Group Product Designer

The Pennylane mission

Our mission at Pennylane is to empower accountants and businesses to become more productive and collaborative. Through our B2B SaaS platform accountants and businesses are able to save significant amounts of time by simplifying data-entry, invoice management and reconciliation tasks allowing them to spend more time advising their clients and building new business opportunities. We aim to become the most beloved financial operating system in Europe.

Our progress (so far)

💻 We have managed to make ourselves known as a groundbreaking accounting and financial software for small businesses and their accountants within France.

💰 We have raised a total of €84 million so far from serious venture capital firms such as Sequoia.

👨‍👩‍👧‍👦 Grown from 7 co-founders to over 500+ happy Pennylaners (180 of them on the Product & Tech side) : we’re now recognised as one of the greatest places to work in France (but also remotely), with a 5/5 rating on Glassdoor and an e-NPS of 94.

🌍 Built an international environment with more than 33 nationalities, with a strong remote-friendly culture, where 35% of the employees are already working from all parts of Europe

🤝 Earned the trust of thousands of customers and accounting firms and obtain outstanding ratings

Design at Pennylane

Design sits at the centre of this mission and its purpose is to deliver a seamless, accessible and enjoyable experience for our users.

Our team of 25+ product designers work across different tracks that are divided into cross-functional squads each consisting of Engineering, Product and Design. Autonomy, trust and transparency are the key values upon which our culture is built, this is directly reflected in how our designers operate on a day-to-day basis. At Pennylane, designers are expected to actively contribute all the way from defining the problem space, to research and testing.

The role

We are seeking a talented and experienced Group Product Designer to join Pennylane.

You'll be joining the Bookkeeping group, composed of 5 squads, managing the 5 designers working in these squads and working closely with Laura (Group Product Manager) and Alexandre (Senior Engineering Manager). You’ll be reporting to Adèle (Product Design Manager).

We are looking for someone with a proven track record in leading a small design team, including people management and design leadership.

If you are passionate about leading and growing talented designers, and thrive in a dynamic and collaborative environment, we would love to hear from you!

Key responsibilities

Managing a team of 5 designers: creating a great working environment for your team, encouraging synergies, removing blockers as they arise, coaching and growing the talents in your team, including performance management and setting clear and engaging objectives.

Building and refining your knowledge of our users: engaging in user research to gain insights into user behaviours, needs, and pain points, and translate those findings into design direction and input for the team

Leading your group with your PM and Tech counterparts: co-creating the product vision, ensuring a consistent and smooth user experience across squads, solving staffing challenges, aligning with adjacent scopes and beyond, solving dependencies…

Oversee and challenge design work in your scope: participate in design critiques and provide constructive feedback to improve the quality and effectiveness of design solutions, within the Product Design team, squad and the business

Playing a key role in our Product Design team: fostering an inclusive, safe and collaborative environment, initiating and leading projects that improve our team’s capabilities and workflows, creating a culture of knowledge sharing, spreading good practices etc.

Your profile

Native level in French and fluency in English is required for effective communication and collaboration.

You have experience managing and growing designers of all seniority levels.

You demonstrate solid experience in product design, specifically in a B2B / SaaS context.

You thrive on uncovering and solving complex problems and are not afraid to dive in complex topics (in our case, accounting).

You excel at fostering an inclusive, collaborative, and engaging design team culture.

You are able to communicate effectively and smoothly with all types of stakeholders. You demonstrate great collaboration skills with PM and Engineering counterparts.

You strive to understand both the users and the business, and are able to contribute meaningfully to the product strategy on your scope.

Recruitment process

- First call with the Talent Acquisition team (30 min)

- Who interview Adèle (Design Manager) & Emmanuel (Head of product)

- Stakeholder interview with the Bookkeeping team : Alexandre (Engineering manager) & Laura Ville (Group Product Manager)

- Fit interview Jessica (Design manager) & Paul (Group Product Designer)

- Last round interview with Tancrède (CPO)

What we do to make your work life easier

🏢 You'll be able to work remotely from anywhere in Europe, as long as your contract allows you to.

📈 You'll get company shares to enjoy a piece of the success story you're building with us

🏡 You’ll have a budget to turn your home into a more comfortable workspace, as well as a monthly allowance to work from a co-working space whenever you feel like it

⛹️Through our partner Gymlib, you’ll have access to 8000 fitness spaces in Europe and more than 300 activities related to wellness🤔

🇬🇧 You’ll have access to Busuu to perfect your english or your french

💻 You’ll get the latest Apple equipment

🎉 You’ll be part of a vibrant social community : we do lots of sports together (Foot, running, climbing...), we love to hang out and have a drink together (Thursday afterwork drinks on our rooftop is a usual thing. Twice-a-year we do company seminars, last time we went to enjoy the late summer in Provence - and it was amazing !)

And if you're based in France:

🏢 You’ll be able to work fully from your home or any co-working space in France, or from our wonderful office in the center of Paris

🏝You’ll get 10 additional days off (to the 25 standard ones) to rest and do what you love each year

🍜 You’ll have lunch credits (Swile card) to buy your favorite food every day

🏥 You’ll have a great healthcare cover (Alan Blue) to take care of yourself and your family

We're working on providing those last advantages to our people based outside of France as well, but it can be quite more complex depending on different countries.