Senior Lead UX/UI Design (m/f/d)

At SIXT, we are not just building outstanding products, we are reinventing the way people experience mobility. Millions of customers around the world trust us for a seamless journey, and now we are on a mission to take our digital experiences to the next level. That is where you come in. As our Senior Lead UX/UI Design (m/f/d), you will have a rare opportunity: to be both a hands‑on designer and an inspiring leader. You will guide a talented team while still rolling up your sleeves to create bold, intuitive, and joyful experiences that set new standards in the industry.

Join us at this pivotal time as we reshape our entire product experience to reflect our brand values and set new industry standards. Apply now with your CV and a portfolio showcasing your design leadership and hands‑on impact.

YOUR ROLE AT SIXT

• You champion and elevate the core principles of product design, ensuring human‑centered design, data‑informed decision‑making, and seamless cross‑functional collaboration are embedded in everything we create together.
• You set the design vision while staying hands‑on, crafting impactful artifacts such as high‑fidelity prototypes and design flows, grounded in IxD, IA, accessibility, and UCD best practices.
• You drive design strategy, influencing key stakeholders and executives to align on a shared vision that delivers measurable business and customer value.
• You lead, mentor, and inspire a team of designers, establishing design principles and processes that enable consistency, scalability, and innovation.
• You evolve our design system as a strategic asset, ensuring cohesion and quality across our product ecosystem.
• You balance vision with pragmatism, finding the most effective trade‑offs to deliver high‑value solutions that excite customers and support business growth.

YOUR SKILLS MATTER

• Experience: You bring extensive UX/UI experience shaping B2C digital products at scale, with several years in senior or leadership roles driving end‑to‑end design strategy, influencing executives, and scaling processes across product lines.
• Portfolio: Your portfolio showcases large‑scale projects that blend visual design with strategic problem‑solving, featuring case studies on design systems, cross‑functional leadership, and solutions that drive customer experience and business growth.
• Strategic Mindset: You translate complex business objectives into actionable design strategies with measurable impact, collaborating with executives to shape product direction and champion design as a driver of growth and innovation.
• Work style: You excel at problem‑solving, independently driving high‑impact opportunities across complex ecosystems, with deep experience building and scaling global design systems for consistency and efficiency.
• Agility: In ambiguous and fast‑changing environments, you excel at balancing user needs, technical realities, and business constraints.
• Language: You have exceptional English communication skills and the presence to confidently engage with executive leadership, facilitate strategic workshops, and influence product and business strategy.

WHAT WE OFFER

• Extra benefits: Enjoy discounts on SIXT rent, share, ride and SIXT+, attractive vehicle leasing offers, and exclusive deals with partners for travel, tech, fashion and more.
• Mobility boost: We support you with a monthly mobility allowance of €20 per month for even more freedom.
• Future security: We contribute to your retirement plan and support you with capital‑forming benefits to ensure you are well covered.
• Feel‑good atmosphere: Stay active with our modern SIXT gym, various leisure activities such as the gaming area or the SIXT choir, and enjoy our high‑quality employee restaurant.
• Flexibility: Enjoy 30 days of vacation and a hybrid working model with flexible hours.
• Giving back: Take one day each year to volunteer at a charitable organization dedicated to supporting children.

About us:

We are a globally leading mobility service provider with a revenue of €4.00 billion and around 9,000 employees worldwide. Our mobility platform ONE combines our products SIXT rent (car rental), SIXT share (car sharing), SIXT ride (taxi, ride, and chauffeur services), and SIXT+ (car subscription), giving our customers access to our fleet of 350 000 vehicles, the services of 4 000 cooperation partners, and around 5 million drivers worldwide. Together with our franchise partners, we are present in more than 110 countries at 2 000 rental stations. At SIXT, top‑tier customer experience and outstanding customer service are our highest priorities. We believe in true entrepreneurship and long‑term stability and align our corporate strategy with foresight. Get started with us and apply now!