AVATR is looking for a Business Designer to join our growing team in Munich. As a Business Designer, you act as the critical link between market understanding, customer needs, product strategy, and car design. Working in a highly collaborative team, you combine analytical thinking with creative facilitation to shape future products and services. You ensure that design decisions are grounded in solid business insights while enabling a structured yet flexible framework for the creative process. Operating within a German subsidiary of a Chinese OEM, you will play a key role in bridging cultural, strategic, and operational perspectives between local and headquarters stakeholders.
What You Will Do:
Customer & Market Insights
- Conduct qualitative and quantitative research to identify customer needs, behaviors, and trends in international markets
- Translate insights into actionable opportunities for product and service innovation
- Monitor competitive landscape and emerging mobility trends
Customer-Centric Methodologies
- Plan, support, and facilitate customer clinics, workshops
- Apply user-centered design methods to validate concepts and gather feedback
Product Strategy & Planning
- Support the development of product strategies aligned with market needs and brand positioning
- Contribute to product roadmaps and business case development
Stakeholder Alignment (Germany & China)
- Act as an interface between local teams in Germany and headquarters in China
- Align strategic objectives, and expectations across regions
- Prepare and communicate insights, concepts, and recommendations to diverse stakeholders
Design Process Enablement
- Provide frameworks, tools, and structured inputs to support the design team’s creative work
- Ensure that design concepts are aligned with business goals and customer insights
What You Will Bring:
- Bachelor's degree or above in Business, Design, Research, Innovation Management, Business Administration, or a related field
- 3–6 years of experience in business design, strategy, innovation, or product planning in automotive or mobility sector
- Strong expertise in user research, market analysis, and insight generation, including familiarity with customer clinics and design thinking approaches
- Excellent analytical and strategic thinking skills, with the ability to translate complex insights into clear, actionable concepts
- Proven experience working in cross-cultural environments, with strong intercultural competence and stakeholder management skills (experience with China-based stakeholders is a plus)
- Strong facilitation, communication, and collaboration skills, with a structured yet flexible mindset to support creative processes
- Fluent in English, German is a strong advantage, Chinese is a plus
What We Offer:
- Competitive Salary: Reflecting your skills and experience.
- Hybrid Working: Flexibility to work both remotely and in the office.
- Health & Wellness: Access to the Wellhub Pass for your well-being.
- Employee Development: Learning opportunities and training programs to support your career growth.
- Transport Support: Deutschland ticket or fuel card.
- Meal Allowance: For lunch at the canteen.
- Gifts: Celebratory gifts for work anniversaries and Chinese New Year.
- Company Events: Regular team-building and social activities.
- Optional Company Pension Scheme: Available based on your needs.
- Inclusive Culture: A diverse, supportive environment where every voice is valued.
Thank you for considering joining our team! We look forward to hearing from you and hope you become a part of our company. If you are interested in the position, please apply now. We are excited about the possibility of working together to create a bright future!