Product Design Lead

• Lead and manage a small team of product designers, ensuring project prioritisation, team alignment, and timely execution of high quality design work.
• Mentor and inspire your team, fostering a culture of feedback, learning, and innovation through regular critiques, coaching, and skill development.
• Manage project timelines, roadmaps, and design workflows, ensuring the team delivers high quality work on schedule.
• Maintain a hands on approach, contributing directly to key design projects while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• Partner with product managers, engineers, and executives to translate strategic goals into user friendly design solutions.
• Advocate for user centred design by leveraging qualitative and quantitative research, usability testing, and behavioural insights to make informed design decisions.
• Ensure design consistency and scalability through the use of design systems and atomic design principles.
• Champion accessibility (a11y) and inclusive design, ensuring our products are usable by a diverse audience.
• Collaborate with analytics and product teams to measure the impact of design and optimise experiences based on data.

• A strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to lead design teams and deliver end to end product design solutions across platforms, backed by user research and measurable impact.
• Experience leading and developing design teams, fostering collaboration, mentorship, and performance driven growth.
• Expertise in UX/UI principles, interaction design, and user research methodologies, with a proven track record of delivering results driven digital products.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross functional teams and advocate for design at all levels.
• Strategic mindset, with the ability to translate product goals into scalable, flexible, and user centric design solutions.
• Experience managing design workflows, tools, and operational processes to improve team efficiency and output.
• Ability to thrive in a fast paced environment, effectively balancing multiple priorities while maintaining design excellence.
• Experience in fintech or SaaS, with a strong understanding of financial products, compliance, security, and designing for trust.

Demonstrates expertise in leading design teams and delivering user centric design solutions, with a strong focus on UX/UI principles, design systems, and accessibility. Proven ability to manage workflows and collaborate with cross functional teams to drive measurable impact in fintech or SaaS environments.