Founding Product Designer - HR Tech

Cherry Ventures is supporting our portfolio with this hire

Location: Copenhagen
Type: Full-time

About Kiku

Kiku is building the automation platform for the 80% -  the frontline workers who keep the world running while the rest of tech obsesses over polishing apps for the 1%.

This isn’t another Figma-shuffle job. We’re shipping product that changes how frontline teams work, at global scale. If you want comfort and process theatre, look elsewhere. If you want ownership, high velocity and fun while doing it, you’ll feel at home here.

The Role

We’re looking for a Product Designer who can do more than make things look good. You’ll shape how humans and AI work together, from 0→1 and beyond. You’ll have full ownership—from digging into user pain to prototyping solutions, testing them fast, and shipping experiences that frontline workers actually want to use.

This is a career-defining design seat: no legacy, no red tape, just the chance to build the foundation of Kiku’s product and design culture.

What You’ll Do

• Take end-to-end ownership of the design loop: research → ideation → prototyping → shipping → iteration.
• Conduct user research to uncover real frontline needs, not assumptions.
• Turn messy problems into clear UX flows, wireframes, and prototypes that can be shipped quickly.
• Partner closely with engineering to define requirements and balance usability with feasibility.
• Build and evolve a scalable design system from scratch.
• Use AI as a design partner, not just a feature—embed it into your workflow to move faster and smarter.
  
  

Skills You’ll Need

• Strong UX and interaction design fundamentals (flows, wireframes, information architecture).
• Solid visual design execution - clean, clear, and usable interfaces.
• Prototyping ability (Figma or equivalent) to communicate and test ideas quickly.
• User research skills: interviewing, synthesising insights, and translating into action.
• Ability to collaborate across functions and influence stakeholders.
• Experience designing complex B2B products (bonus if they involved automation, AI, or frontline workflows).
• Comfort with designing for ambiguity: starting from zero, moving fast, and iterating in-market.
  
  

What We Expect

• Action over talk: you spot problems and solve them.
• High-velocity craft: you balance quality with speed.
• AI fluency: you see AI as a tool to expand what’s possible.
• B2B battle scars: you’ve shipped real products and learned from real users.
• A portfolio that shows how you think, not just polished screens.
  
  

What You’ll Get

• Day-one impact: your designs reach customers in days, not quarters.
• Ownership that matters: you’ll define Kiku’s design DNA.
• A global stage: from 0 to worldwide scale.
• A team that values speed, guts, and doing the work, not endless meetings.
• A team-first culture: no assholes, no politics - just people who care about the mission and each other.
• Room to grow: we push each other to get better, and celebrate wins together.

Cherry Ventures is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status.