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Stay22 is seeking a Team Lead for Design to lead a growing design team of three Product Designers and one UX Researcher. In this role, you will balance hands-on design leadership with strategic product vision, reporting to the Head of Product.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and developing a team of three Product Designers and one UX Researcher, fostering a culture of autonomy, curiosity, and continuous improvement
- Maintaining and evolving Stay22's design principles, standards, and best practices, ensuring the design system remains living, scalable, and adopted across teams
- Leading design work on major product initiatives from discovery through delivery, collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, and Leadership
- Contributing to long-term product vision and Hub architecture while balancing short-term priorities
- Promoting the use of AI tools, skills, and agents in the design process to improve efficiency and delivery speed
- Integrating both qualitative and quantitative data into design decisions, from user research to product analytics
- Actively monitoring competition and market trends to inform design and prioritization decisions
- Continuously elevating the quality of user experience, design thinking, and product reasoning within the team
Required experience:
- 10+ years in product design with at least 3 years in a leadership or Team Lead role
- Strong expertise in UX, UI, interaction design, and information architecture with proficiency in modern design tools
- Experience designing, maintaining, and evolving design systems
- Genuine enthusiasm for AI tools and agents applied to design
- Experience managing designers or collaborating closely with UX Researchers
- Comfort combining qualitative and quantitative data to make and defend design decisions
- Strategic vision balancing short-term execution with long-term product evolution
- Excellent leadership, coaching, mentoring, communication, and stakeholder management skills
- Strong ownership mindset, comfort with ambiguity, and action-oriented approach
Experience in advertising, e-commerce, or travel sectors is a plus.
