Director of Product Design
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UKFull-TimeDirector
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- Required Skills
- LeadershipProduct designStakeholder management
Requirements
- Proven experience leading product design initiatives within regulated, clinical, healthcare, or other high-stakes environments where usability, clarity, and consistency are essential.
- Strong background in UX, interaction design, and product strategy with a portfolio demonstrating impactful, user-centered solutions.
- Experience scaling design teams, processes, and systems within growing technology organizations or startups.
- Strong technical fluency with the ability to collaborate effectively with engineers and understand implementation constraints.
- Deep understanding of user research methodologies and evidence-driven design practices.
- Familiarity with AI tools, emerging AI workflows, and the practical application of AI in product design and development.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence cross-functional decision-making.
- Strong leadership instincts with experience building collaborative, high-performing design cultures.
- Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Passion for creating impactful digital experiences that improve outcomes for users and customers.
Responsibilities
- Lead and evolve the overall product design practice by establishing scalable processes, standards, rituals, and design governance frameworks.
- Act as the voice of the user across the organization, ensuring user needs and research insights shape product and business decisions from discovery through delivery.
- Build and strengthen a robust user research culture, creating systems that make customer insights accessible, actionable, and continuously integrated into product development.
- Oversee and maintain the design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, accessibility, and long-term adaptability across the platform.
- Drive the adoption and integration of AI-powered tools and workflows within the design process to improve efficiency and innovation.
- Champion evidence-based design decisions by combining quantitative analytics, qualitative research, and contextual insights.
- Contribute directly to hands-on product and UX design work, particularly for complex, high-impact, or user-critical features.
- Collaborate closely with product, engineering, and leadership teams to define and communicate the long-term product vision and user experience strategy.
- Mentor and guide designers while fostering a high-performing, collaborative, and quality-focused design culture.
- Ensure design practices support scalability, operational efficiency, and strong cross-functional alignment in a fast-paced environment.
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