Product Design Lead

Product Design Lead

Vanrath are recruiting for a growing technology company that builds AI-powered platforms and intelligent digital products for organisations operating in secure, highly regulated, and complex environments. Their solutions support enterprise and public sector customers in improving decision-making, streamlining workflows, and adopting AI effectively across cloud, on-premise, and secure infrastructure environments.
They are looking for an experienced Product Design Lead to help shape the future of their platform and overall product experience. This is a hands-on leadership role that blends strategic thinking with practical delivery. You'll be responsible for leading and mentoring a growing design team, while working closely with Product, Engineering, and Technical Leadership to drive high-quality outcomes.

In this role, you'll design intuitive, user-centred experiences across advanced AI-driven products and workflows, while also influencing broader design strategy, design systems, research practices, and the adoption of emerging AI-enabled design approaches. This is a chance to make a meaningful impact in a collaborative, fast-moving, and well-supported environment.

Key Responsibilities
Responsibilities & Experience

• Lead, mentor, and support a growing Product Design team within a fast-scaling technology environment.
• Remain hands-on across the full design lifecycle, from discovery and UX strategy through to high-fidelity UI and delivery.
• Design intuitive, user-centred experiences for AI-driven platforms, enterprise applications, and complex workflows.
• Collaborate closely with Product, Engineering, and technical stakeholders to shape product direction and improve user experience.
• Contribute to the evolution of design systems, scalable design practices, and AI-assisted design workflows.
• Translate complex technical requirements into clear, usable, and engaging digital experiences.
• Use customer insight, usability feedback, and research to continuously improve products and workflows.

Skills & Experience

• Strong experience in Product Design, UX, or Interaction Design within complex digital product environments.
• Previous experience leading, mentoring, or managing designers within a product-led organisation.
• Proven track record of designing and delivering enterprise, SaaS, or workflow-driven digital products.
• Strong understanding of user-centred design principles, UX methodologies, and modern prototyping tools.
• Comfortable working across both strategic product thinking and detailed hands-on design execution.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and collaboration skills.
• Interest or experience in AI technologies, AI-assisted workflows, or intelligent platforms would be advantageous.
• Experience within regulated, security-conscious, or technically complex industries is beneficial.
• Eligibility or willingness to obtain UK Security Clearance is desirable.

What We Offer:
Meaningful, High-Impact Work
You'll contribute to products that solve real operational challenges using cutting-edge AI technologies. This is an opportunity to influence how intelligent systems are designed, adopted, and trusted within complex industries.

Genuine Design Influence
Design is viewed as a strategic capability within the business, not simply a delivery function. You'll have the autonomy to shape product experiences, influence tooling and processes, and help define the future direction of the design team.

Collaborative Team Environment
You'll work alongside experienced product leaders, engineers, researchers, and designers in a highly collaborative culture that values curiosity, experimentation, and continuous learning.

Career Growth Opportunities
As the company continues to scale, there will be significant opportunities to expand your leadership responsibilities, shape team structure, and influence organisational design maturity.

Flexible & Balanced Working
We believe exceptional work happens when people have flexibility and balance. We offer a hybrid working environment alongside benefits designed to support wellbeing and sustainable productivity, including:

• Flexible hybrid working arrangements
• Reduced working schedules during selected holiday periods
• Early finish on Fridays
• Generous annual leave allowance plus public holidays
• Share options within a rapidly growing business
• Supportive and inclusive working culture

For further information on this job, apply via the link or contact the VANRATH office for a confidential chat today.

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Skills:
Product Design Lead Front end Lead Product Team Lead Front end Design Lead UX/UI Lead

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