Principal Product Designer

Principal Product Designer

Our client is a financial technology company specializing in international payments, collections, and foreign exchange services. They focus on providing tailored financial solutions for SMEs and mid-cap companies, offering foreign exchange activity in over 130 currencies—both major and emerging markets—as well as cash management strategies, trade finance, and foreign exchange risk management.

Role Overview

Our client is looking for a highly experienced Principal Product Designer with a proven track record of crafting exceptional user experiences. Using your design expertise, you will swiftly and collaboratively bring innovative ideas from inception to execution.

As an individual contributor, you will spearhead initiatives within one of their core teams, enjoying autonomy and ownership while making a significant impact across the entire product suite. You’ll evolve their design process, own entire projects, and contribute to the development of a diverse team that champions their users' voices and ships incredible experiences. In this role, you'll have the opportunity to shape the future of their product suite, contribute to team growth, and directly influence the user experience for their customers.

This role is based in London, UK near Victoria Station in a hybrid work environment, requiring being in-office 4 days per week. Applicants must have the right to work in the UK. Our client is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

Responsibilities

You will:

• Spearhead design and user experience for crucial product areas, overseeing the entire process from prioritization to launch.
• Collaborate with Product and Engineering leads to translate strategy into actionable roadmap initiatives, identifying and solving high-impact problems.
• Solve complex, ambiguous problems with strategic prioritization, aligning cross-functional teams around key objectives.
• Craft intuitive solutions for complex tasks, emphasizing simplicity and attention to detail in interconnected projects.
• Leverage customer insights to drive innovation, creating prototypes and analyzing user feedback to continuously improve product experiences.
• Contribute to long-term product vision development and participate in team rituals such as design critiques and stand-ups.

You will have:

• 10+ years of relevant professional experience within UX or Product Design.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional craft and product intuition, with comprehensive expertise in layout, typography, hierarchy, motion, and interaction design.
• Experience as an influential design leader who ships impactful, strategic work.
• A strong design point of view and understanding of how to balance customer needs with business objectives.
• Proven leadership and collaboration skills across design, product, and engineering teams.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to navigate ambiguity and communicate effectively with diverse stakeholders.
• Ability to balance and prioritize multiple projects in a fast-paced environment.