Principal Product Designer

As a Principal Product Designer at Bitpanda, you’ll play a critical role in shaping our long-term experience strategy, scaling design quality, and ensuring visual and interaction consistency across products. You’ll lead by example - raising the bar for design craft, defining our future experience principles and owning the evolution of our design system.

This is a high-impact role that sits at the intersection of strategy, systems and craft. You’ll guide cross-functional teams, influence decisions across product solutions and oversee the building blocks that power high-quality, scalable and accessible user experiences. Through hands-on leadership and forward-looking thinking, you’ll ensure Bitpanda continues to deliver product experiences that are both cohesive and future-ready.

What you'll do

• Raise UX and UI quality across platforms through standards, feedback, audits and design quality rituals.

• Shape and evolve Bitpanda's Design System, including its strategy, contribution model, components, patterns and documentation.

• Partner with Design, Product and Engineering to improve consistency, accessibility and implementation quality.

• Mentor senior designers, provide structured feedback and raise the standard of design craft.

• Define future-state journeys, interaction patterns and experience principles that guide product direction.

• Explore AI-enabled approaches that improve ideation, workflows and team effectiveness.

• Define and track design quality metrics to demonstrate impact and inform decisions. 

Who you are

• A Principal Designer with 10+ years of product design experience and deep expertise in design systems.

• A strategic systems thinker who can connect design quality, product needs and business impact.

• Strong in craft, with expertise in components, patterns, interaction design and documentation.

• A trusted partner to Design, Product and Engineering who can influence across teams.

• A multiplier who mentors designers and helps scale the design system across product teams.

• You bring ownership, curiosity and adaptability - and thrive in a fast-paced, fast-learning, regulated environment.

What’s in it for you

• Flexibility to work where you thrive – Enjoy the freedom of our Hybrid working model, combining onsite collaboration and remote work, with an additional 25 days per year to work from a city or country of your choice.

• Reward for your impact – Receive a competitive total compensation package aligned with Bitpanda’s pay-for-impact policy, including participation in our stock option plan.

• Support for your mental wellbeing – Access confidential coaching, counselling, and mental health resources whenever you need them through OpenUP.

• Time to recharge – On top of your standard annual leave, Prioritise your wellbeing with 3 additional days of paid time off to rest, reset, and recharge, available once you’ve been with us for 6 months.

• Continuous learning and growth – Grow your skills and stay ahead in your career with unlimited access to Udemy’s library of online courses at your own pace.

• Exclusive perks and rewards – Enjoy discounts, rewards, and perks from partners worldwide across lifestyle, wellness, tech, and travel.

• Support during life milestones – Take advantage of our additional 8 weeks of gender-neutral new parent leave to welcome and bond with your new addition to the family.

• Fuel and focus on-site – Pandas in Vienna, Bucharest, Barcelona, and Berlin can enjoy free onsite dining, with freshly prepared lunches and snacks to keep you fueled and focused all day long.

• Recognition for your contributions – Celebrate milestones and achievements with recognition and rewards for your Tenure at Bitpanda.

• Show your Bitpanda pride – Access exclusive Bitpanda-branded merchandise and gear to represent.

• Connect and celebrate with your team – Join unforgettable company events, from our Winter Party in Vienna to gatherings worldwide, fostering fun, connection, and celebration