Staff Product Designer

Set the long-term design vision and lead large, end-to-end design projects in ambiguous problem spaces. Partner with cross-functional leaders to execute product strategies and mentor designers to foster a culture of growth.

Responsibilities

• Setting the long-term design vision and leading large, end-to-end design projects in ambiguous problem spaces across wide product areas
• Navigating tradeoffs and guiding strategic decisions in an opinionated way
• Continuing to raise the bar for design craft and product excellence at Monzo, ensuring your work is a benchmark for quality and innovation across the organisation and our industry
• Partnering with cross-functional leaders to define and execute product strategies that translate into actionable plans you help build and ship
• Proactively addressing systemic challenges, reducing complexity, and creating better conditions for teams to deliver impactful work
• Acting as a visible ambassador for Design, sharing your work and its impact across the company to maintain Design’s place at the heart of Monzo
• Mentoring and levelling up designers across the discipline, fostering a culture of growth, collaboration, and belonging

Requirements

• Expert in your craft, with deep expertise in a specific design discipline and strong foundational skills across all areas of product design
• Proven track record of delivering high-impact design work that drives customer outcomes, influences company metrics, and achieves commercial goals
• Excellent visual, UI and interaction skills, and the ability to think through complex interaction design
• Curious about continuing to develop your craft and keep learning about new tools, ways of working, and technology
• Thrives in ambiguity, leading teams to deliver in complex, fast-changing environments while maintaining a high bar for quality
• Strategic thinker who can shape product direction across multiple areas and translate organisational goals into clear, actionable plans
• Natural collaborator, skilled at working cross-functionally to improve ways of working and deliver greater value for customers and the business
• Role model for resilience, rational decision-making, and effective communication, even in challenging circumstances
• Passionate about growing and shaping the Design team, whether through hiring, onboarding, or creating resources that scale your impact across the organisation
• Pragmatic and proactive, always looking for ways to improve Design’s impact at Monzo while balancing the need to “get the job done”

Benefits

• £110,000 - £125,000 + Equity
• We’ll help you relocate to the UK
• We can sponsor your visa
• This role can be based in our London office, but we're open to distributed working within the UK (with ad hoc meetings in London)
• We offer flexible working hours and trust you to work enough hours to do your job well, and at times that suit you and your team
• £1,000 learning budget each year to use on books, training courses and conferences
• We will set you up to work from home; all employees are given Macbooks and for fully remote workers we will provide extra support for your work-from-home setup

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