Lead Product Designer

Pigment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading SaaS company in Greater London is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join its design team. You will take ownership of multiple areas within our innovative AI-focused platform, leading the design vision while mentoring a team of designers. With over 8 years of experience in product design for complex B2B software, you will conceptualize user-centric solutions and advocate for design best practices across the organization. A strong portfolio is required for consideration. Competitive compensation and growth opportunities are offered.

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience as a product designer working on complex B2B software.
• Experience designing agentic AI experiences is a must.
• A strong portfolio showcasing expertise in designing user-centric experiences.
• Deep understanding of design and product development processes.
• Excellent knowledge of HTML/CSS, Javascript, and React.
• Experience leading and providing guidance to other designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead an end-to-end design process from problem definition to production delivery.
• Conduct exploratory research and create user journey maps.
• Turn complicated technical requirements into user-centered stories.
• Conceptualize and design innovative solutions.
• Conduct usability testing to learn from users.
• Collaborate with product managers to build a user-centric product roadmap.

Skills

Product design

User-centered design

Agile development processes

UI/UX best practices

HTML/CSS

Javascript

React

Communication

Job description

Our Story So Far:

Since our founding in 2019, Pigment has become one of the fastest-growing SaaS companies in the world today. Our product, a highly efficient and innovative AI first Enterprise Performance Management (EPM) platform is helping companies achieve their financial goals by quickly responding to dynamic factors in their respective markets including Tech, Retail, CPG & Financial Services.

In less than 6 years, Pigment has grown to over 500 employees across offices in New York, Toronto, London, Paris and soon San Mateo, and attracted a total of $393M in investment from some of the top Venture Capital firms globally.

We serve companies including Unilever, Deliveroo, Figma, Miro and more!

Pigment is looking for a lead product designer to be a key pillar of our product design team. In this role, you will be the design owner of multiple areas of the platform to lead high-impact AI first experiences and strategic initiatives.

What you’ll do:

You will be focused on designing agentic AI experiences to help our customers plan their business. This is a unique opportunity to experiment with and define new interactions modalities for the agentic AI era!

To do so, you will build a design vision and be in charge of a team of designers. With them, you will research users needs, identify new opportunities, assist Product Managers to build your team’s roadmap, and create world-class end-to-end user experiences that matches both our users’ expectations and fulfill our company’s business objectives.

Finally, as a growing team, you have a key role to play to shape the global design culture at Pigment and introduce new methodologies to the Pigment product team.

Responsibilities:

• Lead an end-to-end design process from problem definition to production delivery
• Conduct exploratory research, create user journey maps, identify insights to inform your team’s scope and make better design decisions
• Turn complicated and technical requirements into easy to follow user-centered stories
• Conceptualize and design innovative solutions
• Develop highly functional user experience and stunning user interfaces
• Conduct usability testing to learn from our users and build stronger design solutions
• Collaborate closely with product managers to build a user-centric product roadmap
• Advocate for design best practices across the organization
• Ensure excellent design quality in everything your team is delivering
• Mentor and provide guidance to the designers working with you in your team’s scope
• Identify new opportunities, lead your own initiatives to positively impact the Pigment platform and organization

Qualifications:

8+ years of experience as a product designer working on complex B2B software

Experience designing agentic AI experiences is a must

A strong portfolio showcasing expertise in designing and leading the creation of innovative user-centric experiences

Deep understanding of design and product development processes in an agile environment

Complete mastering of UI patterns, UX best practices and graphic design principles applied to software design such as typography, layouts, colors, components, etc.

Excellent knowledge of HTML/CSS, Javascript and React for optimal collaboration with engineers

Excellent communication, with the ability to articulate and present your design decisions the right way depending on your audience

A strong product sense and business sensibility

Experience leading and providing guidance to other designers in order to deliver high-quality design solutions

A strategic mind with the ability to balance tactical and pragmatic solutions to bring immediate value creation and long-term strategic investment

Applications not including a portfolio won’t be considered.