Lead Product Designer; Web

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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 are 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.

• Lead, coach, and mentor Product Designers within the team.
• Own the end‑to‑end design vision for your vertical.
• Create intuitive, trusted experiences that support both consumers and Estate Agents.
• Collaborate closely with the Head of Product, Senior Product Manager and Product Designer to deliver user‑centric solutions that align with product strategy.
• Remain hands‑on where valuable – exploring ideas, setting quality standards and guiding execution.
• Define a long‑term vision for your vertical 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 monetising reputation‑focused products and features.
• Ensure consistency across platforms, establishing scalable patterns and supporting 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 and 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 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 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 and monetisation opportunities with user needs and long‑term product vision.
• A proactive approach to evolving ways of working and improving cross‑team delivery and collaboration.

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.

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