Design Manager, Merchant

And we’re looking for an experienced Product Design Manager to join the Merchant mission!

At Wolt Merchant Group focuses on making Wolt an integral part of our Merchants’ daily lives in all the 23 countries Wolt is active in. We provide our business partners with tools and automations that are useful, efficient, reliable, and delightful to use. Our products are built around self-service, which helps us keep trust at the core of our partner relationships.

Join us today to build Wolt together!

📍This role can be based in Berlin, Stockholm, and Helsinki.

Your Impact

The core skills of our design leaders are to coach, bridge and direct the function of design. This means, you are both a highly experienced manager who loves being connected to the work and zoom in as necessary to support teams to  success.

Set up the team for success:
Lead the Merchant Design team, a part of the Merchant Group, ensuring that the team is set up for success in a scaling environment

Lead the charge:
Oversee a critical problem space within the Merchant mission, empowering your team to thrive in a dynamic, creative environment.

Set the bar high:
Establish and uphold exceptional design standards, ensuring every product we build delivers a delightful user experience.

Grow and nurture:
Build a high-performing team by attracting and onboarding top talent, implementing efficient design management practices, and leveraging strategic frameworks.

Bridge the gap:
Foster seamless collaboration and project delivery within agile teams, guiding stakeholders through effective design rituals and reviews.

Empower your team:
Mentor and coach designers, supporting their career aspirations and pushing them to reach their full potential.

Navigate with purpose:
Translate user needs and business goals into innovative solutions that drive strategic success.

Who you are

• You have 5+ years of experience leading design teams at consumer-focused or business-to-business product organizations that feature strong value propositions and high tech service integrations.

• You possess exceptional design skills and have shipped numerous b2b or consumer products that prioritize user delight. This allows you to have thorough understanding of creative process and hands on design work, and while you may not spend that much time designing yourself, you still care about the design work deeply

• You have experience leading, mentoring, and managing designers to help grow their skills in research, design, ideation, innovation and systematic thinking.

• You effortlessly connect with cross-functional stakeholders, motivating them to execute vision even in your absence.

• You have a user and data-focused design mentality. You leverage user feedback and data insights to refine your team's intuition,  understanding the value of both qualitative and quantitative methods.

• You thrive in complex systems, balancing global needs with your product's specific goals.

The position will be filled as soon as we find the right person, so feel free to apply as soon as you feel like hearing more about the position and potentially joining Wolt!

The compensation will be a negotiable combination of monthly pay and equity. The latter makes it exceptionally easy to be excited about our company growing and doing well, as you'll own a piece of the pie.

If you want to check up on your application or have any further questions about the position, you can turn to Talent Acquisition Partner Claudia Medri ([email protected]) at any given time.