Lead Product Designer

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen.

We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

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

• Lead, coach, and line manage a Senior Product Designer and User Researcher.

• Own the end-to-end design vision forour
  
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• Create intuitive, trusted experiences that support both consumers andEstate
  
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• Collaborate closely with theHead of Product,Senior Product Manager, Senior Product Designer and User Researcher to deliver user-centric solutions that alignwithproduct 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,establishingscalablepatterns,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, Londonofficeand 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 businessobjectivesand key results.

• Conduct generative research for discovery, leverageinsightsand data to inform decisions and long-term planning.

• Develop a deep understanding of theuserexperiencesyou work across.

• Providea 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 designand 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.

• Demonstratedexpertisedesigning complex, multi-sided platformsor marketplace experiences, ensuring interactions between multiple usersfeel intuitive, trustworthy, andhigh-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, interactionpatternsand 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.

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