Lead Product Designer

We’re on a mission to make money work for everyone.

We’re waving goodbye to the complicated and confusing ways of traditional banking.

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!

We’re not about selling products - we want to solve problems and change lives through Monzo ️

Barcelona (ESP) | Base salary for this role is depending on experience + stock options |Hear from the team

We’re a team of 80+ designers, researchers, and brand experts led by Chief Design Officer Vuokko Aro. We’re 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"

We’ve 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, we’re growing fast and looking for passionate designers to shape Monzo’s future and there’s a huge opportunity to make your mark.

Applying to this role, you’ll be in a standard hiring process for a Lead Product Designer, and we’ll find the perfect team for you along the way.

• Tackling the most complex and ambiguous design challenges, turning complexity into elegant, scalable solutions that empower teams and improve the customer experience.
• Defining and delivering large-scale projects that connect initiatives across the business, using design methods to align strategies and drive impactful outcomes.
• Leading the creation of compelling product visions, principles, and direction that inspire teams to build toward a shared future.
• Raising the bar for visual execution, considering motion, interaction, and mental model clarity to deliver delightful and practical solutions.
• Positively influencing our design system, tooling, and processes to improve how we create design at scale.
• Driving improvements across the business by connecting your work to wider goals and leveraging cross-functional collaboration.
• Acting as a role model in Design, sharing your work broadly, mentoring others, and contributing to the growth and success of the Design team.
• You have a proven track record of delivering impactful, customer-centric native-app designs that solve complex problems and drive commercial outcomes.
• You’re skilled at leading research, defining product visions, and aligning teams around a shared strategy.
• You excel at creating modular, scalable solutions and have a strong grasp of how to use design artefacts to communicate insights effectively.
• You’re a natural collaborator who can navigate multi-squad projects, align leadership, and drive clarity in ambiguous situations.
• You’re passionate about improving design systems, processes, and ways of working to help teams deliver better outcomes at scale.
• You’re a role model who actively contributes to the growth of the Design team through hiring, mentoring, and fostering a positive culture.
• You’re excited about Monzo’s mission to make money work for everyone and are ready to make a significant impact on our customers and business.

What’s in it for you

Barcelona, ESP | Hybrid : 3 days a week in the office.

We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team.

1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences.

The application journey has 3 key steps

20 minute call with our Recruiter, Tom

1-hour craft interview where you’ll present a single case study to 2 members of our Design team.

2 x 45-minute interviews covering Teamwork and Impact.

This process should take around 2-3 weeks - your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

We have some guidelines on using Artificial Intelligence (AI) to ace an application and interview at Monzo. You can read them here.

You’ll hear from us throughout the application process, but if you’ve got any questions, please reach out to You can also use this email address to let us know if there’s anything we can do to make the process easier for you because of disability, neurodiversity or anything else.

We’ll 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 don’t miss out.

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Diversity and inclusion are a priority for us and we’re making sure we have lots of support for all of our people to grow at Monzo. At Monzo, we’re 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.

We’re 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.

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