Head of Product Design

Capcade

Head of Product Design leading design discipline at Capcade, a fintech collaboration infrastructure platform. Work closely with product and engineering, shaping user experiences in a hybrid role.

Posted 6/11/2026full-timeAmsterdam • 🇳🇱 NetherlandsLeadWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own outcomes.
Work with product and engineering to define the right problems, validate solutions, and ship experiences that move real numbers such as usability, activation, and retention.
Stay involved through launch and the iterations that follow.
Prototype with AI.
Guide the structure, behaviour, and quality while AI helps generate prototypes, and with product and engineers, shape the user experience.
Run research as a way to move faster.
Talk to real users, run quick tests, and adjust.
Build the function.
Set the craft bar, start a design system, hire as we grow, and raise the quality of everything the team ships.

Requirements

What you’ll need

The judgement and experience of a senior leader, combined with the instinct to stay close to the craft and do the work yourself, not only direct it.
A track record of leading product design on complex products, ideally in B2B, fintech, or other systems-heavy environments, and owning the work from the first problem through to launch.
Evidence that you have built or materially shaped a design function, rather than only contributing to one that was already mature.
Active use of LLMs in your real design work.
A portfolio that shows product thinking, interaction design, and craft, and that connects your work to outcomes.
The ability to define success metrics with PMs and adjust your approach based on what the results tell you.
Clear communication and the confidence to hold a quality bar in a room full of engineers and deadlines.

Benefits

Comp & perks

A base salary benchmarked to your location and set in line with the market for this level of seniority.
An annual equity grant that vests over four years.
25 days of paid holiday.
Hybrid working.
Latest modern tools.
Honest, regular feedback, and great colleagues who are good at their jobs.

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Hard Skills & Tools

product designinteraction designprototypinguser experience designsuccess metrics definitiondesign system developmentAI prototypingB2B product designfintech product designsystems-heavy environment design

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationjudgementproblem-solvingcollaborationadaptabilityquality assuranceuser researchconfidencecraftsmanship