Lead Product Designer

Insights from leaders in the Zebra People podcast

Latest jobs

Select discipline

All markets

You'll work as a hands-on manager, working closely with the Product team to play a crucial role in taking products and services to the next level.

The client

We are looking for an experienced Lead Product Designer to join a fast-growing B2C FinTech and take ownership of their product design practice. This is a hands-on leadership role where you’ll manage and mentor a small team, define design standards, and help shape innovative digital experiences for our customers.

This is a chance to join an established fintech with a focus on improving financial wellbeing for thousands of customers. You’ll be part of a team that values design as a strategic function, and you’ll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge AI projects while mentoring a talented design team.

Location: London (hybrid, 3 days per week in-office)
Salary: £90,000 is the sweet spot. £95,000 might be doable, depending on the candidate.

Sponsorship is not being offered.

The role

Lead and mentor a team of 3-4 senior product designers
Own the end-to-end design of customer experiences across web and mobile, balancing UX, UI, and interaction design.
Establish and maintain a cohesive design system, guiding component decisions and ensuring consistency across products.
Collaborate closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and other stakeholders to drive design strategy and deliver high-impact solutions.
Take a leading role on innovative AI-driven projects, including an AI-powered investment journey, shaping how customers receive personalised financial guidance.
Set the tone for a unified UX culture across the company, advocating for design thinking and demonstrating the value of design in strategic decision-making.

The candidate

Experienced in B2C finance or consumer-facing investment platforms.
A hands-on product designer comfortable delivering both UX and UI, from research and prototyping to polished design and interactions.
A proven team leader, with experience managing other designers, capable of mentoring, performance management, and fostering a high-performing design culture.
Comfortable leveraging AI tools in the design process to accelerate research, prototyping, and ideation.
Proficiency in creating high-fidelity prototypes using tools such as Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Figma, or similar.
You have a strong portfolio which demonstrates your UX and UI deliverables – showcasing both UX depth, User Research and polished UI craft.

If you are a hands-on design leader with fintech experience and a passion for improving consumer financial products, this is the role to make an impact.

We welcome diversity

We welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences. Our team includes parents, the self-taught, the university-educated, and people of a wide variety of nationalities, ages, and socio-economic backgrounds.

Obviously, we’re looking to ensure it’s a solid fit from both sides: we want you to step into a role you love, and we want to offer you a place you’re proud to come to every day for work.

We know that diverse teams are strong teams, and welcome those with alternative identities, backgrounds, and experiences to apply to be part of life at Zebra People. We are committed to a fair and accessible recruitment process for all candidates. We would be happy to meet any accommodation requests during the application or interview process, please just let us know.