JOB TITLE: Lead UX Designer - 12 Month FTC
SALARY: £78,098 - £91,880
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh
HOURS: Full Time
WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.
What you’ll be doing
We’re looking for someone to lead and work as part of a design team supporting a core product area within Experience Design They will give guidance to partners, development teams and other Interaction Designers, working alongside and leading a design team. They will take full ownership of their output, providing rationale for design decisions and confidently present their work back to internal customers.
Shape and implement experience strategy for the product area
Having a deep understanding of customer needs, problems and expectations
Understand goals and challenges in the context of business and engineering priorities
Work with service designers to influence and develop the roadmap and overall product strategy
Engage with leadership to understand objectives and opportunities aligned to good customer outcomes
Provide leadership to a team of multi-disciplinary designers to support decision-making, delivery and team culture
Establish a growth culture and build capabilities through the formal development and mentoring of team members
Why join us?
We’re transforming at pace. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to change the way we meet the needs of our 28 million customers. We’re growing, and we’d love you to be part of the journey.
What we’re looking for?
A minimum 8 years demonstrable experience within User Experience design/Interaction Design
Experience of leading teams, inspiring, with the ability to rally teams and partners around ambitious goals
Strong people negation skills
Exceptional communicator, able to share ideas and successes in compelling, engaging ways.
A strong strategic vision that aligns well to the overall business strategy
We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.
This is a place for you
Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
An annual performance-related bonus
Share schemes including free shares
Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready to make an impact? Apply today.
