Design UX Lead

Description

Vertice was launched in 2022 to build a new way to manage SaaS and cloud spend. One that’s fair, totally transparent, and designed for modern businesses. Today, Vertice manages over $3.4 billion in spend for hundreds of customers in over 30 countries. We are headquartered in London with offices in New York, Brno, Sydney, Johannesburg and Singapore.

And we’re just getting started. Founded by successful serial entrepreneurs Roy Tuvey and Eldar Tuvey, Vertice has been on an incredible growth trajectory, with a remarkable 13X revenue growth in two years. Following our Series C investment round, we have secured over $100 million in funding from leading investors including Bessemer Venture Partners, 83North and Lakestar, and are expanding our reach across regions and product lines.

If you are ambitious, want to make an impact and be part of a highly talented and driven team, come and join us on this journey to build a new way to manage technology spend and simplify procurement.

 

Your role at Vertice

 We’re on the lookout for a UX Design Lead who’s excited about building meaningful, user-friendly experiences and leading a small but mighty design team.

As a Key Leader, You'll Collaborate With Product Managers And Engineers To Deliver Scalable, User-centric solutions that drive business adoption and growth. 

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience designing a complex system/platform
• 3+ years in leading a design team
• Deep knowledge of Figma, design system and openness to explore new tools and technologies. 
• You have strong leadership and social skills
• You have experience collaborating closely with R&D and product teams. 
• You’re able to work directly with PMs / engineers and push back and justify design decisions when needed, to maintain quality, best practices and support scale.
• You have a positive attitude with a willingness to put aside ego for the sake of what's best for the team.
• You possess the ability to adapt, switch gears, and thrive in a fast-paced environment
• You have excellent organizational skills and ability to prioritize and meet deadlines
• You are creative and an outside of the box thinker
• Portfolio - Strong UX Portfolio with case studies displaying depth of work, solving complex problems from scratch.
• SaaS or B2B — Designing solutions that are data-rich and often solve niche user problems that balance functionality with beauty.

 

What we’d love to see

• Lead and mentor a team of product designers, fostering a culture of creativity, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and execute the design strategy for our evolving platform, and its different personas.
• Drive the design process from concept to launch, ensuring high-quality, user-centric design solutions.
• Collaborate with the product, engineering, data, and marketing teams to develop a high-end look and feel.
• You’re able to lead by example and be hands-on.
• An ability to work directly with engineers to understand technical requirements / limitations of a feature.
• Excitement for Design Systems  and building playbooks for UX Design rather than individual one-off solutions.
• Working in a startup environment is strongly preferred.
• An appreciation of good UI design and surfacing playful interactions and delightful customer experiences within B2B SaaS products.

 

Why Join Vertice?

Be a part of a fast-growing, innovative startup that is changing the way businesses buy and sell SaaS. (named the fastest growing startup in the UK and Ireland and the 10th in Europe).

Work with passionate and talented teams that value your contributions and expertise.

Be part of a culture that promotes a growth mindset, transparency, collaboration, understanding and diversity. 

Share in our success with equity options.