Director of UX – Jobs Vertical | Schibsted Marketplaces
- Application Deadline: April 4, 2025
- Oslo
- Hybrid
Shape the Future of the Job Marketplaces at FINN
Are you passionate about creating world-class user experiences? Do you thrive on solving complex design challenges and building high-impact teams? Schibsted Marketplaces is looking for a visionary UX Director to lead and elevate the UX impact for FINN Jobs.
About the Role
You will play a key role in shaping the product strategy, ensuring we deliver delightful, high-quality experiences for job seekers and recruiters. Your mission is to take our UX practice to the next level—both in terms of execution and strategic influence. As UX Director, you will be part of the Product Leadership Team for Jobs and report to the CPO.
- Shape Strategy: Collaborate with product leadership to set the UX vision and ensure it aligns with overall business goals.
- Build and Develop the Team: Grow, mentor, and empower our UX designers to have more impact across all product teams.
- Foster Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with the teams on the Seeker and Recruiter side of the marketplace to create end-to-end experiences.
- Balance Hands-On & Leadership: Be an active contributor to design work when needed, amplifying the impact of UX across teams.
- Advocate for the User: Ensure that we remain obsessed with solving problems for both our candidates and customers.
- A UX Leader: You have experience leading UX teams and scaling design impact in a product driven organization.
- Deep UX expertise: Strong background in user research, design, and insight-driven development.
- A Strategic Thinker: You understand the big picture but also have an eye for detail that ensures high-quality execution.
- Collaboration & influence: You communicate clearly, challenge constructively, and build strong relationships.
- A User Advocate: You always put the user first and are obsessed with the problem we are solving.
- Business mindset: You understand how UX drives engagement, growth, and measurable impact.
- Ambitious vision: We are shaping the future of job marketplaces in Norway and beyond.
- Real impact: UX is a key driver of our strategy.
- International environment: Collaborate with colleagues across Norway, Sweden, Finland, and Poland.
- Innovative culture: Agile, cross-functional teams with high autonomy.
Key Responsibilities
Who You Are
Why Join Schibsted Marketplaces?
Work with great people
Great Place to Work
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Career opportunities across our various brands
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Empowering body and mind with Schibsted Life
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We embrace diversity
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Learn and develop within Learning Lab
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Work with products that matter in people's lives
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Sustainability at our core
About the company
FINN, Blocket, DBA, Bilbasen, Oikotie & Tori. Did you spot any familiar names? Then you already know a bit about Schibsted Marketplaces! Our team spans across the Nordics and Poland, united by a shared passion for our work and to foster a friendly and caring community. Curiosity, teamwork, problem-solving and continuous learning are the cornerstones of our culture.
Currently, we’re embarking on an exciting journey to become a fully marketplace-focused company. Our mission is to empower people to make smart choices for themselves and future generations. To achieve this, we are committed to staying agile and proactive in the rapidly evolving digital landscape — shaping the future of digital marketplaces.
1839Christian Schibsted founds a Printing House.
1860Aftenposten is established, soon becoming a favoured and trusted media channel.
1966Schibsted acquires VG.
1996 - 1998Schibsted buys Aftonbladet and Svenska Dagbladet, two of Sweden’s leading national quality newspapers.
2000Finn.no is founded, today one of Norway's strongest brands.
2003Blocket is acquired. Today the number one market place in Sweden.
2005Schibsted Growth starts investing in various digital brands.
2006 The international expansion of Schibsted classified business is starting.
2019Adevinta is listed at Oslo Børs. Schibsted’s international Marketplaces is spun off into a separate company.
2020 - 2021Adevinta acquires 100% of eBay Classifieds Group creating the worlds largest online classified company. As part of the agreement, Schibsted buys DBA.dk and bilbasen.dk
2024Schibsted separated into two companies. The news media operations were sold to the Tinius Trust, creating two new companies – Schibsted Media and Schibsted Marketplaces.
Jonas Behrendt | Contact Person
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