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Random delays, confusing rules, extra apps and accounts make it harder than it should be to pay and get paid.\nThe European Payments Initiative is changing that with Wero, a proudly European digital wallet to make payments easier, clearer and more secure. Online, in store, at home and across borders, with your money and data protected under European laws and regulations.\nWero is live in Belgium, France, Germany and the Netherlands and launching very soon in Luxembourg and Austria. Backed by 17 major banks and the two largest European acquirers, we’re building a brand new, proudly European payment system.\nWhat's in it for you\nIn this role, you define and drive the end-to-end product design strategy and UI vision for Wero, with a strong focus on coherence, usability and high-quality interfaces across products and lifecycles.\nYou operate at both system and detail level: shaping long-term experience principles while designing critical journeys and interaction patterns yourself. You turn complex business, regulatory and technical requirements into clear, accessible and elegant solutions.\nYour work is evidence-based. You plan and synthesize qualitative and quantitative research, connect business objectives to user needs, and translate insights into clear design direction. You mentor designers, elevate standards across teams and communicate strategy and trade-offs clearly to senior stakeholders.\nAt EPI, we embrace a remote-first culture, enabling teams to work from their country of residence, with in-person gatherings at least once per quarter to strengthen collaboration and connection.\nAbout the team\nYou will join a Design team of around 12 across Product Design, Research, Content Design and Design Operations, reporting into the Head of Experience Design.\nProduct Designers are embedded in cross-functional product teams.\nResearch, Content Design and Operations work transversally across domains.\nAs Staff Designer, you:\nCollaborate across multiple domains and product areas\nAct as a senior reference point for product design strategy and UI craft\nPartner closely with other senior designers and the Head of Experience Design\nYou work within a product-led, cross-functional model, joining the right touch points to anticipate change, influence direction and contribute where yourstrategic and craft expertise creates the most leverage.\n Your impact\nLead by example in UI craftsmanship, setting clear standards for visual quality, interaction design, accessibility and detail in high-impact product areas.\n\nDefine and drive product design strategy end-to-end, translating product and business direction into coherent experience principles, journeys and shipped UI across platforms.\n\nShape and articulate the long-term UI vision for Wero, including emerging payment use cases, ensuring alignment between business goals, regulatory requirements and user needs.\n\nPartner with Product, Engineering and Compliance to transform complex constraints into intuitive, accessible interface solutions.\n\nPlan, drive and synthesize discovery and research activities to inform strategy, validate decisions and guide iteration.\n\nMentor designers and provide structured feedback that raises overall design maturity, while clearly communicating rationale and trade-offs to senior stakeholders.\n\nTo succeed, you should meet at least 70% of these requirements\n9+ years in product design within product-led organisations, including ownership of complex product areas\n\nA degree in Design, HCIor related fields is welcome but not required.\n\nFluent in English (CEFR C1 or C2); French, German, Dutch, or other European languages are a plus\n\nThrive in a remote-first, multicultural environment\n\nProduct Design Craft & Systems Thinking:\nStrong portfolio demonstrating shipped, high-quality digital products across mobile and/or web\n\nExperience defining product or experience strategy and translating it into coherent journeys and shipped UI\n\nAdvanced proficiency in Figma\n\nSolid accessibility practice, designing to WCAGAAlevel or higher\n\nDesigning in Regulated & Complex Environments:\nExperience designing end-to-end journeys in complex digital products from discovery to iteration\n\nExperience in payments, fintech, financial services or other regulated domains is a strong plus\n\nExperience shaping coherent multi-platform ecosystems (mobile, web, partner touchpoints)\n\nResearch & Evidence-Based Decision Making:\nComfortable using qualitative and quantitative research methods to inform and validate design decisions\n\nAble to connect insights to product strategy and adjust direction based on evidence\n\nCollaboration, Communication & Stakeholder Management:\nClear communicator who can explain design rationale and trade-offs to technical and non-technical audiences\n\nExperience influencing senior stakeholders and aligning cross-functional teams\n\nAble to zoom between long-term vision and detailed UI decisions\n\nExperience working in distributed or multi-market teams is a plus\n\nIf you do not meet every requirement but believe you can make a strong impact, we encourage you to apply.\nIf this looks like you, the recruitment steps are:\nA first call with one of our recruiters (45 min)\n\nPortfolio review + Job-Specific Skills Interview (60 min) with your hiring manager + relevant experts\n\nCulture Interview (60 min) with a cross-functional panel of design + engineering leadership\n\nHopefully, an offer you can’t refuse\n\nWe respect senior candidates’ time. There are no unpaid design exercises.\nTurn back if …\nYou prefer fully structured environments with minimal ambiguity and limited strategic ownership\n\nYou are not comfortable shaping experience direction with incomplete information and influencing senior stakeholders\n\nYou prefer narrow execution over cross-domain collaboration, mentorship and raising design standards\n\nWhat we can offer\nRemote-first culture with quarterly and annual all-staff in-person meetups to keep teams connected and collaborative\n\nPossibility to work from another EU country for up to 3 months per year\n\nCompetitive compensation package, featuring salary, performance-based bonus, and a thoughtfully designed, high-quality benefits program\n\nThe opportunity to be part of a multicultural European company\n\nLearning & development budget: €5,000 training budget per year\n\nOtherwise apply!\nOur commitment to equal employment opportunities\nEPI offers the same job opportunities to all, without distinction of gender, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, social status, disability or age. 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