Product Design Lead

Position:
Product Design Lead

Career Level:

Manager - Level 7

Location:

London

We’re Accenture Song’s Venture Studio – brought in when clients need to evolve what works now, reimagine what’s next, or build something entirely new. We make it real, fast, and together. Our team is made up of Growth strategists, Product builders, and Creative designers who make growth happen by building products people want to use, and we do it for truly game‑changing businesses like L’Oréal, IKEA, British Airways, Virgin and JLR.

The impact we are having is changing the way people live, shop, bank, work, and travel. We are not your typical consulting team and we are much more than your traditional design studio. We’re a team of founders, operators and creatives who’ve launched products, scaled businesses and been recognised by Fast Company and beyond. We don’t just advise, we build – whether it’s launching a totally new venture from ground‑up, or revolutionising an existing product or service.

Scale isn’t easy to come by, but being part of Accenture enables us to truly stand behind that word. We connect the dots across different parts of this organisation to be able deliver for some of the biggest brands in the world. This is a one‑of‑a‑kind place to forge your career. Where the brightest, most ambitious minds are let loose on the biggest, most impactful problems.

• Combine product vision, strategic thinking and design leadership to shape and deliver innovative digital products, services and ventures.
• Be responsible for translating complex client challenges into clear product opportunities – defining the vision, shaping the strategy, and guiding teams through the journey from early concept to validated product and scalable solution.
• Bring strong product thinking grounded in user insight, business viability and technological feasibility. You are equally comfortable setting direction at a strategic level as you are working closely with designers, engineers and growth specialists to bring ideas to life.
• Lead multidisciplinary teams through ambiguity, helping clients make confident decisions and turning bold ideas into tangible outcomes. At the same time, you elevate the quality of thinking and execution across the team, setting the standard for how product strategy and design come together to drive meaningful impact.

Lead the definition and delivery of new digital products, services and ventures – from early opportunity exploration through to MVP launch and iteration. Shape compelling product visions and strategies grounded in user needs, market opportunity and commercial outcomes. Guide multidisciplinary teams through the end‑to‑end product innovation process, including activities such as:

• Identifying customer problems, unmet needs and market opportunities through research and insight synthesis.
• Translating insights into clear opportunity spaces, product concepts and experience visions.
• Defining product propositions, experience principles and high‑level feature roadmaps.
• Shaping the MVP strategy, prioritising the right capabilities and defining the fastest path to validated learning.
• Working closely with designers and engineers to ensure ideas are translated into intuitive, elegant and buildable product experiences.
• Overseeing rapid prototyping, testing and iteration to validate assumptions and refine product direction.
• Ensuring products are designed with scalability in mind, connecting early product decisions to long‑term growth and operational models.
• Lead the day‑to‑day delivery of product work streams, ensuring teams stay focused on outcomes while maintaining high standards of thinking, craft and execution.
• Act as a trusted partner to clients, helping shape their product strategy, challenging assumptions and guiding them through complex decisions.
• Collaborate closely with Growth and Creative leads to align product strategy with commercial models, growth opportunities and venture scaling pathways.
• Support the development of proposals, pitches and new opportunities, contributing product thinking that strengthens our approach to client challenges.
• Drive the…