Lead Product Designer, Monzo

• You’ve led the design of world-class product launches in a fast-growing company before
• You understand that good design is not about trends but is built on top of principles and tradeoffs
• You make well-reasoned design decisions always advocating for the best possible user experience
• You’re passionate about inclusive design and accessibility, and you’ll design with all our users in mind
• You care about the UI design details but are also comfortable zooming out, seeing the broader picture and connecting the dots to create a cohesive overall experience
• You’re familiar with native mobile design patterns on Android and iOS and have designed polished apps for both platforms
• You’re passionate about sharing your knowledge, and raising the bar for design practice at Monzo
• Previous experience mentoring designers is a big plus
• You understand that writing is designing, you're a confident writer, and the copy in your screens is never an afterthought

• Our Product Design team at Monzo is currently made up of 60 people across Product Design, User Research and Branding, lead by our VP of Design, Vuokko Aro
• You’ll lead your squad to iterate on our existing Borrowing Products to help them truly meet both customer and business needs
• Together with your discovery team, you’ll unpack opportunity areas and set visions for new borrowing products that meet needs we aren’t serving
• You’ll work with your squad to break longer term visions down into well defined pieces and deliver against them
• Understanding complex problem spaces, and collaborating across multiple disciplines to deliver simple, informative, and delightful experiences customers love
• Sharing work with your squad, design and leadership, remaining humble and open to feedback while not shying away from expressing your own opinion
• Holding a high bar for design in our Borrowing products, expanding the problem space to include all inputs that affect the final experience
• You'll have a good sense of how to prioritise, working in an ambiguous space where you are constantly experimenting to find the best solution
• You’ll collaborate regularly using strong communication, documentation and facilitation skills
• You’ll work closely with PMs, Engineers, Data scientists, User researchers and writers to make sure your team isn’t just shipping great designs, but they are deeply involved throughout the design process

• Initial call (30 minutes). A video chat with Natalie who is part of our hiring team. This focuses on general suitability and fit for Monzo
• Portfolio Walk-through (45 minutes+). We'll ask you to prepare 1 case study which demonstrates your end-to-end design process and deliverables. You will go through this with our Design Manager for Borrowing and another designer in the team where they will ask follow up questions, digging deeper into your process and work
• Final round (2.5-3 hours). This involves 3 interviews covering craft, impact and teamwork. These typically happen across 2 days via three separate video calls. The portfolio submitted is used as a reference for these interviews to help set context for us, and save you time repeating yourself
• This process should take around 2-3 weeks - your schedule is really important to us, so we promise to be as flexible as possible!

• Yearly Salary Review + Proactive pay increases to reflect growing responsibilities + Share options
• Flexible working hours
• Work From Home Opportunities + we'll pay for any equipment you need to do your job
• 24 days holiday a year, plus bank holidays
• Paid sick leave for both physical & mental health + Health insurance via AXA or Vitality + Additional health insurance through Medicash
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Learning budget of £1,000 a year
• Aviva Pension Scheme + 4% Employer Contribution
• Paid maternity, paternity, adoption or shared parental leave (after 13 weeks of employment)
• 52 weeks of primary caregiver leave (6 months at 100% pay, 13 weeks at Statutory Maternity Pay, 13 weeks unpaid)
• 3 months of secondary caregiver leave at 100% pay
• Unum Life Insurance
• Access to fertility and family-forming health benefits via Fertifa
• Abellio Season Travel Tickets + Cycle-to-Work Scheme

Total funding: $1.9bn

Monzo is a challenger bank that fully operates online and offers a full range of current, savings, business accounts, and more. The speed of the challenger banks to provide a great experience has been impressive, and the number of competitors appearing has proven the consumer desire for innovation.