Chief Product Design Lead — FinTech & Regulation

Funding Circle UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Barista coffee

Subsidised Just Eat lunches

Award-winning parental leave policies

Flexible-first employer

Job summary

Funding Circle is evolving its design leadership in London, seeking a senior design leader to reset how design operates with product and engineering, guiding strategy and execution. You will shape discovery, elevate design thinking, and mentor teams in a fintech environment.

You’ll work in a hybrid London setting, partnering with VPs to deliver on strategic bets, hire top talent, and drive measurable business outcomes while navigating regulatory requirements.

Qualifications

• Experience leading design in fintech environments with regulatory considerations.
• Ability to translate complex Risk/Compliance rules into intuitive journeys.
• Strong partner for senior Product and Engineering leaders to shape strategy and roadmaps.
• Exceptional hands-on craft and ability to coach senior talent.
• Commercial mindset with data-driven design to drive business outcomes.
• Track record of building and developing design teams and design operations.
• Ability to redesign departmental workflows and harness AI to improve efficiency.
• Identify high-impact AI use cases and implement prompting techniques.

Responsibilities

• Partner with VP of Product and VP of Engineering to reset operating model and joint accountability for customer-focused solutions.
• Own the most challenging experience problems within regulatory constraints to simplify lending journeys.
• Elevate design upstream to influence discovery and strategy and demonstrate value of design thinking.
• Set standards for design excellence across the company including formats, cadence, and ownership.
• Support, nurture, and hire top design talent to execute strategy.
• Act as a senior hands-on leader to steer and deliver on strategic bets.
• Drive significant improvements in solving customer problems and delivering measurable business outcomes.

Skills

Design leadership

Fintech experience

Regulatory-aware UX

AI prompting / workflows

Job description

Funding Circle is evolving its design leadership in London, seeking a senior design leader to reset how design operates with product and engineering, guiding strategy and execution. You will shape discovery, elevate design thinking, and mentor teams in a fintech environment.

You’ll work in a hybrid London setting, partnering with VPs to deliver on strategic bets, hire top talent, and drive measurable business outcomes while navigating regulatory requirements.