Senior Product Designer

Summary

Join Spotted Zebra, a company addressing the skills crisis with an innovative workforce management platform, and become a key member of a globally distributed product team. You will co-lead a team, own a key product area, and shape its vision. Responsibilities include user research, UX/UI design, and collaboration with engineering and commercial teams. The ideal candidate possesses proven experience in designing complex web-based products, user-centered design methodologies, and leading product discovery phases. Spotted Zebra offers a remote-first work environment and a comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, enhanced pension, paid time off, and various other perks.

Requirements

• Proven experience designing functional, complex web-based digital products
• Strong understanding of user-centered, iterative design thinking methodologies
• Experience designing and shipping innovative products throughout the product lifecycle
• Comfortable leading the discovery phase of projects, from problem definition to solution exploration
• Enjoys collaborative work within multi-disciplinary product teams
• Skilled in planning, conducting, and synthesising user research (independently for tactical, with support for strategic)
• Proficient in solving specific interaction design challenges and shaping end-to-end user journeys
• Capable of articulating design decisions based on user needs and business requirements
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate user research into actionable insights
• Demonstrates creativity and innovation in problem-solving
• Experience shaping, maintaining, and expanding design systems
• Able to navigate and make decisions in ambiguous or evolving situations
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written

Responsibilities

• Own a key product area with your product management and engineering counterparts, working closely with the Head of Product to develop our overall vision and strategy
• Shape a vision for your product area that aligns with our overall vision, inspiring your team in building towards it
• Discover, validate and communicate real needs of users using a mix of qualitative user research (tactical and strategic) and quantitative data
• Facilitate innovation, working closely with product management, engineering and commercial functions
• Design smart UX and UI solutions and work closely with engineering peers to ensure feasibility and smooth implementation
• Be accountable for the user experience of your area
• Co-own and develop our design system as a senior member of the Design team
• Actively engage and communicate clearly and effectively with stakeholders at all levels
• Know the HR industry, the competitive landscape and our company strategy

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience designing B2B products for professional users
• Background in HR Tech
• Thrives in fast-paced start-up environments

Benefits

• Meaningful share options
• Health insurance
• Enhanced pension
• Nursery salary sacrifice scheme
• 25 days holiday
• Remote-first
• Work from home budget
• L&D budget
• Dental cover
• Eyes care support
• Co-working space
• Wellbeing allowance
• Travel insurance
• Electric car scheme