Senior Product Designer

Are you a product designer shaping best-in-class podcast experiences?

What if your design work didn’t just improve interfaces, but changed how people build habits and keep coming back?

At Podme, success isn’t measured by what we ship. It’s measured by whether people return, build habits, and stay. That means design isn’t just about screens it’s about helping users succeed in ways that drive real business outcomes.

We’re looking for a Senior Product Designer (UX) who wants to design at that level of impact.

About the role

This is not a role for someone who polishes interfaces after decisions are already made.

This is a role for someone who helps shape what gets built, by understanding user behavior, identifying the right problems, and designing experiences that create meaningful outcomes for both listeners and the business.

At Podme, great design helps people discover content they love, continue listening effortlessly, and build habits around premium podcasts and audio experiences.

What you’ll do

As a Senior Product Designer (UX), you will:

• Design intuitive and delightful mobile experiences across iOS and Android

• Create seamless listening and viewing experiences around premium podcasts

• Frame product opportunities through user behavior, motivation, and outcomes

• Work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, Data Analysts, and stakeholders across the company

• Use research, experimentation, and data to validate decisions and improve experiences continuously

• Help shape product direction, not just interface execution

You’ll be especially focused on

Designing for habits and continuation

You’ll design experiences that:

• Reduce friction and cognitive load

• Help users discover content they genuinely care about

• Make continuation feel effortless across moments and devices

• Create clear and coherent journeys across listening and discovery

• Make Podme feel like a natural part of everyday routines

Framing the right problems

You’ll:

• Use research and behavioral data to identify where the experience breaks down

• Collaborate with stakeholders and subject matter experts to understand opportunities and constraints

• Turn insights into clear product direction, hypotheses, and design principles

• Focus on user outcomes before interface solutions

Driving continuous discovery and learning

You’ll:

• Participate actively in research and insight work

• Prototype and validate ideas early

• Run research experiments and iterate based on real behavior, not assumptions

• Help teams learn faster and make better product decisions

Designing for clarity, trust, and premium experiences

You’ll help create experiences where:

• Navigation and continuation feel effortless

• Users feel confident in their choices

• The value of premium content is consistently clear

• Audio and video experiences feel seamless across contexts and devices

Working as a true product partner

You’ll collaborate closely with Product Managers and Engineers to:

• Identify friction and opportunities

• Prioritize the most meaningful problems

• Validate outcomes through experiments and behavioral metrics

• Ensure experiences are scalable, feasible, and impactful

Together, you share accountability for user outcomes, not just delivery.

Contributing to a stronger design culture

You’ll:

• Raise the bar for UX thinking, systems design, and product craft

• Help evolve how we design adaptive and AI-supported experiences

• Contribute to a culture where design drives measurable impact, not just output

This position will report to the UX Manager at Podme.

What success looks like

• Your work leads to measurable improvements in how people experience Podme

• Teams focus on solving the right problems, not just shipping more features

• User needs and trade-offs become clearer, helping teams make better decisions faster

• You turn research and behavioral insights into clear product direction

• The experiences you design consistently increase repeat listening and habit formation

• You become a trusted partner in shaping product strategy and experience direction

• You help strengthen a product culture where design is deeply connected to business impact

Who you are

• You have strong experience in product design for mobile products (iOS and Android)

• You think in systems, flows, and user journeys, not just individual screens

• You are comfortable working with ambiguity and helping shape direction

• You use research and data to inform and challenge decisions

• You collaborate naturally across disciplines and involve stakeholders early

• You care deeply about user outcomes, product quality, and business impact

Bonus points if you have

• Experience with audio, video, or subscription products

• Experience designing recommendation or discovery experiences

• Experience working with AI-driven or adaptive systems

• Strong understanding of behavioral metrics and retention
  

Who we are

Podme is the place for premium podcasts and audiobooks. With over 350,000 paying subscribers, we’re available in Sweden, Norway, and Finland, and part of Schibsted Media since 2021.

Our vision is to enrich people’s lives through stories, which embodies our core belief in the power of narratives to bring joy, meaning, and connection to individuals. We strive to create effortless and habit-forming audio and product experiences that resonate with the listener and add value in their everyday lives.

We’re a friendly and passionate team of +80 people, here to make listening effortless, inspiring, and part of everyday life. Backed by Schibsted Media, the largest media group in Scandinavia, we are now on a growth journey which requires us to strengthen (example: the data-driven excellence in our company.