Senior Product Designer – Digital Products

An opportunity has arisen for a Senior Product Designer to join a well-established health research organisation and charity supporting large-scale medical research to improve disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment.

As a Senior Product Designer , you will design accessible, user-focused digital experiences while contributing across the full design process, from understanding user needs through to prototyping, testing and delivery.

This is a 6-month contract-based role offering hybrid / remote working options, salary range of £500 - £600 (DOE) per day (Inside IR35) and benefits.

You Will Be Responsible For

• Leading UX and UI design work across discovery, development and validation.
• Designing clear and accessible journeys that help users understand and respond to research opportunities.
• Creating prototypes, testing ideas and refining designs based on evidence and feedback.
• Working closely with product managers, researchers, content designers, behavioural specialists and engineers.
• Turning user research and stakeholder insight into practical, intuitive design solutions.
• Designing clear experiences for healthcare information, recommendations and research-related content.
• Helping improve consistency across related services, including shared design approaches and practices.
• Working with clinical, technical, product and business stakeholders to shape design recommendations.
• Explaining design choices, thinking and findings clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Applying design systems, accessibility standards and ethical considerations throughout the design process.
• Contributing to product priorities, roadmaps and the wider design direction.

The candidates from the following background will be considered:

• Previously worked as a Senior Product Designer, Product Designer, Senior UX/UI Designer, Senior UI/UX Designer, Lead Product Designer, Digital Product Designer, Product Design Lead or in a similar role.

What We Are Looking For:

Essential:

• Proven experience working as a Product Designer within modern digital product environments.
• Strong end-to-end UX and UI design experience, covering discovery, prototyping, validation and delivery.
• Experience working closely with content designers and user researchers.
• A track record of tackling complex user needs and working effectively where requirements may be unclear.
• A strong portfolio demonstrating impactful, user-centred digital product design.
• Ability to turn research findings into meaningful improvements to digital experiences.
• Strong working knowledge of Figma and Miro.
• Experience working within cross-functional Agile product teams.
• A good understanding of accessibility and inclusive design, including experience designing beyond minimum WCAG 2.2 AA requirements.

Desirable:

• Experience designing products, platforms or services within healthcare, research, government or other service-led environments.
• Prior experience working in regulated environments.
• Understanding of behavioural design and techniques that encourage user engagement.
• Experience contributing to design systems and scalable design practices

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