Lead Product Designer (IC)

Overview

As Lead Product Designer, you will own design, UX and research across a growing product estate within an established, mission‑led business transitioning to a product‑led model. You will shape a coherent, enterprise‑grade platform experience and set the design agenda across the company, partnering with product, engineering, leadership and founders. This 0–1 platform challenge invites you to turn ambiguity into structure, balancing hands‑on work with strategic impact. You’ll work closely with senior leadership to demonstrate design value through user insights, prioritisation and decision‑making.

Responsibilities

• own end‑to‑end design across UX, research, interaction design and systems thinking
• collaborate with product, engineering, leadership and founders to improve product experience
• raise the bar for design across the company and articulate its value to non‑design stakeholders
• lead the design voice as a senior IC for the initial period, with contractor support as needed

Key requirements

• Lead Product Designer or equivalent senior IC experience
• ability to operate in ambiguity and build structure
• experience partnering with cross‑functional teams and leadership
• focus on user behavior, pain points and product thinking to inform decisions
• hybrid working pattern and London location (3 days in office)

• collaboration
• strategic thinking
• communication with senior stakeholders
• UX design
• research
• interaction design

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