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Lead Product Designer - eCommerce

The Economist Group 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Hybrid $90,000 - $120,000 Full-time Lead

Lead and manage a team of product designers focusing on e-commerce and subscription flows across web and app platforms. Partner with cross-functional teams to align product strategy with design execution to drive subscriber acquisition and retention.

Responsibilities

  • Leading and managing the e-commerce and subscriptions design team
  • Partnering with peers in engineering, product management, and marketing to drive the product strategy forward
  • Delivering high-quality design solutions and driving the product strategy forward
  • Championing research across teams and planning, managing, and running user research
  • Building a vision for the product area and setting the strategy for how designers deliver it
  • Creating production-ready design assets and working with engineers to ensure a high-quality experience

Requirements

  • Strong portfolio demonstrating significant team and personal accomplishments
  • Experience leading teams to deliver launched products in an agile way
  • Understanding of technologies used to build world-class digital product experiences
  • Experience in agile working and sprints, with familiarity with user-acceptance testing (UAT) and accessibility fundamentals
  • Experience with prototyping and design tools like Miro, Figma, or Protopie

Benefits

  • Highly competitive pension or 401(k) plan
  • Private health insurance
  • 24/7 access to counseling and wellbeing resources
  • Work From Anywhere program, allowing for up to 25 days of work from any location
  • Generous annual and parental leave, as well as dedicated days off for volunteering and moving home

Key Skills

Product design Team management Leadership Agile working Design thinking User research Prototyping Wireframing Design systems Accessibility Inclusive design Miro Figma Protopie

About The Economist Group

Our partnership solutions combine policy research, global events, innovative design and creative story-telling to turn ideas into action. All underpinned by the trust, credibility and influence of The Economist Group. Follow this account for expert commentary and thought leadership on the world’s most pressing issues.

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