Responsibilities

• Setting the long-term design vision and leading large, end-to-end design projects in ambiguous problem spaces across wide product areas.
• Navigating tradeoffs and guiding strategic decisions in an opinionated way.
• Continuing to raise the bar for design craft and product excellence at Monzo, ensuring your work is a benchmark for quality and innovation across the organisation and our industry.
• Partnering with cross-functional leaders to define and execute product strategies that translate into actionable plans you help build and ship.
• Proactively addressing systemic challenges, reducing complexity, and creating better conditions for teams to deliver impactful work.
• Acting as a visible ambassador for Design, sharing your work and its impact across the company to maintain Design’s place at the heart of Monzo.
• Mentoring and levelling up designers across the discipline, fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and belonging.

Requirements

• You’re a strategic thinker who can shape product direction across multiple areas and translate organisational goals into clear, actionable plans.
• You’re an expert in your craft, with strong foundational skills across all areas of product design and confidence in your unique superpowers.
• You have a proven track record of delivering high-impact design work that drives customer outcomes, influences company metrics, and achieves commercial goals.
• You’ll have excellent visual and UI skills, and the ability to think through complex interaction design.
• You’re curious about continuing to develop your craft and keep learning about new tools, ways of working, and technology.
• You thrive in ambiguity, leading teams to deliver in complex, fast-changing environments while maintaining a high bar for quality.
• You’re a natural collaborator, skilled at working cross-functionally to improve ways of working and deliver greater value for customers and the business.
• You’re a role model for resilience, rational decision-making, and effective communication, even in challenging circumstances.
• You’re passionate about growing and shaping the Design team, whether through hiring, onboarding, or creating resources that scale your impact across the organisation.
• You’re pragmatic and proactive, always looking for ways to improve Design’s impact at Monzo while balancing the need to “get the job done”.

Benefits

• Base salary depending on experience and share options.
• Role based in Barcelona office with hybrid work model.
• Flexible working hours to suit individual and team needs.
• Learning budget annually for books, training courses, and conferences.