About the Role
<p>We’re on a mission to become the go-to destination for students across Europe to find a trusted home away from home. We make every step of the rental journey simple and seamless, so students can focus on what really matters: studying, exploring, and growing.</p>
<p>With HousingAnywhere, Kamernet, and Studapart under our roof, we’re Europe’s largest student rental platform.</p>
<p>You’ll find us in Rotterdam, Paris, and Cergy, always guided by our four core values: Ownership, We are enablers, We are changemakers, and We are connectors.</p>
<p>Join us in empowering students to unlock their potential through a safe, online, rental experience.</p>
<h4><strong>About the role</strong></h4>
<p>We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our Design team and shape the future of search and discovery across a two-sided rental marketplace.</p>
<p>At HousingAnywhere, discovery is not just about finding listings, it’s about building trust, enabling confident decisions, and driving successful bookings between tenants and landlords across borders.</p>
<p>You’ll be collaborating closely with Product, Engineering, and Data to improve relevance, ranking, qualification, and conversion across the funnel.</p>
<p>This is a problem-shaping role. You are expected to define what should be built, not just how it looks.</p>
<h4><strong>Key responsibilities</strong></h4>
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<li>Take responsibility for the entire design process in your team, from initial research and discovery, ideation, conceptualisation and design to testing and validation of the solutions.</li>
<li>Own and drive the performance and metrics for experience you build. Be conscious of how your design solutions impact users.</li>
<li>Deeply understand the day-to-day operations of our internal supply teams, their goals and needs. Lead with user-centric design by absorbing internal customer feedback and insights received across all channels.</li>
<li>Proactively identify opportunities for UX improvements in your domain, working in close collaboration with the product manager, engineers, and other stakeholders. </li>
<li>Facilitate design workshops together with colleagues from UX and other teams.</li>
<li>Be an ambassador for design thinking and experience design towards internal stakeholders and teams.</li>
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<h4><strong>Your profile</strong></h4>
<ul>
<li>7+ years of experience in product design for complex digital products.</li>
<li>Strong experience with search, discovery, or marketplace platforms.</li>
<li>Proven ability to design end-to-end user journeys in multi-step decision flows.</li>
<li>Experience working in cross-functional teams (Product + Engineering + Data).</li>
<li>Ability to independently drive discovery and define problem spaces.</li>
<li>Strong interaction design and UX craft.</li>
<li>Experience using data, metrics, and experimentation to inform decisions.</li>
<li>Comfortable working in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.</li>
</ul>
<h4>Nice to have</h4>
<ul>
<li>Experience with ranking, recommendation systems, or personalization.</li>
<li>Experience in two-sided marketplaces.</li>
<li>Familiarity with conversion optimization and funnel metrics.</li>
<li>Experience mentoring designers or contributing to design standards.</li>
</ul>
<h4><strong>We are looking for someone who:</strong></h4>
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<li>Takes full ownership and drives work forward independently.</li>
<li>Is proactive and challenges assumptions when needed.</li>
<li>Is comfortable navigating trade-offs between user needs and business goals.</li>
<li>Brings clarity to complexity and ambiguity.</li>
<li>Cares deeply about quality, outcomes, and real user impact.</li>
<li>Is analytical and curious, using data to inform decisions .</li>
</ul>
<p><strong>This role comes with real complexity:</strong></p>
<ul>
<li>You’ll balance tenant experience vs. landlord success vs. marketplace health.</li>
<li>You’ll work with imperfect data and evolving ranking logic.</li>
<li>You’ll face ambiguous problems with no obvious solutions.</li>
<li>You’ll be expected to deliver both speed and high-quality craft.</li>
</ul>
<p>If you want to own impactful problems in a real marketplace environment,<strong> </strong>this is the right place for you!</p>
<p><strong>What’s in it for you </strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Unlimited paid holidays, minimum-based, not maximum!</li>
<li>Position based in our Rotterdam office with a hybrid working policy (2 office days).</li>
<li>Flexibility to work remotely in another country than the Netherlands for up to 2 months per year!</li>
<li>1,000 EUR per year personal development budget.</li>
<li>Complete coverage for commuting.</li>
<li>Personal equipment, including a laptop and ergonomic setup.</li>
<li>Gym membership discount with GoVital or OneFit.</li>
<li>Dutch/English classes budget.</li>
<li>Variable pension scheme.</li>
<li>Diverse international community (46+ nationalities).</li>
<li>Pet-friendly office in Rotterdam city centre. </li>
<li>Team-building events and after-work drinks every Friday.</li>
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<p>What can you expect from our hiring process? Read more <a href="https://housinganywhere.com/careers/how-we-hire">here</a>.</p>