Head of Product Design

Stuart (DPD Group) is a sustainable ? last-mile logistics company that connects retailers and e-merchants to a fleet of geolocalised couriers across several countries in Europe. 

Our Mission ?

We are an impact-driven company that aims to build the future of logistics for a more sustainable world: shared, efficient and reliable. We are committed to creating a new standard for urban deliveries that meet today’s environmental and social challenges while offering a premium delivery experience blending speed, flexibility and convenience.

Our motto: “Make every delivery a moment all of us can truly celebrate!” More than 3000+ leading brands already partner with us across Restaurants, Grocery, Retail & Luxury, eCommerce and Professional Services to deliver all types of goods at the tap of a button. Stuart is a highly diverse and inclusive company of 700+ employees with 90+ nationalities working across France ??, Italy ??, Poland ??, Portugal ??, Spain ?? and the U.K. ??

It’s the right moment and the right place for us to make an impact on millions of people, as home delivery services hit a record high. And guess what? You can help us fulfil our vision ?

We are looking for a Head of Product Design to join our amazing team. You will be working closely with the product and engineering leadership to shape the future of sustainable last mile delivery, creating world-class client and end customer experiences ?

Our Product Design team is part of our larger Product team and you will be reporting directly to our Director of Product Design, and leading a team of product designers to shape Stuart’s client and end customer product experiences. You will collaborate and network widely within the company to build the Product Design strategy for those products. You will champion design excellence, critiquing and challenging design solutions, offering guidance and inspiring designers to do their best work.

The Head of Product Design is a strategic expert with a strong background in user-centred design practices, championing interaction design excellence along the way. You will partner with product and engineering leaders to craft a product vision that balances customer and business goals as well as provides guidance for hypothesis-driven product initiatives.

You will manage and coach a team of managers and individual contributors, offering career guidance and support to aid their individual development. You will challenge design solutions and play an active role in design critique across teams to ensure the very best in design excellence.

The ability to come up with great ideas and concepts, transform its complex logic into elegant, easy-to-use solutions, and then execute it with excellence within your team is the key to success in the role ✨

This position can be Remote (anywhere in Italy), In Office, or Hybrid in Milan ??- Piazzale Biancamano 8, 20121 Milano

Please note that our main tech offices are Barcelona and Paris so if you will be based on one of these locations you can expect having most tech teams around ?

You’ve read all this way but you’re missing a skill or two? No problem, it’s our job to up-skill you to take your career to the next level. What we’re trying to say is, don’t be afraid to apply if you don’t tick all the boxes  ?

At Stuart, we believe that employees today want to evolve in collaborative, high-growth environments where they can demonstrate their abilities and thrive both professionally and personally. We are convinced that employees need to find alignment between their inner values and their company’s culture and mission to unlock their full potential. We work to create a culture of empowerment, continuous learning and growth where everyone can bring expertise, own projects and easily measure their impact ?

Stuart is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to promoting diversity. We don’t discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status ?

Want to learn more about us? Visit https://stuart.com/about-us/