Senior Product Design Manager

Monzo; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 105,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial technology firm is seeking a Senior Product Design Manager to lead and grow a design team while maintaining a hands-on approach. This role involves setting strategic direction, providing feedback, and collaborating closely with Product and Engineering teams. The ideal candidate has experience in a product-led tech environment and a passion for design excellence. This position offers competitive salary packages and the flexibility of working hybrid in the UK, encouraging a balance between work and personal growth.

Benefits

Stock options

Annual learning budget

Full remote setup support

Flexible working hours

Qualifications

• Experience managing and coaching designers in a product-led tech environment.
• Hands-on leadership with attention to detail and usability.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and grow a team of designers while remaining hands-on.
• Maintain quality standards across all design work.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to define priorities.

Skills

Quality Assurance

Production Budgets

Project Management

Client Relationships

Creative Concepts

Job description

Overview

Were on a mission to make money work for everyone.

Were waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

After starting as a prepaid card our product offering has grown a lot in the last 10 years in the UK. As well as personal and business bank accounts we offer joint accounts accounts for 16-17 year olds a free kids account and credit cards in the UK with more exciting things to come beyond. Our UK customers can also save invest and combine their pensions with us.

With our hot coral cards and get-paid-early feature combined with financial education on social media and our award winning customer service we have a long history of creating magical moments for our customers!

Were not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo

Hear from our UK team about what its like working at Monzo

London (Hybrid) or UK Remote 105000 - 125000 stock options Benefits Hear from the team

Our Design team

Were a team of 90 designers researchers and brand experts led by Chief Design Officer Vuokko Aro. Were on a mission to make money work for everyone. Product Design makes up almost half of our design disciplines working in tight-knit squads alongside research product and engineering to solve real customer problems at scale.

We design for the magic moments weve built a bank that feels human not just functional. Our product is our personality. We blend research empathy and craft to turn everyday interactions into memorable experiences.

Right now were growing fast and looking for passionate design leaders to shape Monzos future and theres a huge opportunity to make your mark.

About the role

As a player-coach Senior Product Design Manager at Monzo youll lead and grow a team of talented designers while remaining hands-on in your craft. Youll roll up your sleeves to support your team through early discovery workshops and problem-solving while setting the strategic direction and vision for your product area. Youll help to shape our design team raise the quality bar and deliver meaningful outcomes for our customers while you partner closely with your counterparts in Product and Engineering as well as the general manager of your product area.

Youll play a key role by...

• Building and nurturing a high-performing design team by investing in their growth wellbeing and long-term success.
• Maintaining an exceptional quality bar across all design work through clear feedback and coaching helping designers and teams consistently deliver best-in-class experiences.
• Setting the strategic direction and design vision for your area aligning with company goals and inspiring teams to think bigger.
• Partnering with Product Engineering and the General Manager to define priorities shape roadmaps and turn strategy into impactful execution.
• Jumping in to solve tricky product and design problems especially in early discovery or when teams need unblocking.
• Creating an environment where feedback is open craft is celebrated and design quality continues to evolve across the organisation.
• Acting as a champion for design at Monzo influencing how design thinking shapes our products and culture.

Wed love to hear from you if...

• You have experience managing and coaching designers in a product-led tech environment.
• Youre a hands-on leader who loves to dive into the details when needed; whether facilitating a workshop shaping an experience or guiding a product direction.
• You set and uphold a high bar for design quality and craft with a keen eye for detail and usability.
• Youre comfortable working across ambiguous problem spaces helping teams move from exploration to execution.
• Youre an excellent communicator and collaborator able to influence product engineering and leadership partners.
• You know what great looks like in product design and can inspire teams to get there.
• Youre excited by Monzos mission to make money work for everyone and want to help us push design further than ever before.

Whats in it for you

• 105000 - 125000 stock options
• Well help you relocate to the UK
• We can sponsor your visa
• This role can be based in our London office but were open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London)
• Flexible working hours and trust-based work culture
• 1000 annual learning budget for books training and conferences
• Full remote setup support including equipment and workspace essentials
• Plus lots more!

This process should take around 4-5 weeks - your schedule is really important to us so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

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Well only close this role once we have enough applications for the next stage. Please submit your application as soon as possible to make sure you dont miss out.

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Equal opportunities for everyone

Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and were making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo were embracing diversity by fostering an inclusive environment for all people to do the best work of their lives with us. This is integral to our mission of making money work for everyone. You can read more in our blog 2024 Diversity and Inclusion Report and 2024 Gender Pay Gap Report.

Were an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to age ethnicity religion sex sexual orientation gender identity family or parental status national origin or veteran neurodiversity or disability status.

If you have a preferred name please use it to apply. We dont need full or birth names at application stage

Required Experience :

Manager

Key Skills

Quality Assurance,Production Budgets,Production Schedules,Social Platforms,Content Development,Personnel Management,Client Relationships,Project Management,Control Room,Creative concepts,Newsgathering,Show Content,Video production,Content Reviews

Employment Type : Full-Time

Experience : years

Vacancy : 1

Monthly Salary Salary : 105000 - 125000