Remote Head of Product Design & Strategy

Arbor Education; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 113,000 - 138,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing team initiatives

32 days holiday + bank holidays

Life Assurance 3x salary

Private Dental Insurance

Pension salary sacrifice

Enhanced parental leave

Professional development budget

Volunteer day

Job summary

Arbor Education is seeking a Head of Product Design to lead our central design function across a growing portfolio of school software products. You will set strategy, maintain design standards, and embed designers into cross-functional teams to deliver scalable UX across multiple products.

You will mentor a design team, drive a cohesive design system, and collaborate with product management and engineering to advance user-centered outcomes in a fast-growing, remote-first environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience designing within B2B SaaS products.
• Experience operating as part of a product leadership team.
• Experience running a central or agency-style design function.
• Experience integrating teams or products after acquisitions or major change.
• Genuine enthusiasm for AI-augmented workflows and enabling product managers to participate in design work.

Responsibilities

• Set design strategy, direction and standards for Arbor across an expanding product portfolio.
• Champion design at leadership level and contribute to product strategy and roadmaps.
• Line-manage the product design team, prioritise work and mentor staff.
• Define standards and embed designers into product teams for focused work.
• Lead integration of design practices across new products and acquisitions.

Skills

B2B SaaS design

Product leadership

Acquisitions integration

AI-enabled design

Design systems

Mentoring designers

Tools

Figma

Storybook

Cursor

Claude

Job description

Arbor Education is seeking a Head of Product Design to lead our central design function across a growing portfolio of school software products. You will set strategy, maintain design standards, and embed designers into cross-functional teams to deliver scalable UX across multiple products.

You will mentor a design team, drive a cohesive design system, and collaborate with product management and engineering to advance user-centered outcomes in a fast-growing, remote-first environment.