Strategic Service Design Lead

Damia Group; United Kingdom; Remote; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading consultancy firm in the United Kingdom is seeking a Strategic Service Design Lead for a remote role lasting 3-6 months. This position requires active DV Clearance and entails leading design initiatives to align with business objectives. The ideal candidate will coordinate requirements across various stakeholders and guide multidisciplinary teams, ensuring high-quality and compliant design outputs.

Qualifications

• Current and active DV Clearance is required.
• Experience in coordinating business requirements across stakeholders.
• Proven ability to guide multi-disciplinary teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead design vision aligning with business goals.
• Define strategy for managing requirements.
• Guide teams in creating coherent designs.
• Manage relationships with design components.
• Ensure compliance with established design standards.
• Provide oversight on design decisions.
• Propose innovative solutions to design challenges.
• Advise on prioritisation of requirements.
• Support Discovery phases for programme readiness.

Job description

Overview

Outside IR35 - DV Cleared Strategic Service Design Lead - 3-6 months+ - Remote

Please note: This role requires a current and active DV Clearance, unfortunately, applications without this cannot be considered.

Looking for a Strategic Design Lead who will coordinate business requirements across all stakeholders, providing strategic direction and guidance across design functions.

Responsibilities

• Leading the overall design vision and ensuring it aligns with business goals and programme objectives.
• Defining the approach and strategy for eliciting, prioritising, and managing requirements.
• Guiding multi-disciplinary teams - including user researchers, service designers, business analysts, and solution architects - to create coherent and effective designs.
• Managing relationships with design components of the End-to-End Change Lifecycle (E2ECL), ensuring integration with governance and processes.
• Ensuring designs meet established standards and frameworks, including GDS and other relevant guidance.
• Providing oversight and direction on design decisions, contributing to programme-level governance and design assurance.
• Identifying and proposing solutions to design challenges using user-centred, co-design, and innovative approaches.
• Advising senior programme leadership on the prioritisation of requirements at both individual and epic levels.
• Supporting Discovery phases to ensure programmes are ready for mobilisation and delivery.

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