Role

Our Product Design team is an integral part of our business. As the architects of user and product experiences, they craft intuitive, elegant, and highly functional design solutions that drive growth and efficiency for our customers while enhancing the value of our products and services. Through relentless collaboration, they tackle real business challenges, reshaping how we and our customers think, work, and innovate. Here’s what you should know if you want to be a Lead Product Designer at WQA.

Our Product Design team is an integral part of our business. As the architects of user and product experiences, they craft intuitive, elegant, and highly functional design solutions that drive growth and efficiency for our customers while enhancing the value of our products and services. Through relentless collaboration, they tackle real business challenges, reshaping how we and our customers think, work, and innovate. Here’s what you should know if you want to be a Lead Product Designer at WQA.

Our Product Design team is an integral part of our business. As the architects of user and product experiences, they craft intuitive, elegant, and highly functional design solutions that drive growth and efficiency for our customers while enhancing the value of our products and services. Through relentless collaboration, they tackle real business challenges, reshaping how we and our customers think, work, and innovate. Here’s what you should know if you want to be a Lead Product Designer at WQA.

Location:

Remote / Warwickshire United Kingdom

Remote / Warwickshire United Kingdom

Remote / Warwickshire United Kingdom

Department:

Product Design

Product Design

Product Design

The ideal person

  • A proven track record of leading successful UX/UI design initiatives at scale.

  • Expertise in creating and maintaining comprehensive design systems that drive efficiency and consistency.

  • Strong leadership skills, with experience mentoring and guiding design teams.

  • Strong experience of all stages of the product design process

  • The ability to communicate complex ideas and strategies to stakeholders with clarity and impact.

  • Extensive experience in defining and executing UX strategies that align with overarching product and business goals

  • A relentless commitment to solving problems and delivering exceptional user experiences.

  • A proven track record of leading successful UX/UI design initiatives at scale.

  • Expertise in creating and maintaining comprehensive design systems that drive efficiency and consistency.

  • Strong leadership skills, with experience mentoring and guiding design teams.

  • Strong experience of all stages of the product design process

  • The ability to communicate complex ideas and strategies to stakeholders with clarity and impact.

  • Extensive experience in defining and executing UX strategies that align with overarching product and business goals

  • A relentless commitment to solving problems and delivering exceptional user experiences.

  • A proven track record of leading successful UX/UI design initiatives at scale.

  • Expertise in creating and maintaining comprehensive design systems that drive efficiency and consistency.

  • Strong leadership skills, with experience mentoring and guiding design teams.

  • Strong experience of all stages of the product design process

  • The ability to communicate complex ideas and strategies to stakeholders with clarity and impact.

  • Extensive experience in defining and executing UX strategies that align with overarching product and business goals

  • A relentless commitment to solving problems and delivering exceptional user experiences.

Desirable Skills

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and creativity.

  • Expertise in designing and implementing scalable design systems, ensuring consistency across products and platforms.

  • Advanced knowledge of UX/UI principles and best practices, including interaction design, visual design, and usability.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

  • Proficiency in user research methodologies and tools to gather insights and validate design decisions.

  • Experience with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design to create user-friendly experiences for all.

  • Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to ensure seamless handoff and collaboration with developers.

  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex design challenges and deliver innovative solutions.

  • Proven ability to mentor and coach team members, elevating the overall design capability of the organization.

  • Experience working in Agile, Lean UX, or iterative product development environments.

  • Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools.

  • A data-driven mindset, leveraging analytics and A/B testing to optimize designs and user experiences.

  • Passion for staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance design quality.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and creativity.

  • Expertise in designing and implementing scalable design systems, ensuring consistency across products and platforms.

  • Advanced knowledge of UX/UI principles and best practices, including interaction design, visual design, and usability.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

  • Proficiency in user research methodologies and tools to gather insights and validate design decisions.

  • Experience with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design to create user-friendly experiences for all.

  • Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to ensure seamless handoff and collaboration with developers.

  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex design challenges and deliver innovative solutions.

  • Proven ability to mentor and coach team members, elevating the overall design capability of the organization.

  • Experience working in Agile, Lean UX, or iterative product development environments.

  • Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools.

  • A data-driven mindset, leveraging analytics and A/B testing to optimize designs and user experiences.

  • Passion for staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance design quality.

  • Demonstrated ability to lead and inspire cross-functional teams, fostering collaboration and creativity.

  • Expertise in designing and implementing scalable design systems, ensuring consistency across products and platforms.

  • Advanced knowledge of UX/UI principles and best practices, including interaction design, visual design, and usability.

  • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to present complex ideas clearly and persuasively.

  • Proficiency in user research methodologies and tools to gather insights and validate design decisions.

  • Experience with accessibility standards (e.g., WCAG) and inclusive design to create user-friendly experiences for all.

  • Familiarity with front-end technologies (e.g., HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to ensure seamless handoff and collaboration with developers.

  • Strong problem-solving skills, with the ability to tackle complex design challenges and deliver innovative solutions.

  • Proven ability to mentor and coach team members, elevating the overall design capability of the organization.

  • Experience working in Agile, Lean UX, or iterative product development environments.

  • Proficiency in design tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, and prototyping tools.

  • A data-driven mindset, leveraging analytics and A/B testing to optimize designs and user experiences.

  • Passion for staying ahead of industry trends and emerging technologies to continuously enhance design quality.

On any given day you might

  • Work within a network of teams model

  • Lead product teams across multiple projects

  • Define the details of UX/UI requirements and size them appropriately

  • Provide strategic input to new business (estimates, proposals, pitches etc).

  • Create and deliver user experience strategies in simple, inspiring and impactful ways

  • Work with multi-discipline teams to bring products to life and quickly overcome challenges

  • Explore and communicate design concepts for digital products, using artefacts like userflows, wireframes and prototypes

  • Run experiments to validate and iterate your design concepts

  • Grow our culture, and coach and inspire the WQA product team

  • Work closely with our customers to improve the way they think and work, developing workshops, webinars and thought leadership documentation.

  • Act as senior day-to-day discipline expert for resolving complex and tricky user experience and interface design problems on projects.

  • Strive to set and maintain product design standards and inspire our customers

  • Take an active interest in your design discipline, always with your finger on the pulse and you proactively seek to share the subject with the broader team

  • Work within a network of teams model

  • Lead product teams across multiple projects

  • Define the details of UX/UI requirements and size them appropriately

  • Provide strategic input to new business (estimates, proposals, pitches etc).

  • Create and deliver user experience strategies in simple, inspiring and impactful ways

  • Work with multi-discipline teams to bring products to life and quickly overcome challenges

  • Explore and communicate design concepts for digital products, using artefacts like userflows, wireframes and prototypes

  • Run experiments to validate and iterate your design concepts

  • Grow our culture, and coach and inspire the WQA product team

  • Work closely with our customers to improve the way they think and work, developing workshops, webinars and thought leadership documentation.

  • Act as senior day-to-day discipline expert for resolving complex and tricky user experience and interface design problems on projects.

  • Strive to set and maintain product design standards and inspire our customers

  • Take an active interest in your design discipline, always with your finger on the pulse and you proactively seek to share the subject with the broader team

  • Work within a network of teams model

  • Lead product teams across multiple projects

  • Define the details of UX/UI requirements and size them appropriately

  • Provide strategic input to new business (estimates, proposals, pitches etc).

  • Create and deliver user experience strategies in simple, inspiring and impactful ways

  • Work with multi-discipline teams to bring products to life and quickly overcome challenges

  • Explore and communicate design concepts for digital products, using artefacts like userflows, wireframes and prototypes

  • Run experiments to validate and iterate your design concepts

  • Grow our culture, and coach and inspire the WQA product team

  • Work closely with our customers to improve the way they think and work, developing workshops, webinars and thought leadership documentation.

  • Act as senior day-to-day discipline expert for resolving complex and tricky user experience and interface design problems on projects.

  • Strive to set and maintain product design standards and inspire our customers

  • Take an active interest in your design discipline, always with your finger on the pulse and you proactively seek to share the subject with the broader team

You bring

  • 5+ years experience in designing for web and mobile

  • Strong experience with MacOS, Figma, Framer (Optional), Adobe CS and Google Docs.

  • Solid remote team experience

  • A good understanding of user centred design, human centred design and systematic design principles

  • An advanced level of English

  • Basic experience with motion design (this would be a plus)

  • 5+ years experience in designing for web and mobile

  • Strong experience with MacOS, Figma, Framer (Optional), Adobe CS and Google Docs.

  • Solid remote team experience

  • A good understanding of user centred design, human centred design and systematic design principles

  • An advanced level of English

  • Basic experience with motion design (this would be a plus)

  • 5+ years experience in designing for web and mobile

  • Strong experience with MacOS, Figma, Framer (Optional), Adobe CS and Google Docs.

  • Solid remote team experience

  • A good understanding of user centred design, human centred design and systematic design principles

  • An advanced level of English

  • Basic experience with motion design (this would be a plus)

What we offer

  • Professional Growth opportunities

  • Ambitious goals and interesting projects

  • Regular & transparent performance and salary review based on results of work

  • Mentorship and Personal Development Plans for everyone in the company by your request

  • Regular educational events from our internal experts (you can be one of them)

  • Possibility for both vertical or horizontal growth

  • Professional Growth opportunities

  • Ambitious goals and interesting projects

  • Regular & transparent performance and salary review based on results of work

  • Mentorship and Personal Development Plans for everyone in the company by your request

  • Regular educational events from our internal experts (you can be one of them)

  • Possibility for both vertical or horizontal growth

  • Professional Growth opportunities

  • Ambitious goals and interesting projects

  • Regular & transparent performance and salary review based on results of work

  • Mentorship and Personal Development Plans for everyone in the company by your request

  • Regular educational events from our internal experts (you can be one of them)

  • Possibility for both vertical or horizontal growth

Benefits program

  • Fully paid vacation, paid sick leave, UK Public holidays, additional days off

  • Compensation for self-development and support in receiving certificates/attending conferences, etc.

  • Fully paid vacation, paid sick leave, UK Public holidays, additional days off

  • Compensation for self-development and support in receiving certificates/attending conferences, etc.

  • Fully paid vacation, paid sick leave, UK Public holidays, additional days off

  • Compensation for self-development and support in receiving certificates/attending conferences, etc.

Comfortable working conditions

  • Flexible working hours

  • Amortisation program or provision of required equipment

  • Hybrid working model (remote or from our office in Oxhill in Warwickshire)

  • Flexible working hours

  • Amortisation program or provision of required equipment

  • Hybrid working model (remote or from our office in Oxhill in Warwickshire)

  • Flexible working hours

  • Amortisation program or provision of required equipment

  • Hybrid working model (remote or from our office in Oxhill in Warwickshire)

Community

  • Support to attend industry and training events

  • Celebration of important personal and project milestones (project successes, B-days, anniversaries, marriage, childbirth)

  • Support to attend industry and training events

  • Celebration of important personal and project milestones (project successes, B-days, anniversaries, marriage, childbirth)

  • Support to attend industry and training events

  • Celebration of important personal and project milestones (project successes, B-days, anniversaries, marriage, childbirth)

About WQA

We’re a software and services company that builds and transforms businesses using advanced technology, design, data, and AI.

We’re a software and services company that builds and transforms businesses using advanced technology, design, data, and AI.

We’re a software and services company that builds and transforms businesses using advanced technology, design, data, and AI.

We differentiate ourselves by building strategic long-term partnerships with our customers solving their most complex challenges at the intersection of technology and product management. Our experts are hands-on, working directly with our customers’ practitioners, embedding in the business to shape objectives, devise growth strategies, and streamline processes. We're built to work smarter, and work fast — We’ve delivered best-in-class apps in three months, and can guide any organisation to launch a design system within three to six months, using our accelerators. We are headquartered in the UK.

Copyright © WQA 2023. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright © WQA 2023. All Rights Reserved.

Copyright © WQA 2023. All Rights Reserved.