Overview Get AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features. At Pleo, we’re on a mission to revolutionise the way businesses manage company spending. No more outdated processes, clunky spreadsheets, or frustrating delays - we believe spend management should be seamless, empowering, and surprisingly effective for finance teams and employees alike. We’re creating tools that promote autonomy, foster trust, and let businesses focus on what truly matters. Our culture is built on transparency, collaboration, and a deep commitment to innovation – which is reflected in our spending solution. At Pleo, you’ll join a passionate team shaping the future of work, all while having some fun along the way. About The Role We’re looking for seasoned Product Design Directors to join our leadership team and help us scale design impact across Pleo. In this role, you’ll lead product design for a major area of our business - shaping strategy, elevating craft, and driving outcomes through exceptional, human-centered design. Great experience is at the heart of that mission. Not just how things look, but how they work. How they guide, bring clarity, empower, and delight. You’ll work closely with executive leadership, partner deeply across disciplines, and grow a team of thoughtful designers who care about doing great work together. This is a strategic and hands-on role for a design leader who thrives in complexity, moves with clarity, and believes that simplicity is earned. Please note: We are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role in any of the listed locations. What You Will Be Doing You’ll own and drive design transformation in a critical product area, delivering high-quality experiences that help our customers thrive - and our business grow. At the same time, you’ll shape how we build, collaborate, and scale as a design team. In the first 6 months, we imagine you will:

Define a clear design strategy for your area and align it with partners in Product and Engineering Ship 1-2 major initiatives with the team with early signs of impact on adoption, monetisation, or UX quality Create clarity, support, and growth opportunities for your team Ensure design is actively shaping roadmap and prioritisation - not just reacting to it Coach designers to raise their craft, confidence, and ownership

By 12 months, you’ll likely:

Lead design work that moves key business metrics - revenue, retention, or product engagement Build and scale a UX quality strategy for your area, measuring impact and adjusting as you learn more Mentor designers to take on bigger problems and grow their scope of impact Co-lead a cross-functional initiative that shapes how Pleo prioritises, collaborates, or ships value Deepen trusted partnerships across Product, Engineering, Brand, and beyond

What You Bring

A track record of leading design work that made a measurable difference - whether by launching completely new experiences, redesigning major parts of the product, or changing how teams work Experience managing senior and staff designers, and have real stories of coaching them into confident leads and future design leaders A reputation for building high-performing teams - where people feel clear, trusted, and energised Strong instincts for working with product and engineering. Not just making things look good, but shaping what gets built and why A habit of grounding decisions in real customer insight through numbers, stories, patterns, or pain points Experience getting senior stakeholders on board with complex ideas - especially when the right path isn’t the obvious one A sharp eye for quality and a mindset for raising the bar - especially when things get fast, messy, or ambiguous

Extra bonus points if

You’ve built tools in and around fintech - how money moves, how teams make decisions, how businesses stay compliant - and you care deeply about making that work simpler, clearer, and more human You’ve led design in multi-market or multi-language products, and understand what truly scales across cultures You have curiosity and hands-on experience with emerging tech like AI, and a drive to use it in ways that make products more powerful and human

Who You’ll Be Working With And Reporting To You’ll report to our VP of Design and work closely with senior leaders across Product, Engineering, and Brand. You’ll directly manage a team of 5–10 product designers, including Staff-level ICs, and collaborate with other Design Directors to shape the future of our practice. We’re a tight-knit design org that values deep thinking, clear storytelling, and building with care. We show up for each other, we ship with intent, and we believe that great design is a team sport where everyone is owning their part. How You’ll Develop In This Role As a Design Director at Pleo, you’ll:

Step into a strategic partner role for our most important product bets Mentor designers and emerging leaders as they grow their confidence and scope Influence how we scale our design team, evolve our processes, and raise the bar for quality Help shape a culture of clarity, ownership, and craft - where designers do their best work

We’re committed to helping you grow - whether that means stepping into executive leadership, refining your strengths as a product design operator, or taking on new and complex challenges as Pleo scales. Show me the benefits!

Your own Pleo card (no more out-of-pocket spending!) Lunch is on us for your work days - catered meals or lunch allowance based on local office Comprehensive private healthcare - depending on your location 25 days of holiday + public holidays Hybrid and fully remote working options Option to purchase 5 additional days of holiday through a salary sacrifice Access to mental health and well-being support LinkedIn Learning for ongoing development Paid parental leave

Why join us? Working at Pleo means you’re working on something exciting: the future of work. Our mission is to help every company go beyond the books. Pleo means ‘more than you’d expect’, and it’s been the secret to our success. We think company spending should be delegated to all employees, automated, and drive a culture of responsible spending. Finance teams should work in unity with other functions. Our four core values are: champion the customer, succeed as a team, make it happen, and build to scale. Today we are an 850+ team, with offices in Copenhagen, London, Stockholm, Berlin, Madrid, Montreal and Lisbon, plus remote team members in many countries. If you don’t work in the office, we’ll help you set up a great remote arrangement and ensure you stay connected with your team. About Your Application

Please submit your application in English. We treat all candidates equally; apply through our application system for a smooth candidate experience. We encourage people from all backgrounds to apply. When you submit an application we process your personal data as a data processor. Find out more in the FAQs at the bottom of our jobs page.

Seniority level: Director Employment type: Full-time Job function: Product Management and Marketing

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