Lead UX Designer

Skin Analytics; London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading health tech company in London is seeking a Lead UX Designer to build and scale the UX function. You will lead a small team, set up design systems, and collaborate with management on UX initiatives. Ideal candidates have experience in a leadership role and a solid UX background. This position offers a competitive salary, share options, and a hybrid working model with a focus on team growth and development.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Share options package

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave

Enhanced parental leave

Bike to work scheme

Training budget

Fun social activities

Qualifications

• Experience in a leadership role in a fast-growing business.
• Proven track record of leading design teams.
• Experience in establishing accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and scale the UX function by establishing design systems.
• Collaborate with senior management to advocate for design resources.
• Manage and develop UX team members.

Skills

Team Leadership

UX Design

Information Architecture

Content Design

Service Design

Product Design

UI Design

Job description

Want to join a team of passionate people who want to build a future where no one dies from skin cancer?

About us

Skin Analytics is an award-winning, health tech company that works with dermatology teams to deploy world-leading skin cancer pathways using AI as a medical device, DERM.

Following our recent £15M series B funding round and regulatory milestones, we're ready to scale internationally, making history for AI in healthcare and the future of dermatology.

We're proud to epitomise AI for good - with a Class III CE mark, DERM is the only AI as a medical device approved to make clinical decisions autonomously in the cancer space, as well as being the first company to receive a NICE recommendation for use across the NHS.*

DERM is deployed at more than 25 NHS organisations where we're supporting dermatology teams to build sustainable services that enable patients to gain quicker access to skin cancer diagnosis. If that's not enough, we also collaborate with some of the largest health insurers to reach patients in their own homes.

We are a team of passionate people on a mission to build a future where no one dies from skin cancer.

London based - Hybrid (3 days a week in the office)

As a Lead UX Designer you will be responsible for building and establishing the UX function within Skin Analytics to be able to deliver strong UX capabilities across all business units. You will lead on how to set up a successful team and systems with one direct report to achieve the business objectives across new and growth areas.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leading and scaling the UX function - setting up design systems, accessibility standards etc from scratch.
• Working with the Senior Management Team - making cases for more design resources and continuously measure, track and share the value on an ongoing basis.
• People Management and Leadership - managing and developing UX Designer and setting a high standard for the UX work delivered.
• Cross functional working - working with internal teams and stakeholders across all business units.
• Measuring performance - setting the structure and metrics from scratch.

️ We want to hear from you if you have:

• Previously or are currently working as a Head of or Lead in a fast growing business
• Experience leading teams of both designers and user researchers
• Experience setting up accessibility standards from scratch
• Information architecture, content design and personas
• Experience with service design
• Good taste in product design
• Worked on localisation projects
• Experience across both web and app and B2B and B2C
• Healthcare experience is great addition but not must
• UX and UI experience is preferable
• Content/copywriting would be highly advantageous

**Please attach a link or upload your portfolio with your application**

Skin Analytics manufactures medical devices and complies with ISO standards 13485 and 27001. As part of your employment, you will be assigned Quality Management System (QMS) and Information Security Management System (ISMS). We require that our employees agree to complete their assigned training and diligently follow all company quality management and information security processes.

*The National Institute for Health and Care Excellence has recommended DERM for use within the NHS until May 2028, while further evidence is gathered.

Competitive salary

Share options package - all our employees have ownership in the company

Private healthcare

25 days annual leave (5 day company shutdown in August + bank holidays)

Enhanced parental leave - includes adoption & foster

Bike to work scheme

Training budget

Weekly catch-ups, monthly meetings to talk about you, your ambitions and make plans

Lots of fun social activities including company offsite!

Our Values

Building a Strong Foundation

Always Learning

Lead from the Front

Tough and Resilient

The Real Stuff

Skin Analytics embraces and is committed to diversity and equal opportunities. We are dedicated to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. The more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.