Design Director

Klarna is looking for ambitious people with significant drive! You should be passionate about your job and enjoy a fast paced international working environment. You will play an important role in taking Klarna to the next level thus, you should desire to go above and beyond to produce best work results! At Klarna we embrace change, you should dare to challenge the status quo and be persistent.You should have:At least 4 years of experience managing teams of designersA strong understanding of interaction design, visual design and user experience. We want to hire Design Managers that have grown from being designers themselvesExperience working with design systemsGreat ability to articulate and explain your ideas to management, other directors and designers, amongst othersA strong eye for grids, visual patterns and pixel perfectionWorking proficiency and communication skills in verbal and written EnglishYou might also haveBackground in fintech or e-commerceExperience developing design librariesPassionate about motion design and transitions Define and oversee the design strategy of the different products in your domainDefine the Design resources, process and setup needed in order to deliver on the strategyManage a team of Product Designers and Design Leads working within your domainOversee the work and work closely with your Design Leads and our Design System team to ensure a consistent UI and UX experience across the whole customer journeyShape the design culture in your Domain and at Klarna to ultimately define every interaction customers have with our products and services Klarna is Europe's fastest growing and most exciting financial technologies (FinTech) company. Here at Klarna we are striving to become the world’s most favourite way to buy. It is a bold objective, but we are well on course to achieving it. Unicorns are rare - and we are one of them! Unicorns are tech startups valued at over 1$Bn. Moreover, Klarna is listed 8th on CNBC most ‘disruptive companies in the world’ list for 2016, alongside Uber, AirBnB and coming above companies like Snapchat and Spotify - we are really starting to change the global world of payments.Klarna strives to become the world’s favourite way to buy, and you can contribute to reaching this goal! We are looking to hire great people, who are passionate about using their talents to generate success. We are currently looking for Design Directors to manage the design strategy and the team of Product Designers in our Merchant and Purchase domains.