Lead Product Designer
Salary: £130k
Location: London hybrid (2–3 days/week)
Team Size: 2 Senior Product Designers
The Brief:
We’re building the future of home energy from solar panels and EVs to batteries and AI-powered optimisation for millions of consumers.
This is a chance to lead design for a product suite that empowers consumers and energy companies to manage and optimise energy in the home.
You’ll shape everything from a beautifully simple consumer app to tools and APIs for energy providers all with the goal of making home electrification effortless.
You’re inheriting a market leading product with strong design legacy and the freedom to evolve it.
What we're hiring for:
* Design Leader with strong IC craft
> Hands on leader driving; strategy, product design, service design and user research skills
* Someone who can simplify complexity
> We operate in a highly complex domain, lots of data and tricky edge cases. The challenge is to make products feel simple and intuitive for both consumers and business users with an emphasis on inclusive design
* Product-minded and outcome-focused
> Someone who challenges briefs and works closely with PMs and engineers to shape solutions, not just design UI's
* Thrives in ambiguity
> The roadmap and future team structure are still evolving. We need someone adaptable who thrives without rigid processes, and can play a key role in driving the new direction as we enter another period of high growth
What you’ll be doing:
* Own design for our full product ecosystem; B2B2C
* Lead discovery and definition of major new product lines
* Manage and mentor designers, championing their growth
* Shape our design principles, design systems, and accessibility practice
* Work closely with SVP Product, CTO and broader leadership team
* Represent design across the business, with customers and in hiring
We’d love to hear from you if you:
* Are a seasoned design leader across UX, UI, research and content
* Have taken products from concept to scale (ideally in both B2B and B2C settings)
* Care deeply about usability, systems, and solving real user problems
* Love hands-on work in Figma and driving strategic thinking
* Have built and led high-performing design teams in startups or scale-ups
Please apply to this advert if interested. The interview process is three stages, with an offer delivered to the successful candidate by 28/08.
This JD has been written by Charles Steele, talent advisor @ YNH.