Job description
Your Role as a Senior/Lead Product Designer
Are you a Senior or Lead Product Designer ready to make a significant impact by translating complex problems into clear, usable, and inclusive digital solutions? We are looking for visionary Design Leaders to join our growing team. Whether you are a Senior Product Designer ready to own complex end-to-end journeys or a Lead Product Designer eager to shape the strategic vision for large-scale accounts, we want to hear from you.
In this role, you will own end-to-end design for complex initiatives, new journeys, and product areas, ensuring solutions align with business goals, technical feasibility, and our brand vision. You’ll help define and scale our design systems, set the direction for major projects, and drive accessible, data-informed iteration. Acting as the face of design for large projects or client accounts, you’ll lead multidisciplinary teams, collaborate with senior stakeholders, and present with confidence in a fast-paced, client-facing environment, while mentoring junior designers and championing best-practice tools and processes.
Key aspects of the role include
- Drive Design Excellence: Lead interaction design and define visual directions that align with strategic brand visions.
- Champion Inclusive Design: Lead accessibility audits and define custom requirements to ensure our products work for everyone.
- Strategic Leadership: For Lead roles, you will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, leading workshops and shaping project visions from the top down.
- Scaling Systems: Maintain and evolve comprehensive design systems to ensure consistency and efficiency across platforms.
- Collaborate & Mentor: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior designers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and “bringing others with you”.
- Data-Driven Iteration: Use analytics, research, and A/B testing to refine designs and improve user experiences.
What you'll bring
- Proven experience leading complex product design initiatives from concept through to implementation.
- Extensive experience in Product Design, including time in a Senior or Lead role, ideally within a digital consultancy or agency environment.
- Strong end-to-end product thinking, with the ability to define and lead design strategy from discovery through to launch.
- Deep UX/UI expertise across research, information architecture, interaction design, visual design, and prototyping (e.g. Figma).
- Demonstrated ability to define, govern, and scale design systems and visual language.
- Strong understanding of technical feasibility and constraints, enabling effective collaboration with engineering teams.
- Confident client-facing experience, including leading workshops and presenting to senior stakeholders.
- Excellent leadership, communication, and mentorship skills, with experience developing and guiding design talent.
Desirable experience
- Experience leading accessibility audits, testing, and championing inclusive design best practices.
- Hands-on experience running A/B tests and using data and analytics to inform design decisions.
- Experience acting as the design lead for large programmes, accounts, or long-term client engagements.
- Familiarity with embedding design best practices, tools, and processes across teams or organisations.
- Experience working in fast-paced, ambiguous, or scaling environments.
Recruitment process
The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!).
After that, you’ll be invited to a two-stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about the role and showcase your skills and experience. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
Our Benefits
We believe in supporting our team, inside and outside of work. Here's a glimpse of what you can expect:
You'll receive 27 days of annual leave, plus 8 bank holidays, totalling 35 days of holiday to unwind and pursue your passions.
Plan for retirement with our company-matched 5% pension contribution. For added peace of mind, we also offer a Death in Service benefit, providing 2 x your annual salary for your loved ones.
Our Medicash Health Cash Plans help cover everyday healthcare costs, complemented by an Employee Assistance Programme for confidential support, and Group Sickness Cover for peace of mind.
We champion hybrid working, providing a home office setup budget to ensure you're comfortable and productive wherever you are.
Invest in yourself with access to Udemy Business and a dedicated learning and development budget for continuous growth.
Make the most of our Cycle to Work Scheme, and enjoy exclusive gym and retail discounts.
Our enhanced parental leave policies include support for fertility journeys, recognising diverse family needs.
We foster a vibrant culture with regular fun meet-ups and lunch on us in the office once a month. You'll also have the opportunity to make a local impact through Spirit of Waracle, our initiative for getting involved in charitable causes locally, building strong team bonds and giving back.
Our values
To make the world a better place through impactful software
We take pride in delivering high quality work and seeing the impact it has. We are curious, proactive, and always learning; continuously improving ourselves and our skills. We strive for excellence in everything we do. We see every opportunity as a chance to raise the bar - for Waracle, our clients, and for our own professional growth.
We succeed together: whether we’re leading, supporting or learning. We lead with empathy, working as a unified team to understand and appreciate other people’s perspectives and experiences. This commitment to one another empowers everyone to do their best work and reach their full potential. We build trust, celebrate every contribution, and create a space where everyone has the opportunity to shine.
We have big goals, but we don’t try to do everything. We know there are a limited number of hours in a day, so we make every one of them count. We accomplish this by regularly pausing to assess the potential impact of our work, prioritising what matters most and then acting with purpose.
We are transparent in how we think and act. We seek and share context, give and accept feedback, and communicate openly. We take full ownership of what we deliver as individuals and as a team, and hold ourselves accountable. This openness and accountability gives us the clarity and purpose to deliver at our best.
We love what we do and find the fun in each day, celebrating our shared successes and the satisfaction of doing hard work well. We’re in this together, creating space for connection, laughter, and fun. When we look after our clients and each other, and do work we’re proud of, we go home happy.
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Absolutely! At Waracle, we welcome both permanent and contract applicants. Each job posting indicates if it's open to contract applications. We offer a diverse range of projects, both within and outside IR35 regulations, catering to various preferences and expertise levels.
We work on a Hybrid working model and offer flexible working hours. We're spread across 4 vibrant UK offices, but our teamwork isn't confined to those spaces, it's all about collaboration! While using the office is encouraged for our teams to work together, each of us has a home office setup, relishing the freedom of hybrid workstyles. As of now, remote work outside the UK isn't part of our standard practice.
As proud sponsors, we're geared up to provide sponsorship for eligible roles. Be sure to view the specific job listing you're interested in to make sure we are accepting applications for sponsorship. If it doesn't quite fit, consider diving into our talent pool for potential future opportunities!
We always want to hear from talented people, join our talent pool 👇 and we'll contact you when a new opportunity becomes available.
Equal Opportunities
We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.
We are not accepting applications from recruitment agencies.
