UX Lead/Designer to Danfoss

Are you ready to embark on a journey where your passion for driving sustainable innovation meets your expertise in designing cutting edge digital services? Danfoss invites you to join their purpose-driven organization and be at the forefront of shaping the future of energy efficiency and sustainability.

Company: DANFOSS A/S

City: Copenhagen or Kolding

Job Category: IT

Extent: Full time

Start date: 1st of january 2025

Type of work: Staffing

Other: Possibility to work remote

About the role

We are seeking a talented UX lead/product designer to join Danfoss dynamic team, where you will play a pivotal role in developing a cutting-edge cloud-based digital SaaS product for district heating utilities.

Your department will be Digital Services in Danfoss Climate Solutions, where focusing on a portfolio of digital services dedicated to help their customers in various industries in reducing their carbon footprint, improving their energy efficiency, or avoiding food loss. You will join a diverse and committed team of software and digital services professionals, and a team with an open and inclusive culture with plenty of opportunities to learn new things. They value the social dimension of the workspace, incl. football table, video games, Friday breakfasts, and similar activities in their offices.

As a UX lead at Danfoss, you will play a pivotal role in developing a future cloud-based digital SaaS product. Working closely with cross-functional teams, you will leverage your expertise in UX and product design to lead the product design and product discovery activities for one of their digital solutions. Your responsibilities will include conducting customer interviews, developing prototypes, and ensuring compliance with regulations while integrating security measures into the design process.

NOTE: The position is located at their office in Kolding or Copenhagen, depending on your location. Apply today, as we have an ongoing recruitment.

You are offered

• Awesome colleagues, and an environment that encourages dialogue, creativity, and teamwork.
• Purpose-driven company: In the digital services organization, Danfoss are providing solutions for improving energy efficiency and/or avoiding food loss for their customers.
• Flexibility: Danfoss have digital hubs around Europe and strive to have offices facilitating dialogue, creativity, and collaboration. At the same time, Danfoss provide you with a high degree of flexibility for where and when you work.
• Growth: Danfoss value continuous development and encourage development via courses, rotations, career tracks, etc.

Work tasks

• Engage in customer interviews to understand end-user needs and pain points
• Develop prototypes and iterate based on user feedback to create intuitive interfaces
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to deliver end-to-end solutions
• Ensure compliance with regulations and integrate security measures into the design process
• Prioritize customer-centric design and foster trust and loyalty through superior user experiences
• Utilize Agile and Lean UX methodologies for iterative design and continuous improvement

We are looking for

• Proven experience in regulatory compliance and security-sensitive enterprise SaaS product design
• Advanced proficiency in designing for data-intensive applications and scalable UX solutions
• Hands-on experience in product discovery, prototyping, and customer demos
• Experience with B2B-markets
• Familiarity with persona-based design approach
• Agility in design process and customer-centric design and development mindset
• Strong communication skills to interact effectively with customers and work collaboratively with tech teams, front-end developers, and product management to explore and identify optimal solutions
• You are willing to travel to engage directly with customers and stakeholders to deepen understanding of user needs and foster strong collaborative relationships
• Proficient in written and spoken English at a fluent level

Knowledge can be gained through education, experience or self-taught.

It is meritorious if you have

• Comprehensive understanding of the utility/energy sector, such as but not limited to the electricity and gas trading market, the district utilities market and/or other comparable critical infrastructures including operational, regulatory, and customer service nuances.

To succeed in the role, your personal skills are:

• Change oriented
• Supportive
• Goal oriented
• Social

Our recruitment process

This recruitment process is handled by Academic Work and it is our client’s wish that all questions regarding the position is directed to Academic Work.

Our selection process is continuous and the advert may close before the recruitment process is completed if we have moved forward to the next phase. The process includes two tests: one personality test and one cognitive test. The tests are tools to find the right talent for the right position, to enable equality, diversity, and a fair process.

DANFOSS A/S

Danfoss is a global leader in engineering solutions that drive sustainable transformation across various industries. With a rich history dating back to 1933, they are dedicated to innovating solutions that increase productivity, reduce emissions, and enable electrification. As a family-owned company employing over 42,000 people worldwide, Danfoss serves customers in more than 100 countries through a global footprint of 95 factories.