🚀 Head of Design | Fintech Transformation
We’re partnering with a well-funded payments business undergoing a full-scale digital transformation, with significant investment secured and a clear mandate to become a standalone leader in the payments space.
This is not a “steady-state” design leadership role.
This is a build, shape, and define opportunity.
đź’ˇ The Opportunity
You’ll join at a pivotal moment - stepping into a business with deep payments expertise but now investing heavily in modern product, design, and technology capability.
As Head of Design, you’ll:
* Build and own the design function from the ground up
* Define design principles, standards, and ways of working
* Lead design across a complex, multi-product ecosystem (merchant-facing + platform)
* Partner closely with Product & Engineering to drive a product-led transformation
* Hands-on initially while scaling a high-performing team around you (10+ designers)
The mission: transform a legacy platform into a best-in-class, modern fintech experience!
🎯 What They’re Looking For
* Proven experience building and leading design functions (not just inheriting teams)
* You've managed teams of 10+ Product Designers
* Track record of creating and scaling design systems in complex environments
* Deep product thinking - comfortable influencing strategy, not just execution
* Background in high-growth fintech or product-led tech businesses (this is key)
👉 Payments experience is a huge bonus - fintech exposure is the priority
🧠The Kind of Person Who Thrives Here
* You can zoom from hands-on design → exec-level strategy
* You’re comfortable operating in ambiguity and building from scratch
* You balance user needs with commercial outcomes
* You move fast, test, iterate - and care about measurable impact
👌🏼 Finer details
* Competitive base + bonus
* London, 3 days per week
If you’re currently in a leading fintech or have worked in the payments world then please apply!