Director UX/UI Design (m/w/d)

In this role you shape the long-term direction for Miele’s digital products and connected services, translating insights and trends into a premium experience across physical and digital touchpoints. You establish a scalable UX architecture and Design System to ensure consistent user flows and UI standards. You guide UX/UI quality, priorities, and timelines while mitigating risks. As a leader, you develop a high-performing UX/UI team and align experience quality across disciplines. This position offers a chance to influence interlinked products in a global, design-driven context.

• Shape long-term direction for digital products and connected services with Product Design and Smart Home
• Establish scalable UX architecture and a Design System across products and platforms
• Create guidelines, documentation, and processes to enable consistent quality and collaboration
• Steer UX/UI quality, priorities, resources, and timelines while managing risks and dependencies
• Lead and develop the UX/UI team through clear direction and coaching
• Foster cross-disciplinary alignment on experience quality across teams and functions

• Degree in Interaction Design, HCI, UX Design, Communication Design, Media Informatics or comparable discipline with extensive professional UX/UI experience
• Leadership experience in multidisciplinary Experience Design teams in a complex, international product environment
• Experience defining UX strategies, architectures, and Design Systems across digital and physical touchpoints
• Strong design vision with strategic thinking and hands-on mindset
• Ability to communicate confidently with international stakeholders in German and English

• leadership
• strategic thinking
• communication
• UX strategy
• UX architectures
• Design Systems