Independent businesses, not corporations, support local economies. They employ communities of creative people who value craftsmanship over mass-market deals.

Ankorstore was founded in 2019 to build an ecosystem that enables independent shops and brands to thrive. We provide them with the means and tools to compete against the e-commerce giants.

Only two years later, we've grown to a team of over 700 employees across several European countries. And we've reached unicorn status 🦄 after raising a total of €365 million beginning of 2022.

Join us if you are excited to support our vision of rewilding independent retail! 🌿

The role 🤓

Reporting to our CPO Tomás, you will be the one responsible for the global user experience, in charge of all of the Product Design team and activities, from strategy and research to production.

Key responsibilities 🧠

• Establish the Product Design Strategy & Define the Roadmap

You will work closely with the CPO, to whom you’ll report, to build the product strategy and define what it means in terms of design strategy, roadmap, and prioritization.

• Build the Team

You will design the team of product designers and researchers that you need, and then you’ll hire it. We already have a small team of mostly freelancers to start. All product designers and researchers will report into you.

You’ll set up with your team all the processes and tools they need to be efficient in their discovery and delivery work.

• Elevate What Design Means at Ankorstore.

You care deeply about customers and care about your craft. You will have a strong design vision and imbue design thinking into everything designers and non-designers do at Ankorstore.

• Marry Product and Brand

Work closely with the Marketing and Brand Design teams to understand what our brand means and suffuse it into the details of every user interaction.

• Deliver

We are growing fast. We need to keep up with that growth. That means building fast, and that means tradeoffs. Sometimes, the experience will be exactly as planned. Other times, we will need to take shortcuts. You will always know how to prioritize to get the best of both worlds: radical growth that finds the right tradeoff between business results and customer needs.

What will you bring to the table? 💪🏽

• Strong Design leadership experience
• You have 10+ years experience in Design, and 5+ years of experience as VP of Design or equivalent.
• You have designed both consumers and SaaS experiences.
• You have led an international, remote design team of 20-50 people, to world-class levels of quality.
• You have recruited a design team of up to 20 people, ideally from scratch.
• You have collaborated across the company with other teams like Sales, Growth, Ops, Finance, General Managers, etc.
• You have proven your ability to attract a world-class design team. You are a thought leader and can inspire internally and represent Ankorstore externally.

• You have proven your ability to create a product that elegantly solves customer pain points.
• You are highly rational and base your decisions based on data.

What’s in it for you? 🤩

• Being part of a truly purpose-driven, international company with strong values and connected teams.
• A highly dynamic environment in a fast-scaling company, at a stage where you’ll be able to shape things autonomously and play a part in the future of the organisation.
• A real playground for development with strong people mentors and exciting career opportunities, locally or internationally.
• Competitive salary and compensation, including equity (depending on the role’s seniority level).
• The option to work how you want to. We are remote-first; however, you can also work from the closest office as often as you like! You just need to be based in one of our markets: the UK, Sweden, Germany, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, France (Paris and Lille) and soon, Italy too. 🇫🇷🇬🇧🇳🇱🇪🇸🇸🇪🇩🇪🇧🇪🇱🇺
• Team offsites and fun events.
• Class pass membership.
• Continuous learning & growth opportunities with unlimited access to Udemy, the e-learning platform.
• The best health and dental insurance available in each location.
• A matched contribution/pension scheme.
• And many other benefits that will be implemented soon - watch this space!

Would you like to learn more about us? 👀

• Here you can visit our: Website, LinkedIn, Instagram, Facebook, Youtube and Welcome to the Jungle page.
• What’s in the media: How to build a 2 million unicorn in under 3 years, Rewild Retail, Ankorstore is shaping the shopping of the future.

Ankorstore is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace dedicated to promoting diversity. We don’t discriminate based on race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status.