As a Lead Product Designer, you will spearhead the user experience for a hardware-integrated digital platform. This player-coach role involves managing a dedicated design team while remaining hands-on with core product features. You will collaborate with cross-functional leaders to refine discovery and playback experiences, ensuring seamless interaction between physical devices and digital applications for families worldwide.
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Lead Product Designer at Innovative Consumer Electronics Startup
Are you a design leader who loves building products that bring families together? This high-growth startup is looking for a Lead Product Designer to bridge the gap between hardware and software. You will manage a talented team while remaining hands-on with core product features in a role that offers significant autonomy and impact. If you have a passion for high-quality craft and want to shape the future of a hardware-integrated digital ecosystem, this is your chance to join a well-funded London team recognized for its innovation and rapid scale.
Overview
Role overview
Company
About the company
Innovative consumer electronics startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Manage and coach a team of product designers, fostering professional growth and high performance across several product pillars.
- Own the design outcomes for the core platform experience, ensuring usability and visual consistency across native apps and web.
- Partner with product and engineering heads to translate complex problems into actionable roadmaps that drive customer engagement and business growth.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Extensive experience in product design leadership with a proven track record of managing and mentoring designers through complex challenges.
- Strong expertise in designing for native mobile applications and web, ideally within the consumer tech or hardware-connected space.
- Exceptional skills in visual design and interaction design, paired with a strategic mindset for product discovery and user research.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Lead the end-to-end design strategy for a unique ecosystem that bridges hardware and digital software for a global audience.
- Join a high-growth scale-up that has received significant industry recognition and investment from leading venture capital firms.
- Influence product culture by mentoring a talented team of designers and establishing high-quality craft standards across multiple product squads.
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