Product Designer - AI Focus

About Cozero

Want to be part of one of Europe’s fastest-growing climate tech startups? We are looking for a passionate Senior Product Designer with a focus on AI to help us transform every company into a sustainable business. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of our platform, influencing design strategy, and driving innovative solutions that make a tangible impact on climate change.

We have recently secured €6.5 million in Series A funding, led by Kvanted and ENV, with contributions from NewAlpha Asset Management and several business angels. Our Climate ERP solution is trusted by leaders like Maersk, Nippon Express Europe (NX Group), and DMG MORI, streamlining corporate emission management and reduction. This funding allows us to expand and enhance our platform, integrating sustainability into business operations.

With us, you’ll have the opportunity to dive into the world of a high-growth SaaS startup and gain hands-on experience across key areas of early-stage operations.

🌍 Mission

( what’s the purpose of this role?)

Craft intuitive, user-centric, and innovative design solutions for our Climate ERP platform, with a strong emphasis on leveraging AI to create intelligent and impactful experiences. Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to translate user needs and business goals into engaging and effective user experiences that drive sustainable impact.

💪 Responsibilities

User Experience & Interaction Design:

• User Research: Develop a deep understanding of our users – their workflows, pain points, and needs – through user research, interviews, and data analysis.
• Visual Design: Contribute to the visual design language, ensuring a consistent and engaging user interface that aligns with our brand and design system.
• Wireframing & Prototyping: Using AI tools, create wireframes, user flows, and interactive prototypes (low to high fidelity) to explore and validate design solutions.

Product Design + AI:

• AI-Enhanced Design Process & Tooling: Drive the integration of AI into our design processes and contribute to creating design tools to empower other teams to leverage AI effectively and consistently in their design-related work.
• AI Opportunity Identification: Proactively identify opportunities for AI enhanced features that help our users to solve complex problems and driving business value.
• Designing for Intelligent Experiences: Design intuitive and effective user interfaces for AI-powered features, ensuring transparency, explainability, and user control.
• Ethical & Environmental Considerations: Actively consider and advocate for the ethical implications, fairness, and environmental impact of AI in your design solutions.

Collaboration & Communication:

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work closely with product managers, engineers, marketing, and customer success teams to ensure alignment on design priorities and feasibility.
• Stakeholder Communication: Effectively communicate design concepts, rationale, and trade-offs to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Feedback Integration: Solicit and thoughtfully incorporate feedback from users, stakeholders, and the design team into design iterations.
• User Testing: Plan, conduct, and analyze user testing sessions to gather valuable insights and validate design decisions.

🚀 Expectations

PERSONAL LEVEL

• User Empathy: A genuine passion for understanding users and advocating for their needs.
• Clear Communication: Ability to articulate design ideas and rationale effectively, both verbally and visually.
• Collaboration: A proactive and positive attitude towards teamwork and cross-functional collaboration.
• Problem-Solving: A strong ability to identify user pain points and translate them into effective design solutions.

BUSINESS LEVEL

• Product Thinking: Understanding of how design decisions impact business goals and user outcomes.
• Iteration & Feedback: Comfortable working in an iterative design process, incorporating feedback and data to refine designs.
• Technical Awareness: Basic understanding of front-end technologies and their impact on design implementation.

🎯 How do we define success for this role?

• User Satisfaction: Measurable improvements in user satisfaction and usability scores related to your design contributions.
• Effective Solutions: Delivery of design solutions that effectively address user needs and business requirements.
• Design Quality: Consistent application of and contribution to the design system, resulting in a high-quality and cohesive user experience.
• Team Collaboration: Positive and productive collaboration with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders.
• Impact on Product: Contribution to product discovery and the successful implementation of new features and improvements.

What We’re Looking For:

• Experience: 3+ years in a product design role.
• Design Portfolio: Strong portfolio showcasing user-centered design process, creative problem-solving, and visual and interaction design skills (e.g., Figma, Sketch, Adobe Suite).
• User Research Skills: Experience participating in or conducting user research activities.
• Prototyping Skills: Proficiency in creating prototypes to communicate and test design concepts.
• Communication Skills: Fluent in English with good communication skills; German is a plus.
• Team Player: Ability to work collaboratively within a cross-functional team.
• Passion for Sustainability: A genuine interest in climate tech and making a positive impact.

Why This Role Might Not Be for You…

• We are a growing startup where projects and priorities might shift. If you prefer the stability of established companies, Cozero might not be the right place for you.
• We embrace radical candor, challenging each other directly while showing genuine care.
• While we offer a supportive and collaborative work culture, we may not provide all the perks typical of large companies.

What We Offer:

• A remote-first working environment with the option to work from our Berlin office, access to innovation events, and the German startup ecosystem.
• 27 vacation days per year + National holidays.
• Regular team events and at least 2 offsites per year.
• One-time €500 home office equipment stipend.
• €500 annual learning and development budget.
• MacBook Pro equipment.
• €100 Monthly coworking budget for employees outside of Berlin.
• Participation in Cozero’s Virtual Stock Option Plan (VSOP).
• A strong company culture focused on growth, collaboration, and fighting climate change.

How to Apply

We strive to build a diverse, inclusive, and collaborative workplace. We follow a fair, objective, and non-discriminatory recruitment process. If you need any special requirements during the interview process, please let us know.