Senior Product Designer
Posted 1 day ago by Salt
Negotiable
Undetermined
Hybrid
England, UK
Summary: The Senior Digital Product Designer role at a major UK financial services organization involves leading product design across complex digital programs with a focus on strategy, accessibility, and design systems. This position offers autonomy and ownership, requiring the designer to manage the entire design process from discovery to delivery. The ideal candidate will have a strong background in product design and experience in enterprise environments, particularly within financial services. The role emphasizes collaboration with cross-functional teams and building trust with stakeholders.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead product design across complex digital programmes, from discovery through to delivery
- Shape design strategy and contribute to the product design direction across the organisation
- Define and evolve design guidelines and standards that drive consistency and scale
- Act as the escalation point for design decisions, removing blockers and keeping quality high
- Coach and mentor designers, raising the bar for the whole practice
- Present, persuade, and build trust with senior stakeholders across the business
Key Skills:
- Strong experience in product design, UX, and design systems
- Ability to lead cross-functional teams and challenge thinking
- Experience in user research, accessibility, and content design
- Portfolio demonstrating end-to-end design thinking
- Interest in inclusive and accessible design
- Background in financial services or corporate banking is a plus
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: undetermined
Country: UK
Working Arrangements: hybrid
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Detailed Description From Employer:
Senior Digital Product Designer - Financial Services | London, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester or Edinburgh | Hybrid | 12-month FTC
Our client is a major UK financial services organisation with a simple belief: great design should be felt by every customer, every time. They're looking for a Senior Digital Product Designer who can shape strategy on Monday and be knee-deep in accessibility frameworks and design systems by Friday.
This is a rare "thinker-doer" role with real autonomy, real ownership, and real impact.
The Role
You'll be the primary design lead across complex, high-impact digital programmes. You'll own the process end-to-end, from discovery and user research to UX exploration and UI delivery, and be the person stakeholders trust to tell them what to do next.
This isn't a pixel-pushing job. You'll be shaping product design strategy, building scalable design standards, leading cross-functional teams, and creating frameworks that connect great design to real business outcomes.
What You'll Do
- Lead product design across complex digital programmes, from discovery through to delivery
- Shape design strategy and contribute to the product design direction across the organisation
- Define and evolve design guidelines and standards that drive consistency and scale
- Act as the escalation point for design decisions, removing blockers and keeping quality high
- Coach and mentor designers, raising the bar for the whole practice
- Present, persuade, and build trust with senior stakeholders across the business
You're T-Shaped
Your deep vertical is product design, UX, and design systems. But you also speak the language of user research, accessibility, content design, and agile delivery - well enough to lead cross-functional teams, challenge thinking, and ensure everything ladders back to the user and the business.
You've got strong experience in complex enterprise environments, a portfolio that demonstrates real end-to-end thinking, and a genuine interest in inclusive, accessible design. A background in financial services or corporate banking? Even better.
Why This Role
One of the UK's most recognised financial brands. Real influence from day one. You won't be one of fifty designers filing tickets - your fingerprints will be on products that millions of people use every day.
*Rates depend on experience and client requirements