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Head of Design
Location
United Kingdom
Posted
8 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Lead
Job Description
Head of Design
InvestEngine
• Managing and developing the design team — running structured 1:1s, setting goals, providing regular feedback, and supporting career development for designers across product and marketing streams • Driving practical adoption of AI across the team — identifying tools, introducing them into workflows, and ensuring they are used to improve output rather than as isolated experiments • Hiring as the team grows — defining requirements, running interviews, onboarding new hires • Running usability tests and user research — using existing tools and processes to test designs, gather evidence, and feed findings into prioritisation and design decisions • Owning design delivery and SLAs — defining intake processes, setting tiered turnaround SLAs, tracking on-time delivery, and measuring stakeholder satisfaction with design as a function • Working closely with Product and Marketing to shape work early, clarify requirements, and align on outcomes • Governing design quality — reviewing the team's output, maintaining quality standards and review gates, ensuring consistency across product and brand without carrying individual design work • Building on and scaling the team's existing processes, visibility, and ways of working as we grow • Scaling the design system — driving adoption across designers and engineers, tracking component reuse, identifying gaps, and ensuring the system accelerates delivery • Helping marketing designers produce stronger, more effective work by shaping briefs and direction
Job Requirements
- 5+ years of experience in product design (or equivalent), with a strong foundation in design craft even though this role does not involve individual design work
- 3+ years of people management experience — hiring, managing, and developing designers day-to-day
- Experience scaling a design team
- Proven ability to introduce and embed AI tools or workflows that improve team efficiency and output
- Strong analytical skills — experience using data (usability testing, journey analytics, CX metrics, NPS/CSAT) to inform and prioritise design work
- Comfortable running usability tests and user research using provided tools and translating findings into actionable design priorities
- Excellent English communication skills (written and spoken), with the ability to review and improve customer-facing language for clarity and context
- Strong organisational and delivery management skills — experience defining SLAs, intake processes, and tracking design delivery across multiple workstreams
- Good design judgement and a clear understanding of what high-quality design looks like, combined with the ability to govern quality through review and standards rather than individual output
- Ability to work closely with cross-functional stakeholders, measure satisfaction, and build effective, trusted relationships
- Comfort operating across both product and marketing contexts
- Experience in fintech or another regulated environment, or a strong personal understanding of investing and financial products
- A structured and pragmatic approach, with a focus on delivery, clarity, and measurable outcomes
Benefits
- Impact from day one
- Room to grow
- Transparent and open culture
- Supportive, high-calibre team
- Flexible working setup
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