Lead Product Designer

Futurice GmbH; London; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company offers an exciting opportunity for a design professional to contribute to transformative digital projects in London. The role emphasizes collaboration, user-centred design, and the development of impactful solutions while fostering a supportive environment for growth.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Company pension contribution of 6%

Private health insurance

25 days of holidays + bank holidays

Tiered parental leave policy

£1200 annual learning budget

Remote-first setup

Flexible wellbeing budget

Qualifications

• Experience in design direction and mentorship.
• Strong skills in conveying design concepts clearly.

Responsibilities

• Work in multidisciplinary teams to align various perspectives.
• Translate complex challenges into intuitive design solutions.
• Support primary and secondary research activities.

Skills

User-centred design

Collaboration

Effective Communication

Adaptability

Education

Experience in multidisciplinary teams

Proven experience creating scalable design assets

Job description

Join us!

If you’re ready to start the next chapter in your career journey, you’ve come to the right place. We’re always happy to hear from people who are eager to learn and grow, and share our values. Read more about the role and apply.

We create transformative digital experiences for global clients. We help organisations to navigate complexity, balancing user-centric design with strategic business impact.

About the role
Key responsibilities:

• Cross-functional Collaboration: Work in multidisciplinary teams to align business, technical, and user experience perspectives.
• User-centred design: Help to plan and support primary and secondary research activities to capture and assess the insights that underpin our thinking.
• Co-create Impactful design solutions: Translate complex business challenges into intuitive, visually engaging design solutions that create lasting impact.
• DesignOps: Show our clients what good looks like when it comes to how we work together, how we get our work done, and how our work creates impact.
• AI Integration: Identify opportunities where AI can enhance user experience and operational efficiency.

What we are looking for:

• Technical proficiency: Proven experience creating scalable, reusable design assets, robust documentation, and comprehensive prototypes.
• Collaborative Mindset: Experience in multidisciplinary teams and effective decision-making.
• Effective Communicator: Strong skills in conveying design concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
• Adaptability and Curiosity: Comfortable in dynamic environments with a passion for learning and growth.
• Developing others: Experience providing design direction and mentorship to help more junior team members to deliver their best work.

This role offers an excellent opportunity to contribute to meaningful digital transformation projects while enhancing your design expertise.

What we can offer you?

• Competitive salary benchmarked externally and internally for salary fairness: our Lead level banding is £75,000-£90,000 (depending on experience)
• Company pension contribution of 6% (increasing with tenure)
• Private health insurance with WPA
• 25 days of holidays + plus bank holidays and a day off for your birthday too. We offer a long service annual leave scheme of an additional day per year after three years’ unbroken service, up to a maximum of 30 days
• A tiered parental leave policy, which offers 16-weeks maternity full pay and 6- weeks partner full pay (dependant on your tenure)
• A Learning budget of £1200 per year for self initiated learning, books and training courses
• EV salary sacrifice (dependant on your tenure)
• A remote-first setup with two days per month to co-work together in London
• A flexible wellbeing budget of £50 per month (via a Juno platform subscription)

Don’t worry about whether you’re a 100% fit! Take a look at what we do and what we've done and get in touch. Don’t just tell us where you’ve worked or studied, tell us who you are, where you are heading, and why you want to join us!

Next steps

If this sounds like the opportunity you’ve been looking for and are ready to take the next step, please submit your application.

Our application form is about as easy as it gets. All you need to do is enter your contact information and upload your attachments. We’d love to see a CV, and a few lines about yourself and why you want to join Futurice.You can also submit links to your LinkedIn profile or your portfolio, as well as share other attachments relevant to the application.

We usually follow the following format for interviews, held remotely:

• 30min video/telephone introductory call
• First round competency based interview with two team members
• Second round interview focused on Futurice Values with other Senior members of the team

How we work

We are a dynamic team of designers, strategists, and software engineers dedicated to creating a progressive environment and culture. Operating on a remote-first basis centred in London, we regularly gather in person to collaborate and strengthen our team spirit. We pride ourselves on our craft and our commitment to a people-first, one-team mentality that drives impactful results.

Ever since Futurice was founded, we’ve been committed to offering a workplace people will genuinely enjoy coming to every morning, Mondays included. We’ve put tons of effort into fostering a healthy and welcoming company culture combined with fair and competitive salaries as well as perks that improve the wellbeing of each Futuricean – take a look here to learn more, check our Culture handbook 2.0. Each of our offices also adds its own unique vibe and flavor into the mix. Learn more about our offices here!

At Futurice, new joiners are not expected to fit into a specific mold – people are free to come as they are, regardless of their background. We believe there’s power in perspectives and consider diversity an important part of our success. You can learn more about our DE&I commitment and efforts here.