Planday from Xero is a leading digital solution that uncomplicates everyday scheduling and workforce management by making it easier for businesses and shift workers around the world to communicate, collaborate, and get work done.
Powered by a community of local industry experts, Planday provides a best-in-class digital platform that is easy to use, accurate, secure, and compliant with local needs and standards. From payroll and accounting to POS and reporting, its open API and tech ecosystem is scalable to fit shifting business needs and to build an engaged, flexible workforce.
Founded in 2004, Planday is headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark and supports over 400,000 users across Europe, Australia and the US. Planday was acquired by Xero in 2021.
Unique for this role
This is a 9 month temporary position that expected to join Planday as soon as possible and work with innovation in an in-house incubator, where, where we work with an evidence-based design and prioritise velocity over perfection. You will join a fully cross-functional team who aim to increase speed to market with innovative solutions for new untapped verticals. Within the next 6-9 months we’ll go from very high-level concepts to launching a product in the market.
It is a benefit if you have experience with design innovation, start-ups/agencies and mobile design.
How you’ll make an impact
As a Lead Product Designer, you will be instrumental in shaping the user experience of our products, driving innovation and excellence across Planday. Your strategic insights and design expertise will influence both business and user outcomes, ultimately contributing to the success and growth of Planday. By driving collaboration and championing design excellence, you will inspire and empower team members to deliver exceptional user experiences. You will be a key Tech Product Design Trio member within your delivery team as a Lead UX expert across Planday. You will drive Design’s maturity journey across the company.
At Planday, we offer you:
- Benefits like pension, health insurance, inclusive support for new parents and generous vacation
- On top of your annual base salary, you are offered to be part of an Employee Share Plan
- Growth and progression opportunities – we want you to grow with us
- Flexible remote work
- Strong social culture with lots of team and company activities
- Meaningful work – everyone at Planday contributes to improving the lives of shift workers around the globe
- Healthy work-life balance and autonomous approach to work. We trust in you and your abilities
Finally, our offices are not just workplaces (although they are pretty nice and well-located, we have to say!). Plandayers are open and welcoming and at Planday, everyone has the freedom and support to show their true self at work.
Our tech stack is cutting edge and our engineering work is supported by dedicated in-house scrum masters and agile evangelists.
At Planday, we firmly believe that diversity and inclusion are the cornerstones of innovation and a vibrant workplace culture, and we highly value the strength that diverse backgrounds offer.
As an equal opportunity employer, we strive to create an equitable experience for all our candidates throughout the process. Please let us know if you need reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process.
All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to any personal characteristics.
Xero is a New Zealand–based technology company that offers a cloud-based accounting software for small businesses. They have offices in New Zealand, Australia, the United Kingdom, the United States, Canada, South Africa and Singapore.
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