Head of Design

Gowago challenges the traditional way of buying and owning a car. Our goal is to become Europes most convenient digital mobility platform where anyone can seamlessly finance operate and manage their vehicle.

Were a team of 50 curious driven people building the next generation of car ownership for one simple reason: to make people move with a smile.

Were looking for a Head of Design who enjoys the hard problems and gets energy from solving them hands-on.

Youll own the end-to-end UX across Gowago and be accountable for design quality from first sketch to shipped product. Youll work embedded in a cross-functional Product Team as a practising UX/Product Designer while leading and growing one unified Design Team across product brand and marketing design.

Youll also help keep Gowago visually coherent: product marketing and brand should feel like one connected system not three separate worlds.

Tasks

• Own UX across Gowago and lead by example as a hands-on designer inside a Product Team
• Lead and grow the Design Team setting direction quality standards and actively coaching across different design specialities
• Own Brand & Visual Identity coherence together with the CXO and a specialist creative designer driving visual execution
• Provide design leadership for Marketing Design ensuring campaigns align with product and brand (without owning execution)
• Evolve and steward the design system so teams can move fast without breaking consistency
• Partner closely with Product Engineering Marketing and CX to translate strategy into shipped outcomes
• Drive discovery and validation through research prototyping and testing to inform decisions
• Ensure a coherent end-to-end experience so the customer journey feels intentional from first ad to long-term ownership
• Raise design maturity across the organisation through standards rituals and hands-on leadership

Requirements

• Senior design leader with strong hands-on product design craft
• Experience owning both product design and brand/visual identity in a meaningful way
• Proven ability to lead and grow small high-impact teams
• Systems thinker with a sharp eye for detail and quality
• Comfortable in a fast-moving product-led environment where priorities evolve and outcomes matter

Experience in e-commerce/marketplaces fintech or mobility is a plus but not required.

Benefits

• The chance to shape and impact Gowago from day one
• A passionate team with high standards and low ego
• Room to grow in responsibility scope and craft
• A long-term career opportunity in a fast-growing scale up disrupting car finance and ownership
• Flexible working: a mix of office and remote (fully remote is not possible)

Are you ready to move on in your career path

Gowago. Move on.