Lead Product Designer

LEAD PRODUCT DESIGNER | UP TO £90K + EMI SHARES | HYBRID (BELFAST)

Please read the following job description thoroughly to ensure you are the right fit for this role before applying.

Few&Far are working with a fast-growing Series A AI-Scaleup Consultancy who are looking to hire a Permanent Lead Product Designer.

Hybrid Belfast (in-office x2 a week)

Salary up to £90K Base + EMI Shares

This is a player-coach position, building an AI-powered platform (think product builder + orchestration + natural language interfaces) used by companies in complex, highly regulated industries (such as Defence, Government, Financial Services, Healthcare).

The role sits between leadership and execution - you’d be:

• Leading and mentoring a small design team (line managing 2-3, with scope to grow the team as they scale)
• Owning end-to-end design across their flagship AI product, in addition to oversight of other products in their portfolio
• Owning and evolving their design system and overall craft/quality
• Staying hands-on across UX, UI, and interaction design

It’s a high-impact role with:

• Real influence over product and design direction
• Strong growth trajectory (Series B on the horizon)
• A genuinely good work-life balance (early Friday finishes + reduced summer hours - 4-day working week in summer months)

Essential Requirements:

• Strong full-stack design capability (end to end)
• User research/discovery, validation of hypotheses, excellent craft, and experience shipping real products - not just polished UI, but clear thinking from problem → outcome
• Experienced owning a design system/massively contributing to design systems
• Portfolio requirements: demonstration of end-to-end design capability, from understanding a problem through to high-quality outcomes. xwzovoh Must have ability to communicate your journey/design process
• MUST be Eligible for SC Clearance

Desirable:

• AI-fluency, experience working on AI-enabled or AI-native products

Candidates must have full rights to work in the UK without sponsorship, and must have lived in the UK for at least 5 consecutive years, to be eligible for SC Clearance.