Product Design Lead, Receive

Wise is a global technology company, building the best way to move and manage the world’s money. Min fees. Max ease. Full speed!

Main Responsibilities

• As part of our team, you will be helping us create an entirely new network for the world's money.
• How do you collaborate in a human-centred way to ship work you’re truly proud of.
• These are just a few of the challenges a Product Design lead will work on as part of Wise’s global mission to build an open, fair, and human financial system.
• You'll help to drive the design strategy and direction within the receive squad, shaping current and future work towards our north star while personally leading critical design initiatives.
• You'll use the full range of Product Design skills to discover, design and deliver simple, beautifully-crafted experiences that customers love, while managing and growing a small team of designers.
• You'll set a high bar for design excellence, producing high-quality work no matter how big or small the task may be, and elevating the craft of your team to deliver cohesive experiences.
• You'll collaborate across multiple teams and solve complex problems with cross-functional partners, balancing hands-on design execution with strategic leadership.
• You'll actively foster a healthy design team culture, shaping our collaborative practices and mentoring budding designers while taking responsibility for team performance and business outcomes.
• You define what 'good' looks like for Receive experiences, and you help your team deliver experiences that convert skeptical users into loyal customers Own your impact.
• You practice evidence-based design, and can articulate your decisions clearly and credibly while guiding others to do the same.
• You're comfortable balancing hands-on design execution with team leadership, taking responsibility for both your own craft and your team's growth and performance.

Skills & Experience

• You've got a portfolio of well-crafted, impactful work that solves real problems for real people, with experience leading teams and personally delivering exceptional design work.
• You have strong visual design and interaction design skills, with a passion for high quality fit and finish.
• You've worked with design systems to produce beautiful and functional design that scales, and experience with motion design is a significant plus.
• You're curious about and have experience with generative AI prototyping tools, and see the potential for AI to enhance design processes and user experiences.
• Heads up, this probably isn’t for you if: Your experience is mostly in marketing, advertising, or social media – and you have no hands-on experience of product design or UX.

Why Join Us?

• Whether people and businesses are sending money to another country, spending abroad, or making and receiving international payments, Wise is on a mission to make their lives easier and save them money.

Salary

£101,000-£131,000