Lead UX Designer (12 Month FTC)

Position Overview

Job Title: Lead UX Designer – 12 Month FTC
Location: Edinburgh
Salary: £78,098 – £91,880 per annum
Hours: Full Time
Working Pattern: Hybrid – at least two days per week or 40% of time at office

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance to partners, development teams and other Interaction Designers while leading a design team.
• Take full ownership of output, providing rationale for design decisions and confidently presenting work to internal customers.
• Shape and implement experience strategy for the product area.
• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs, problems and expectations.
• Consider business and engineering priorities to understand goals and challenges.
• Collaborate 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.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team of designers to support decision‑making, delivery and team culture.
• Establish a growth culture and build capabilities through formal development and mentoring of team members.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 years demonstrable experience in User Experience Design or Interaction Design.
• Experience leading teams, inspiring and rallying teams and partners around ambitious goals.
• Strong people‑negotiation skills.
• Exceptional communication abilities, able to share ideas and successes in compelling, engaging ways.
• A strong strategic vision that aligns well with overall business strategy.

Benefits

• Generous pension contribution of up to 15%.
• Annual performance‑related bonus.
• Share schemes, including free shares.
• Flexible benefits such as discounted shopping and 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays.
• Well‑being initiatives and generous parental leave policies.

Equal Opportunity and Inclusive Workplace

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.