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title: 'Product Designer at Despegar'
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# Product Designer at Despegar

- **Company:** Despegar
- **Location:** Alphaville, São Paulo, Brazil
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** hybrid
- **Posted:** 2026-09-03
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-07
- **Apply:** https://jobs.lever.co/despegar/284b6c8c-dc2f-4c20-9ca7-79d250e4817a

## Job description

Na #EquipeD revolucionamos o futuro das viagens na América Latina há mais de 25 anos ✈️. Buscamos talentos que pensem grande, ajam com autonomia e gerem impacto real. Se você tem paixão por inovar, aprender rápido e trabalhar em equipe para criar experiências memoráveis, junte-se a nós.

Quais serão os principais desafios?

- Projetar experiências centradas em aquisição, ativação, conversão ou retenção de usuários.
- Traduzir estratégias de produto e negócio em interfaces intuitivas, escaláveis e inovadoras.
- Trabalhar em um ambiente de experimentação contínua: projetando MVPs, testes A/B e iterações rápidas para validar hipóteses.
- Gerar propostas a partir de insights de comportamento que impactem diretamente os OKRs do squad.
- Analisar dados de uso e fluxos de conversão para detectar atritos e oportunidades de melhoria na jornada do usuário.
- Colaborar com PMs, Engenharia, Data, Marketing e Negócio de forma fluida e sem silos.
- Iterar constantemente baseando-se em resultados quantitativos e feedback qualitativo.
- Documentar o processo de design e assegurar entregáveis de alta qualidade para o time de IT, garantindo uma implementação fiel.
- Contribuir para a evolução do Design System e promover consistência entre produtos.

O que buscamos?

- +5 anos de experiência como Product Designer em produtos digitais (web e/ou mobile).
- Mentalidade "Data-Informed Design": capacidade para interpretar métricas e convertê-las em soluções de design.
- Domínio de Figma (obrigatório) e experiência trabalhando com Design Systems.
- Habilidade para iterar em alta velocidade sem perder de vista a consistência do sistema.
- Capacidade para colaborar em ambientes multidisciplinares e comunicar ideias complexas de forma simples.
- Experiência em Research: uso de ferramentas quantitativas (analytics) e qualitativas (entrevistas, testes de usabilidade).
- Autonomia e proatividade: buscamos alguém que não só execute, mas que proponha experimentos, questione suposições e traga soluções.

Nice to have:

- Conhecimentos de IA aplicada ao design ou personalização de experiências.
- Domínio de ferramentas de análise de dados ou mapas de calor (Mixpanel, Hotjar, Contentsquare, Amplitude).
- Experiência em metodologias de Lean UX e ciclos rápidos de descobrimento.
- Ter trabalhado em ambientes de alta experimentação (A/B testing, feature flags, etc.).

Oferecemos autonomia, impacto real e um ambiente onde você pode criar, aprender e escalar. Integrar uma equipe que valoriza a diversidade e coloca as pessoas no centro. Viajar transforma você, trabalhar na Decolar também ✈️

## About Despegar

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Despegar is the leading online travel agency (OTA) in Latin America, offering flights, hotels, packages, and travel-related financial services through a technology-driven marketplace.
- **Entity Type**: Private (owned by Prosus N.V., previously public on NYSE under ticker DESP until May 2025)
- **Headquarters**: Buenos Aires, Argentina (registered office in British Virgin Islands)
- **Founded**: 1999
- **Founders**: Roberto Souviron

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Online travel agency, travel technology, fintech (payments/BNPL)
- **Target customers**: B2C (travelers) and B2B/B2B2C (banks, airlines, retailers via white-label solutions)
- **Mission/purpose**: “To connect all travel flawlessly, democratizing access to travel experiences for Latin Americans.”

## Products & Services
- **Flight & Hotel Booking Platform**: Marketplace for 256+ airlines, 700K+ hotels, 766K+ vacation rentals, 13.5K+ activities, and 190+ car rental agencies – SaaS/marketplace.
- **Travel Packages**: Bundled flights + hotels + activities for consumers – service.
- **Fintech (Koin)**: Buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) and alternative payment methods for travel purchases – fintech service.
- **B2B/Wholesale**: Technology supply and white-label travel solutions for partners – SaaS/API.
- **SOFIA AI Assistant**: Generative AI travel assistant for customer support and booking – AI-powered service.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation**: Acquired by Prosus in May 2025 for ~$1.7 billion ( $19.50 per share).
- **Key Metric**: Annual revenue of $774.1 million (2024); Adj. EBITDA of $172 million (2024E); gross bookings of $5.6 billion (2024E).
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Prosus (parent, also owns iFood, OLX, Sympla), previously listed on NYSE (2017–2025).
- **Growth Signals**: +10.3% headcount growth YoY (2,032 employees in 2026); expanded into 19 countries; launched AI assistant SOFIA; profitable with expanding margins; integrated Best Day, Viajes Falabella, ViajaNet, and Stays.net.

## Competitive Advantages
- #1 brand in OTA awareness across Latin America – strong brand recognition in 20 countries.
- Scale: 5.6 billion in gross bookings, pan-regional supply network, and local payment expertise.
- Alternative payment & BNPL solutions (Koin) that unlock travel access in underbanked markets.
- Proprietary AI (SOFIA) for customer service efficiency and personalization.
- Part of Prosus ecosystem, providing capital and cross-selling opportunities.

## Strategic Focus
- Deepening AI integration (SOFIA) to improve customer experience and operational efficiency.
- Growing B2B white-label and wholesale technology business.
- Expanding fintech capabilities (payments, credit) to drive conversion and ancillary revenue.
- Consolidating regional brands (Best Day, Viajes Falabella, ViajaNet) under unified platform.
- Leveraging Prosus network (iFood, OLX) for cross-promotion.

## Why Work Here
- Culture rating: 4.0/5.0 on LinkedIn (850 reviews), with strong work-life balance (4.0) and culture (4.0).
- Hybrid/remote policy likely varies by role; 14 offices across 10 countries (Buenos Aires, São Paulo, Mexico City, Miami, etc.).
- Engineering team is large (535 technical staff, 11% of workforce) – strong focus on tech innovation (AI, payments, platform engineering).
- Competitive compensation in local markets (e.g., Junior SWE ~ARS 394K/month, Engineering Manager ~ARS 3.78M/month).
- Part of Prosus, a global tech investor, offering stability and international growth opportunities.
- Career growth: many employees move to other top tech firms (Mercado Libre, Globant, PedidosYa). Active hiring: 117 open positions as of 2026.

## Sources
1. [Lever.co – Despegar Careers](https://jobs.lever.co/despegar)
2. [LinkedIn – Despegar Company Page](https://linkedin.com/company/despegar)
3. [Wikipedia – Despegar](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Despegar)
4. [CB Insights – Despegar Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/despegarcom)
5. [Prosus Investor Presentation – Acquisition of Despegar](https://www.prosus.com/~/media/Files/P/Prosus-CORP/investors/prosus-to-acquire-despegar-investor-presentation.pdf)

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