue to scale strongly.
That is why we are looking for our new Head of Design to be part of our journey in this exciting challenge.
Role & Responsibilities
Reporting to the CPO, you will be the one responsible for the global user experience, in charge of all of the Product design team and activities, from strategy and research to production.
Your missions will be the following:
Establish the Product Design strategy & Define roadmap
You work closely with the CPO to build the product strategy and define what it means in terms of design tactics and prioritization.
You build the Product Design roadmap and frame all the consequent activities: User research & knowledge, Usage analysis, Information Architecture, Product Design.
Elevate what Design means at Ankorstore .
You strongly believe Design can change the way users envision and engage with our service, and have the capacity to guide others towards this vision.
You act as a Design evangelist and make everyone understand how Design can accelerate our success
Make the Product Design a way for the brand to shine .
Envision the Product Design work in the global context of the Ankorstore Brand. Work closely with the Marketing team and the Brand Design team.
Lead & Empower the Product Design team
Grow your teamwith various profiles such as: Product designers, UX Designers, UI Designers, UX Researchers... Recruit, Onboard and Empower them.
Set up with your team all the processes and tools they need to be efficient in their discovery and delivery work.
Structure your team around the agile organization, with room for transversal and exploratory activities. You shall organize the Design operations to guarantee we always keep an eye on the global user experience.
Lead transversal initiatives around User research and knowledge.
Experience & Key Competencies :
Strong Design leadership experience
You have 10+ years experience as Head of Design or Director of Design : you bring a significant experience in leading the Product Design strategy and efforts in a fast scaling context in ecommerce / ebusiness. Saas experience is a +
You know how to manage a product design organisation in an international company with Sales, Growth, Ops, Finance, General Managers etc…
Thought leader : You can represent Ankorstore externally and act as a thought leader internally and in the market.
Led a design team of 10+ people
Customer obsession
You drive the product design organisation with the obsession to solve our customer’s pains. We don’t build self-driving cars, we build a global solution that will serve a multi-billion industry with multiple opportunities of transformation
Datas must drive all your decisions
Why work for Ankorstore?
Working with a very ambitious & mission driven team backed by powerful VCs (Index Ventures, GFC, Alven, Aglae).
You will join at an early stage a unique project, working with a mission driven team backed by powerful investors with extremely high ambitions
Mentoring from a high-pedigree leadership team who will challenge you, build on your strengths and invest in your personal development
Ideal playground to shape the future of a very fast-scaling company, and drive the hyper growth that is only starting
Compensation: Ankorstore is offering a competitive remuneration package including stock options and additional benefits
Based in one of our hub (Paris, London, Berlin, Amsterdam, Stockholm). You will only be expected to visit the HQ in Paris regularly
Competitive package
