Director of Product Design

Full Job Description

UX RESEARCH & PRODUCT DESIGN THOUGHT LEADER - ESTABLISHED B2C PLATFORM

This well established brand are going through a period of exceptional growth & transformation, and as part of that journey the senior leadership team have decided to bring in a seasoned Digital Product Design & UX Research Director. Innovation, team growth and being able to define processes will be key focus areas for this critical hire.

**Please note - this role is hybrid (1 day minimum in the office) based in either London OR Hampshire (finer details TBC dependent on each applicant/situation)

What they need -

• A highly experienced Digital Product Design lead who has bags of consumer facing experience and knows how to lead on strategy across both product design & research
• Someone with a strong track record of building and scaling teams - an expert mentor & leader for the product design function
• A digital native who's accustomed to working with ambiguity and isn't afraid to help define processes and the roadmap for the team
• Someone who can confidently manage both upwards and downwards (across C-suite, product, engineering, etc), leading on digital best practice when it comes to enhancing the customer facing proposition
• A hands-on design practitioner who can guide their growing team in terms of site improvements, prioritising user research & data to inform your design decision making
• Someone who can capably set business priorities, becoming the champion across the business for best-in class user experience design

What you're great at -

• Devising clear product design roadmaps with a strong track record of delivering site enhancements for another customer facing business (B2C exposure is essential)
• Building design teams from the ground up, leading from the front and delivering exceptional team mentorship and management as processes & systems are put in place
• Collaborating with your product & engineering counterparts to deliver the most seamless product experience for the businesses valued users
• At your core you are an exceptional visual designer with strengths in user research, prototyping, UCD principles and design accessibility

What you'll get –

• Discretionary bonus
• Hybrid/flexible working
• Pension
• Life insurance
• Discount perks