Principal Product Designer

WELCOME TO OLX We’re building marketplace sustainable ecosystems that millions of people depend on every month - to buy and sell cars, find homes, land jobs, and trade secondhand goods. It’s commerce that matters: safe , smart , and environmentally responsible .

We do this with courage to innovate, commitment to outcomes, collaboration across 50+ nationalities and 7 markets, and a customer-led approach that puts real people first. Add a desire to win - and you get a culture that’s ambitious, fast-moving, and built on trust.

Our brands - including AutoTrader, OLX, Otomoto Property24, and more - are loved by millions. And we’re backed by Prosus, one of the world’s largest tech investors.

Join OLX And See How Far You Can Go. We believe the future of our products sits at the intersection of AI and design . Our ambition is to become an AI-native organization , where intelligent systems and human-centered design come together to create faster, smarter, and more meaningful customer experiences. We’re rethinking how products are built, how experiences are shaped, and how teams deliver impact.

A key part of this transformation is creating the right foundations and infrastructure to enable high-quality experiences at scale - where design systems, patterns, and workflows are structured, scalable, and AI-readable , unlocking new levels of speed, consistency, and innovation.

What You’ll Do **Lead Craft & Quality Across the Vertical**

• Set and uphold a high bar for interaction, UX, and visual design quality across all the Business Units.
• Identify gaps in experience consistency and drive alignment across teams.
• Turn strong design instincts into explicit, repeatable standards.

**Own Design Systems & Governance**

• Define how the design system is applied, extended, and governed within the vertical.
• Establish clear guidelines, principles, and usage patterns to reduce fragmentation.
• Partner with design systems teams to ensure coherence across OLX while enabling vertical-specific needs.

**Drive AI-Ready Design Foundations**

• Lead the evolution of design systems and patterns into structured, machine-readable formats.
• Ensure components, patterns, and flows are designed for AI-assisted creation and scalability.
• Explore how AI can: Generate and validate UI patterns, improve consistency and quality enforcement and accelerate design and build workflows

**Be a Hands-On Craft Leader**

• Design and prototype critical flows and interactions yourself.
• Push for excellence in the last 20% of execution, where quality truly differentiates.
• Bring clarity to complex problems through strong design thinking and making.

**Influence Strategy Through Design**

• Shape product direction through design-led thinking, not just execution.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leaders to define what great looks like.
• Use design to connect user needs, business goals, and technical possibilities.

**Mentor and Elevate the Team**

• Act as a craft leader across designers, not just within a single team.
• Provide feedback, coaching, and guidance to raise the overall quality bar.
• Create a culture of taste, detail, and continuous improvement.

What We’re Looking For **Experience & Craft**

• 10+ years in product design, with experience operating at Staff or Principal level.
• Proven track record of shipping high-quality, complex digital products.
• Strong expertise across: UX and interaction design, visual design and systems thinking and End-to-end product experiences

**Systems Thinking & Governance**

• Deep experience with design systems and scalable design frameworks.
• Ability to define standards, guidelines, and governance models that teams actually adopt.
• Experience reducing fragmentation and increasing consistency across multiple teams.

**AI & Technical Fluency**

• Understanding of AI/ML product design patterns, including prompt design, conversational UX, agentic workflows, human-in-the-loop patterns, progressive disclosure, and trust calibration.
• Comfort with technical AI concepts and the ability to collaborate closely with ML engineers and AI researchers on interaction models, edge cases, error states, and confidence thresholds.
• Active use of AI tools in your own workflow, across prototyping, research synthesis, design exploration, or code-assisted design.

**AI & Future-Facing Design*…