Principal Product Designer

I am looking for a Principle Product Designer for a fully remote role (you must be based in the UK).

The client

This is a B2B SaaS company who are used and trusted by thousands of well-known enterprises across the globe. Their platform allows these businesses to receive, transform and sync their data in the way they prefer. This data could be anything from insights or data science to machine learning and AI. Their mission is to power data productivity and they’ve received a substantial amount of investment from top Silicon Valley investors so it’s a great time to join.

There is a huge emphasis on making this company somewhere their employees are proud to work and they’ve been named as a great place to work for several years running. The role is remote but the team get together once every quarter.

The role

As a Principle Product Designer, you’ll contribute to the quality and efficiency of UX Research, UX Design and UI activities across a suite of SaaS products. You’ll work alongside other Principle Designers and report to the Director of Product Design, so there is some excellent collaboration and support around you. You’ll also have lots of exposure to the wider business and help to support the growth of the company’s UX maturity and help evolve the design language and philosophy internally.

Additionally, your role will ensure you’re nurturing the growth of Senior, Mid Level and Junior UX Designers through mentoring, coaching and critique.

o Align cross-team design activities, influencing product roadmaps to deliver results and learnings

o Provide high-level direction, work requirements and critique for other designers alongside your own hands-on contributions to UX and UI

o Lead and support remote design activities (design sprints/workshops/story mapping…)

o Define and maintain principles and standards that bring UX consistency to all platforms and products

o Contribute to and expand an evolving design system for pixel-perfect delivery and hand-off to engineers

o Strategically position narratives within the wider business to ensure best-practice design

The candidate

The ideal candidate will have experience with:

• Previous role as a principal/lead
• Designing software products (ideally SaaS)
• Mentoring other designers
• Proven skills from user research, ideation, sketching, wireframing, user flows, information architecture and UI design
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Proactive and organised – able to discover and action opportunities to drive excellence
• Contributing and maintaining design systems
• Basic understanding of HTML. VSS, JavaScript a bonus

Interview Process:

1) 30mins with TA
2) 1-hour manager, 2-way conversation to establish suitability and cultural fit for both parties
3) Task based on a previous project, presenting to the hiring manager, product manager, and another designer

Benefits

– A truly flexible & remote working culture

– Company Equity

– Health insurance

– Life Insurance

– Pension