As Principal Designer, you will own and architect the product and service design disciplines within Faculty’s Applied AI division. You’ll bridge the gap between technical machine learning outputs and human-centric commercial outcomes. This high-leverage role balances strategic executive consulting with the entrepreneurial task of building a world-class design function from the ground up.
Principal Designer at Faculty
Join Faculty, a pioneer in decision-intelligence recently acquired by Accenture, to lead their design discipline. As Principal Designer, you'll bridge the gap between complex AI capabilities and real-world commercial outcomes for over 350 global clients. This is a unique opportunity to build a design function from the ground up while delivering high-impact consulting for executive leaders in government, finance, and retail. If you are a design leader with a consulting background and a passion for human-centric AI, this £110k-£130k role based in London offers the chance to define how the next generation of enterprise AI is adopted.
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Location
London, United Kingdom
Compensation
£110k-£130k
Company
Faculty
Role overview
London, United KingdomGrowth (VC-backed)
Founded in 2014, Faculty is one of Europe’s leading applied AI companies. Our suite of AI services and products spans everything organisations need to access frontier AI and get it into the hands of their frontline teams to support their most important work. Widely recognised as a leader in AI safety, we work closely with the world’s leading AI labs, such as OpenAI and Anthropic, to ensure their latest models are safe, human-led and explainable.
Our expertise spans working with Boards, leadership teams and governments to develop a robust AI strategy, designing, building and implementing high-performing AI solutions, and equipping organisations with the knowledge and skills they need to thrive in the AI era. Our PhD-heavy team of deep AI experts has delivered hundreds of real-world AI projects to improve critical public services and drive sustained economic returns across every sector of the economy. Headquartered in London, Faculty remains founder-led and has since raised over £40m from investors including The Apax Digital Fund, LocalGlobe and GMG Ventures.
Backed by Apax Digital Fund, LocalGlobe, GMG Ventures, GMG Ventures LP, Jaan Tallinn, Mercuri.
What you will do
- Lead high-leverage client engagements by anchoring project deliverables and building influential relationships with executive-level product, technology, and business leaders.
- Architect the product and service design disciplines at Faculty, defining the comprehensive skill frameworks that inform talent acquisition, career progression, and team development.
- Partner with business development and engineering teams during early-stage projects to identify product opportunities and structure multidisciplinary squads effectively for strategic accounts.
Who this is a fit for
- Brings significant leadership experience in agency or consulting environments, with a proven track record of framing complex problems and navigating enterprise contexts for diverse stakeholders.
- Possesses deep expertise in product architecture and user experience, with a thoughtful, pragmatic perspective on how to design effective data and AI-powered products.
- Demonstrates an entrepreneurial mindset and strong consulting craft, capable of advocating for the commercial value of design while mentoring teams in a fast-paced, hybrid environment.
Why this role is remarkable
- Lead the integration of human-centered design into the frontier of AI technology, shaping how humans interact with decision-intelligence systems for some of the world’s largest organisations.
- Join a proven industry leader recently acquired by Accenture, offering the agility of a specialized AI consultancy with the backing and reach of a global powerhouse.
- Scale a design function from the ground up, defining the skill frameworks, progression paths, and internal practices that will influence the entire Product & Design department.
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