Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and professional leadership to the Product Design team, fostering collaboration, sharing best practices, and promoting continuous professional growth.
• Lead development and implementation of repeatable design processes to streamline collaboration with Engineering and Product Management teams.
• Advocate for an outcome-driven approach to design, collaborating with cross-functional teams to drive measurable results.
• Translate business objectives into actionable design solutions that enhance user engagement, retention, and conversion.
• Oversee creation of wireframes, mockups, and prototypes that align with business goals and user needs.
• Guide the team in maintaining design guidelines, style guides, and design systems for consistency.
• Champion user research, usability testing, and data analysis to gather insights and validate design decisions.
• Drive iterative design processes based on user feedback and data-driven insights to improve user experience and outcomes.

Requirements

• Proven leadership experience in Product Design within a high-growth SaaS environment.
• Previous experience in cybersecurity vendors is highly desirable but not essential.
• Success in building, leading, and developing high-performing design teams.
• Deep knowledge of user experience best practices and a portfolio of shipped digital products with quantifiable impact.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles emphasizing simplicity, functionality, and usability.
• Excellent communication, moderation, and collaboration skills for conveying design concepts to diverse stakeholders.
• Experience working in Agile/Scrum environments and adapting to fast-paced, iterative processes.
• Portfolio showcasing design leadership, collaboration with product teams, and contributions to business objectives.
• Knowledge of HTML, CSS, and JavaScript is a plus for collaboration with Front-End developers.

Benefits

• Time off, flexible and remote working with 25 days annual leave plus volunteering and birthday days off.
• Enhanced parental leave, mindfulness groups, and critical illness cover.
• Career and learning development via learning fund and platform.
• Share options, sales incentives, and recognition for living company values.
• Flexible work options including reduced hours, job share, and remote working.
• Sociable team with monthly socials and sports clubs.