Lead Product Designer

Lead Product Designer Lead the evolution of a design system supporting a platform used by 500,000+ people. Help shape how our products work and scale over time. As Lead Product Designer for Design System and Global Patterns at CatalystOne, you will lead the next evolution of our design system, shaping the visual language, interaction patterns, and shared foundations that connect every product across our platform. You’ll lead the modernisation of our SaaS platform built over more than twenty years, shaping a more consistent, accessible, and intuitive experience for over half a million users. This is a hands-on player-coach role where you will combine strategic leadership with practical design work. You will design and evolve our shared component library, define scalable interaction patterns, and work closely with engineering to ensure high-quality implementation across the product. Rather than managing people directly, you will lead through expertise, collaboration, and influence, helping product teams make better design decisions while raising the overall quality of the user experience. Working alongside the Design System Tech Lead and a dedicated team of engineers, you will evolve a design system that enables autonomous product teams to build faster while delivering a consistent experience across the platform. This role will be based in our Oslo office and will report to the VP Product Design as part of the Product Design team . Main accountabilities Lead the strategy, development, and continuous evolution of CatalystOne’s design system, ensuring it supports both product teams and users. Design and maintain the shared component library, defining reusable interaction patterns that scale across the platform. Own the global design language, including foundations, components, interaction patterns, and layouts, with high standards for usability, visual quality, responsiveness, accessibility, and performance. Create and maintain documentation, including design principles, component guidelines, accessibility standards, and implementation guidance. Establish contribution models, documentation practices, and workflows that enable product teams to contribute reusable components while maintaining consistency. Partner closely with engineering to evolve design tokens, component implementation, and the overall developer experience. Support and mentor designers across product teams, encouraging collaboration, feedback, and shared ownership of the design system. Measure adoption, gather feedback from teams and users, and continuously improve the effectiveness of the design system. Act as the primary advocate for the design system across the organisation, promoting consistency, accessibility, and inclusive design. Key competencies Proven experience building or significantly evolving a design system for a complex digital product. At least seven years of experience working with design systems within SaaS or other in-house product organisations. Strong proficiency in Figma and deep expertise in user interface design, interaction design, user experience, and design principles. Strong understanding of accessibility standards and best practices, including WCAG. Practical front-end knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript, with the ability to collaborate closely with engineers on design tokens, component implementation, and code-based prototypes. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence multiple teams without direct authority. Nice to have Experience working with complex or legacy enterprise SaaS products and incremental modernisation. Experience designing data rich B2B products. Experience working with distributed product teams across multiple locations and time zones. Benefits As well as your salary, you’ll receive: Financial and Health Security: Benefit from a comprehensive pension and insurance package, plus private healthcare. Your Well-being, Your Way: Take advantage of our wellness contribution to stay on top of your health. Tech Tools for Efficiency: Get the job done with a choice of laptop (mac / PC), mobile phone & subscription, and a home internet allowance.. Easy Commuting: Offset your commute costs with our public transport allowance. Lunch Made Easy: Skip the hassle and grab a bite at our staff canteen. Vacation: Enjoy a solid 25 days of vacation per year to recharge and regroup. Flexible Work Setup: Hybrid for your life-work balance. CatalystOne does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms/recruiters. CatalystOne will not pay any fees to search firms/recruiters if a candidate is submitted by a search firm/recruiter unless an agreement has been entered into with respect to the specific open position(s). Search firms/recruiters submitting resumes to CatalystOne on an unsolicited basis shall be deemed to accept this condition, regardless of any other provision to the contrary. 🏖️ Due to summer vacation, we will be slower in responding. Your application will be reviewed at the end of July / early August. Department Product Design Role Product Design Lead Locations Oslo office HQ Remote status Hybrid About CatalystOne CatalystOne is a Scandinavian leader of HCM-software with over 250 employees throughout Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and India. We have, since 2004, built a strong value-based company driven by our customers' success. Our culture is characterized by a unique combination of emphasis on results and on people. We have experienced high growth in recent years and have the ambition to continue this growth both in Scandinavia and in other North-European countries. CatalystOne is an equal opportunity employer that is committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind based on race, colour, sex, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, or any other protected characteristic. Fair Screening in our Recruitment process To promote fairness and reduce unconscious bias, candidates are anonymised during the initial screening stage. This means applications are reviewed based on skills, experience, and relevance to the role – not personal characteristics. Once shortlisted, recruiters review the full candidate profile and engage directly with candidates throughout the process. Use of AI We use AI‑supported tools in parts of our recruitment process to help structure and summarise applications, support screening, and transcribe interviews. These tools assist our recruiters but do not make decisions on their own – all evaluations and hiring decisions are made by people.