Founding Product Designer

Hello!

Join us as a Founding Product Designer in a brand-new Factorial product!

We're building a completely new startup inside Factorial. We're on a mission to rethink how companies manage workflows, org charts, policies, and analytics, the core of what defines Factorial.

This new team has one goal: take the product from €0 to €100M in revenue by 2030.

The good news? We're not starting from scratch. With +15,000 existing customers, we have a massive opportunity for immediate upselling, supported by a dedicated GTM team.

You'll be joining from day 0, in an environment where the tech stack matters far less than your ability to build fast, adapt quickly, and shape something entirely new.

Expect a different pace than the rest of Factorial: fast, high-energy, full of things to create, fix, and define.

We're particularly interested in candidates with strong experience designing end-to-end product experiences, from early discovery and research through to high-fidelity designs and implementation with engineering. You should be comfortable working closely with Product Managers and Engineers to turn ambiguous problems into simple, elegant solutions.

That said, we're not looking for a long list of tools or frameworks. What matters most is your excitement to build products from scratch, shape the foundations of a design practice, and have a real impact on both users and the business.

• You are a founder at heart:
  You're excited by ambiguity and enjoy taking products from zero to one, shaping not just features but the foundations of how design works in the company.
• You are an owner:
  You proactively identify problems, form hypotheses, and take responsibility for leading discovery, design, validation, and iteration end to end.
• You are deeply user-centric:
  You believe great products come from deeply understanding user problems and translating them into simple, elegant solutions that drive business impact.
• You are a systems thinker:
  You design scalable solutions that establish strong patterns and principles, laying the groundwork for future products and teams.
• You are hands-on and pragmatic:
  You move comfortably from rough ideas and prototypes to high-quality interfaces, working closely with engineers through implementation.
• You are a strong collaborator:
  You partner closely with Product Managers and Engineers, challenge assumptions, and help the team make better decisions.
• You are a builder of teams and practices:
  You enjoy mentoring others, sharing context, and helping define processes, standards, and culture as the design function grows.
• You communicate clearly in English:
  You can articulate your thinking, decisions, and trade-offs in a fast-moving, international environment.

At Factorial, we don't evaluate you by years of experience, we focus on your knowledge, skills, and impact.

How? Our Career Path provides a clear rubric for each level and skill, so you know where you are today and what you need to keep growing.

We value transparency, so we discuss the Career Path and the associated salary range during the first conversation.

For this Founding Product Designer position, the annual gross salary ranges from €45,000 to €82,000, depending on your level and experience. This includes a base salary and potential variable pay aligned with company goals.

You will be a Founding Product Designer, taking full ownership of major initiatives and focusing on outcomes, not just outputs. You'll work with your team to define goals, plan a quarterly roadmap, and make strategic design decisions with the big picture in mind.

You will be directly involved with customers, conducting research sessions, understanding their pains and needs, and turning insights into elegant, usable solutions.

You will collaborate closely with…