Senior Product Designer - Defence

Faculty; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited Annual Leave

Private healthcare

Enhanced parental leave

Family-friendly flexibility

Sanctus coaching

Hybrid working

Job summary

Faculty, a London-based AI studio, is seeking a Senior Product Designer to lead bespoke AI-native solutions for defence clients. You'll collaborate with ML engineers, data scientists and software engineers from day zero to shape intuitive, high-impact interfaces in a high-stakes domain.

At senior level, you’ll share best practice, grow the design capability, and guide cross-functional teams while upholding accessibility, inclusion and design systems across projects. Hybrid working is offered.

Qualifications

• Experience designing AI-native products for defence or government clients.
• Strong ability to influence product direction and strategy.
• Experience in a consulting services environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead the design of complex, high-impact user interfaces with accessibility standards.
• Plan, conduct, and oversee autonomous user research activities to drive insights.
• Own wireframes, prototypes, and detailed designs for challenging problems.
• Evolve the design system and provide strategic guidance to engineers and peers.

Skills

AI-native product design

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring designers

Tools

Figma

Design systems

User research tools

Job description

Why Faculty?

We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then, we’ve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here.

We don’t chase hype cycles. We innovate, build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical, product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences and defence.

Our business, and reputation, is growing fast and we’re always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology.

AI is an epoch-defining technology, join a company where you’ll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications, and to make them happen.

About the team

Our Defence team is focused on building and embedding human-centered AI solutions which give our nation a competitive edge in the defence sector. We collaborate with our clients to bring ethical, reliable and cutting-edge AI to high-stakes situations and maintain the balance of global powers essential to our liberty.
Because of the nature of the work we do with our Defence clients, you will need to be eligible for UK Security Clearance (SC).

About the role

As a Senior Product Designer, you will lead the design of bespoke-build, AI-native solutions for our clients. Working with our expert machine learning engineers, data scientists and software engineers, you'll have a seat at the table from day zero to shape beautifully intuitive solutions in a highly complex area.

At a Senior level, we'll look to you to share best practice across the organisation and help continue to build the design capability and systems to match our exceptional technical ability.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading the creation of complex, high-impact user interfaces that meet rigorous accessibility and inclusion standards

• Planning, conducting, and overseeing autonomous user research activities to synthesise insights that drive strategic design decisions

• Owning the development and delivery of wireframes, prototypes, and detailed designs for challenging problems

• Taking responsibility for evolving the design system to meet project and organisational needs and providing strategic guidance on implementation to engineers and peers.

• Facilitating cross-functional collaboration and effectively communicating design rationale to stakeholders, including senior leadership and clients

• Leading iterative design processes, encouraging experimentation and validation efforts to continuously improve product usability and user satisfaction.

Who we’re looking for:

• You have previous experience designing AI native products

• You've worked in UK Defence or with UK Defence clients

• You've designed for, and shipped at scale

• Ideally you've worked in a consulting services environment

• You've demonstrated ability to influence product direction and wider product strategy

• You've contributed to design excellence beyond your immediate projects - establishing design systems, ensuring consistency, proactively sharing best practice

• You excel at collaboration and communication - facilitating cross-functional teamwork and clearly articulating design rationale to stakeholders

• You can demonstrate advanced expertise in design tools and methods, including AI tools, with ability to create high-quality user experiences and mentor others in their use

Our Interview Process

1. Talent Team Screen (40 minutes)

2. Portfolio Review (60 minutes)

3. Case Study Interview (60 minutes)

4. Meet the team (30 minutes)

Our Recruitment Ethos

We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought, and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world in which we live. We’re united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions and sexual orientations.

Some of our standout benefits:

• Unlimited Annual Leave Policy

• Private healthcare and dental

• Enhanced parental leave

• Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working

• Sanctus Coaching

• Hybrid Working