Lead Product Designer

Role Overview

We’re seeking an experienced Lead Product Designer to join our Experience Design (XD) team.

• Lead, coach, and manage a Senior Product Designer and User Researcher.
• Own the end‑to‑end design vision for our Partners, shaping how consumers and Estate Agents connect with each other.
• Create intuitive, trusted experiences that support both consumers and Estate Agents.
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Product, Senior Product Manager, Senior Product Designer and User Researcher to deliver user‑centric solutions aligned with product strategy.
• Remain hands‑on where valuable – exploring ideas, setting quality standards, and guiding execution.
• Define a long‑term vision for Partners that inspires stakeholders and influences roadmaps.
• Work across product, engineering, research, design systems, and commercial teams to drive alignment and strategic outcomes.
• Explore and define opportunities for products and features.
• Ensure consistency across platforms, establishing scalable patterns, and supporting the evolution of the design system.
• Report to and work closely with the Head of Experience Design.
• Hybrid – 2 days per week in the Soho, London office and 3 days from home.
• Partner with the Head of Product, Engineering leadership, and the other Lead Product Designer in the domain, contributing to strategic decisions aligned to business objectives and key results.
• Conduct generative research for discovery, leverage insights and data to inform decisions and long‑term planning.
• Develop a deep understanding of the user experiences you work across.
• Provide a holistic view of your domain, supported by insights, data, and clear articulation of user problems and opportunities.
• Raise product design quality across UX, visual, content, and interaction design and adoption of the design system, promoting reuse and consistency with Brand and code.
• Champion inclusive and accessible design practices, ensuring standards are upheld.
• Represent XD within Rightmove and stay engaged with best practice and industry trends.
• Support team hiring and recruitment when needed.

• Demonstrated expertise in designing complex, multi‑sided platforms or marketplace experiences, ensuring interactions between multiple users feel intuitive, trustworthy, and high‑performing.
• Experience managing and developing Product Designers with clarity, coaching, and support.
• Curiosity and creativity in exploring new technologies and approaches, including the responsible use of AI in design.
• Ability to influence design direction through insights, evidence, and rapid conceptual thinking.
• Leadership skills in recruitment and onboarding, providing clear direction and continuous feedback.
• Excellent collaboration, effective communication and storytelling skills with leadership, stakeholders and peers, building trust and nurturing strong relationships.
• A passion for continuous learning and development, with a proactive approach to enhance ways of working and collaboration, contributing to design operations for XD.
• A strong grasp of design systems, interaction patterns and scalable frameworks.
• Strategic thinking with the ability to balance business goals, including commercial opportunities with user needs and long‑term product vision.
• A proactive approach to evolving ways of working and improving cross‑team delivery and collaboration.

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan.
• 27 days holiday plus two paid volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for…