Interim Product Design Director
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Managers and directors in the creative industries
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£44,900
(£23.03 per hour)
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Description
We are hiring an Interim Product Design Director who will be responsible for overseeing and leading the product design process. Your main responsibility will be to provide strategic direction and leadership to the design team throughout the product development lifecycle. You’ll collaborate with various senior stakeholders, including product managers, engineers, analysts, marketers and executives, to ensure that the product design aligns with the company’s overall vision, brand identity and requirements.
You will execute a visionary design strategy, deliver an ambitious roadmap, set clear objectives, establish efficient workflows, and fosters a culture of collaboration and creative excellence. You’ll champion exceptional, data-driven user experiences by integrating usability, accessibility, systems thinking and best in class aesthetics. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that designs are suitably tested with users and adheres to FCA regulation.
You are a humble yet assertive leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You have a proven track record of managing multiple workstreams and a strong commercial mindset that allows you to balance rapid experimentation with a high bar for quality.
All applications must include access to your portfolio, demonstrating design craft, systems thinking, and measurable impact.
Please note this is a fixed-term contract for approx. 15 months.
What You'll Do
You will execute a visionary design strategy, deliver an ambitious roadmap, set clear objectives, establish efficient workflows, and fosters a culture of collaboration and creative excellence. You’ll champion exceptional, data-driven user experiences by integrating usability, accessibility, systems thinking and best in class aesthetics. You’ll be responsible for ensuring that designs are suitably tested with users and adheres to FCA regulation.
You are a humble yet assertive leader who thrives in a fast-paced environment. You have a proven track record of managing multiple workstreams and a strong commercial mindset that allows you to balance rapid experimentation with a high bar for quality.
All applications must include access to your portfolio, demonstrating design craft, systems thinking, and measurable impact.
Please note this is a fixed-term contract for approx. 15 months.
What You'll Do
- Commercial Acumen: You'll be a key driver of value for both the business and our customers. This means understanding the "why" behind every project, clearly communicating the rationale to stakeholders, and ensuring that your team’s work is commercially sound and focused on creating tangible business impact.
- Design Leadership: Lead the 17-person Product Design team who are a mix of product designers, UI/DS specialists, user researchers and content design. You will deliver on the functions scorecard, deliver an ambitious roadmap and execute a visionary design strategy.
- Experienced Leader: A leader with a minimum of 15 years of experience in product design, with a significant portion of that time spent in a leadership role. Proven experience leading multidisciplinary teams.
- Fintech & Startup Experience: Demonstrable experience within a consumer-facing company, preferably at a scale-up or startup stage. Fintech experience is desirable, but not essential. You should have a strong understanding of the UK fintech landscape and emerging trends in consumer finance.
- Expert Manager & Coach: Proven ability to manage, coach, and inspire a team of designers and researchers. You know how to delegate effectively, provide constructive feedback, and support your team's growth.
- Strategic & Pragmatic: You possess a strong product sense and can make sensible tradeoffs to balance user needs with business goals. You are flexible in your approach and you move fluidly between high-level strategy and the critical design details that matter. You are comfortable in a high-ambiguity environment and are resilient to change.
Our Commitment To DE&I
At Moneybox, we promote, support and celebrate inclusion, diversity and equity for all, so that everyone can bring their full selves to work. We believe that diversity drives innovation, and that if our team is representative of our community of customers, we can better support their needs. To ensure our recruitment processes provide an equal opportunity for all applicants to succeed, we encourage you to let us know if there are any adjustments that we can make.
We are open-minded and always willing to go the extra mile to ensure all applicants can present their full self and potential
Working Policy
We have a hybrid policy that includes 2 days from our London office and 3 from home. If the role states it is either hybrid or remote candidates must be based within the UK.
Visa Sponsorship
At this time we cannot offer visa sponsorship for this role and we cannot consider overseas applications.
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If you are unsuccessful in your application, we may keep your details on file so that we can tell you about other suitable vacancies which may be of interest to you when they arise in the future. If you would like to reach us then please email: [email protected] . If you would rather we did not keep your details on file, you can contact us at: [email protected] .