Director, User Experience, Design and Innovation

Company: Jobtailor
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Location: Farringdon
Job Description:

Overview

Lead the user experience strategy and design capability across the portfolio. Set the UX vision, strategy, and operating model across the product portfolio. Build and scale a UX research and insight capability that informs roadmap and prioritization decisions. Develop and govern design systems, reusable patterns, and standards to improve consistency and speed delivery. Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing team of designers, researchers, and UX leaders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the user experience strategy and design capability across the portfolio.
  • Set the UX vision, strategy, and operating model across the product portfolio.
  • Build and scale a UX research and insight capability that informs roadmap and prioritization decisions.
  • Develop and govern design systems, reusable patterns, and standards to improve consistency and speed delivery.
  • Recruit, develop, and lead a high-performing team of designers, researchers, and UX leaders.

Qualifications

  • 10+ years of experience in UX, product design, service design, or related disciplines.
  • Experience with AI-powered, conversational, or agentic product experiences.
  • Proven leadership in B2B/enterprise software, workflow tools, analytics, or data-intensive products.
  • Experience building and scaling design organizations.
  • Strong track record partnering with Product and Engineering leaders.
  • Ability to lead or influence UX research, design systems, and end-to-end experience strategy.
  • Experience designing for complex workflows, expert users, and information-rich products.

Hard Skills

  • UX design
  • product design
  • service design
  • UX research
  • design systems
  • AI-powered products
  • conversational interfaces
  • workflow tools
  • analytics
  • data-intensive products

Soft Skills

  • leadership
  • team development
  • collaboration
  • influence
  • strategic vision
  • communication
  • prioritization
  • insight generation
  • problem-solving
  • organizational skills

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Posted: July 11th, 2026