Lead Product Designer

We're looking for a passionate and pragmatic Product Design Lead to build and shape the design function of my fintech clients product within the payments space.

This is a rare opportunity to define my clients design culture from the ground up-spanning UI/UX, API documentation, and visual identity across the organisation.

Customer-centric simplicity sits at the heart of their product philosophy. As their first in-house design leadership hire, you'll have a pivotal role in making design a strategic force across the business.

You'll lead by example-setting direction, creating scalable design systems, leveraging AI tools, and contributing directly with hands-on work across product and marketing design.

Key Responsibilities

• Report regularly to the Product Director and keep leadership informed.
• Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing design team covering product design, UX, and visual design.
• Champion simplicity and user-centric thinking throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Own and evolve the design of my clients product, from onboarding flows to complex product features.
• Collaborate with Engineering to ensure our API documentation is clear, accessible, and consistent.
• Work closely with Marketing to produce impactful assets that bring our brand and product stories to life.
• Develop scalable, sustainable design processes, guidelines, and systems.
• Promote a feedback-rich culture both within the design team and across departments.
• Stay hands-on-sketching, prototyping, testing, and iterating, especially during early product discovery.
• Keep up with design trends and tools, integrating AI and modern practices to elevate our design output and efficiency.

What We're Looking For

• 4+ years in a design leadership or senior individual contributor role.
• A portfolio showcasing both exceptional craft and strategic design thinking.
• Experience across UI/UX, product documentation, and graphic design.
• A builder mindset-you can lead teams and still dive into Figma when needed.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across disciplines and seniority levels.
• Adaptability and comfort in fast-paced, high-growth environments.
• A proven track record of implementing design processes that drive business impact.
• Strong business and customer understanding, with awareness of current trends and evolving market needs.
• Proven experience within the Fintech Space

This role is based in central London and requires 3 days a week on-site with interview slots immediately available.

Apply now to be considered.