UX / Product Design Lead

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Significant industry experience in UX Design, with a track record of leading design quality across teams or products
• Strong attention to detail, analytical skills and problem-solving
• Demonstrable experience delivering complex, enterprise-scale or consumer design at a senior level
• Creative flair and a highly developed eye for design quality and consistency
• Excellent written and oral communication skills, including the ability to articulate design decisions clearly to senior stakeholders
• Outstanding skills in professional design tools, such as Figma, Sketch, AdobeXD, and InVision
• Significant experience working with, contributing to, and helping define Design Systems and pattern libraries
• Proven ability to guide and develop other designers, including through structured critique and mentorship
• Proven ability to leverage AI-enabled design tools and workflows strategically, including generative design, AI-assisted prototyping, and intelligent design systems, with the experience and judgment to guide teams in adopting these approaches responsibly and effectively
• Bachelors Degree
• Experience in e-commerce, Internet, or mobile space
• Experience with agile methodology
• Financial services industry and commercial banking experience
• Experience defining or contributing to experience principles or design vision
• Masters degree

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with research, senior stakeholders, product managers and engineering teams to brainstorm and co-create ideas, approaches, and solutions
• Create and oversee wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs using Figma, along with our established Design System
• Ensure that designs follow best practices and use research and testing to inform and validate
• Take accountability for the overall quality of the user experience across your product area, proactively identifying gaps and driving improvements
• Act as a design guardian by reviewing other designers work, providing constructive critique, and ensuring a consistently high standard of design is maintained across the team
• Define, document, and champion reusable design patterns and components, contributing to the evolution of our Design System and shared design language
• Guide and mentor other UX Designers, helping them develop their craft, build confidence, and grow their careers
• Confidently challenge the status quo at a senior level, encouraging product and engineering partners to address root causes and put user needs first
• Apply a positive and constructive attitude when giving and receiving all feedback
• Deliver high-quality design assets to the engineering team, along with clear guidance to ensure all aspects of the designs are fully understood
• Provide ongoing support to engineering, with regular UX review checkpoints to ensure quality and that the system is being built as designed
• Keep up to date with the latest UX practices, innovations, and tools, including AI-enabled design approaches, and proactively share learnings with the team
• Ensure all designs comply with ADA/WCAG standards for accessibility
• Deliver on time, identifying and managing risks to ensure timelines are met, and escalating where needed
• Lead by example, supporting, training and developing junior and mid-level members of the team
• Moderate conflicts between colleagues and/or stakeholders, guiding to constructive resolution
• Take a leading role in the wider UX community, helping to define our standards and practices

Technologies:

• Ada
• AI
• Figma
• Flow
• InVision
• Support
• Mobile
• Network
• Sketch
• UX UI Design

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We are Citi, a global technology and finance company with more than 230,000 people worldwide, operating across 180+ countries and moving $5 trillion through our network every day. Our Tech team is helping redefine finance through advanced AI, global-scale systems, and innovation. This role is part of our UX team, focused on transforming our Human Resources apps and systems—from onboarding and benefits to performance—turning friction into flow and complexity into clarity. We offer mentorship, continuous learning, flexibility with potential hybrid working opportunities, and a business casual workplace in Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom. Our benefits include up to 2 days working from home per week, 27 days annual leave plus bank holidays, a discretionary annual performance-related bonus, private medical care and life insurance, employee assistance program, pension plan, paid parental leave, special discounts, and access to learning and development resources. We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone can bring their whole self to work.

last updated 36 week of 2026