Director, Product Design

DesignX; Greater London; Híbrido; GBP 90 000 - 130 000; Tempo integral

Vantagens oferecidas por esta oferta de emprego

Benefit allowance

Private medical and dental

Life assurance and share schemes

Annual learning allowance

Electric car and cycle-to-work schemes

Resumo da oferta

Funding Circle in London is seeking a senior design leader to partner with the VP of Product and VP of Engineering, driving design strategy for complex, regulated fintech experiences. This hybrid role focuses on discovering and delivering intuitive journeys while mentoring a growing design team.

You will champion design excellence, steer strategic bets, and deliver business outcomes through data-informed design, including AI-driven improvements. Competitive salary and benefits await.

Qualificações

• Experience leading design in complex, highly regulated fintech environments.
• Ability to turn dense Risk & Compliance constraints into simple journeys.
• Strong partnerships with senior Product and Engineering leaders to shape roadmaps.
• Exceptional hands-on craft and ability to coach senior talent.
• Commercial focus: tie design to business outcomes with evidence.
• Proven track record building and developing design teams; evolving design operations.
• Ownership of redesigning workflows and using AI to improve efficiency.
• Identify high-impact AI use cases and implement advanced prompting techniques.

Responsabilidades

• Partner with VP of Product and VP of Engineering to reset operating model for design.
• Own the most challenging experience problems within regulatory constraints.
• Move design upstream to influence discovery and strategy.
• Set standards for design excellence across the company.
• Support, nurture, and hire design talent to execute strategy.
• Act as a senior, hands-on leader to steer key strategic bets.
• Drive improvements in solving customer problems and delivering business results.

Conhecimentos

Fintech design leadership

Regulated journey design

Strategy collaboration with leaders

Hands-on design craft

Business outcome focus

Team building & mentoring

AI-enabled design

AI use-case prompting

Descrição da oferta de emprego

We’re on a mission to back the UK’s small businesses like no one else.

Small businesses are the backbone of the economy, and we’re here to help them win. We’ve built a platform that uses clever data to get them the funding they need in minutes, not weeks.

At Funding Circle, we have the restless energy of a fintech start-up with the stability of a public company. It’s a unique mix that gives Circlers the autonomy to take ownership and the scale to make an impact that truly counts.

We’re a high-performing team that chooses to lift each other up. We challenge, we champion, and we have each other’s backs - because we know that when we stand together, we move faster and build better.

The impact is real: Last year alone, the businesses on our platform generated £7.2bn for the UK economy

The role

London (Hybrid) | 3 days in the office | Competitive Salary + Benefits

• Partner alongside our VP of Product and VP of Engineering to reset our operating model, taking joint accountability for how we build great solutions for our customers
• Take ownership of our hardest experience problems, working within heavy regulatory constraints to make the complex lending journey from application to servicing feel simple, honest, and joined up for time-pressured business owners
• Move design upstream to ensure it has a powerful voice in discovery and strategy, demonstrating the true value of design thinking rather than just rendering decisions that have already been taken
• Set the standard and mechanisms for design excellence across the company defining the format, cadence, and ownership needed to ensure we are proud of the experience we give to our customers
• Support, nurture, and hire the best design talent to successfully execute our strategy
• Act as a senior, hands-on leader who is able to actively steer, shape and deliver on our most important strategic bets
• Drive a significant improvement in how we solve our customers' problems and deliver the tangible business results that follow

What we’re looking for

• Experience leading design in complex, highly regulated environments like fintech
• Skills in turning dense rules, Risk, and Compliance constraints into simple, intuitive journeys
• A strong partner to senior Product and Engineering leaders to shape strategy, scope work, and influence roadmaps
• Exceptional hands-on craft. You know what ‘good’ looks like and can coach senior talent to achieve it
• Commercial focus, using data and research to tie design directly to business outcomes
• A track record of building and developing design teams while evolving design operations
• Ability to take ownership of redesigning departmental workflows, using AI to automate complex tasks and drive operational efficiency
• Competently able to Identify high-impact AI use cases and implement advanced prompting techniques to solve multi-layered business challenges

We’re building a place where everyone truly feels they belong. Even if your past experience doesn't align perfectly with every requirement, we'd still love to hear from you.

Why join us

We back you to build an incredible career and by joining us, you'll be part of one of The Sunday Times Best Companies to Work For 2026! As a flexible-first employer, we use a "best of both" approach. We’ll see you in our London office to collaborate - with barista coffee and subsidised Just Eat lunches on us!

Our Circler Proposition Focuses On Five Areas

• Flexibility: We provide a benefit allowance you can tailor to your own life and family.
• Health: This includes private medical and dental, health assessments, and access to a digital GP.
• Wealth: We offer life assurance, share schemes, and financial coaching.
• Development: You get a dedicated annual learning allowance to help you level up.
• Lifestyle: We have electric car and cycle-to-work schemes, plus season ticket loans.

We also have award-winning parental leave policies. We're here to support you through the big life moments, from fertility treatments to new additions to the family.