Senior Product Designer

At Waracle, we're all about crafting Intelligent Digital Experiences that truly make a difference. We join forces with innovative businesses, taking on their most exciting technology and digital product challenges. Our partnerships extend to some of the UK's major players in Health and Wellness, Financial Services, and Sustainable Energy, to name just a few.

Our growth has been based on great people working collaboratively with innovative clients, we are constantly seeking the best industry talent to join our dynamic teams, gaining experience and exposure to a range of languages and technologies. We want our work to have a positive impact within our key industries, contributing to a Healthier, Wealthier and Greener world.

Waracle is looking for a Senior Product Designer to join our team on a contract basis (Inside IR35). This role offers hybrid working from any of our Edinburgh or Glasgow offices.

The Senior Product Designer will possess a solid understanding of the product development lifecycle and design processes. Strong in design strategy, the Senior Designer will be responsible for working through the end to end process, collaborating with stakeholders and cross-functional teams to deliver innovative solutions and products.

Some duties of the role include:

• Facilitate workshops and design sprints to generate and prioritise ideas for features and functionalities.

• Collaborate closely with the client, product managers, and the tech team to define and validate the product idea through a series of standard UX research and design steps.

• Plan and execute projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives and timelines.

• Drive the design process, including product, service, and experience design, in collaboration with technical teams.

• Plan and conduct user research to gain insights into target users' behaviours, goals, and pain points.

• Develop personas, customer journeys, survive maps and user stories to guide product design decisions.

• Craft engaging and seamless user interfaces that adhere to accessibility, useability and discoverability standards

• Ensure smooth execution of projects within an Agile environment, adapting to changing requirements and priorities.

• Strong experience developing and implementing product strategy, including defining vision, goals and roadmap.

• Deep understanding of the product development lifecycle and design methodologies, with experience running product discoveries.

• Strong background in design strategy, shaping innovative approaches to product development and user experience.

• Proficient in popular design tools such as Figma.

• Significant experience in creating creative UI solutions for native apps, responsive websites, or mobile sites in a commercial setting.

• Strong skills in utilising user research insights to guide design choices and validate product concepts iteratively.

• Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to communicate effectively and motivate teams.

• Understanding of agile principles and how they can be applied to complex spaces and teams to craft effective solutions

Research shows that underrepresented groups tend to only apply when they tick every box. So if you think you have the skills, but don't meet every single bullet point above, please still apply. We'd love to have a chat with you.

The recruitment process you can expect for this role is an initial call with your dedicated Talent Acquisition Partner who will chat with you about Waracle, what you are looking for in a new position, the salary for the role, notice period and benefits (the important stuff!). After that, will follow a 2 stage interview process where you have an opportunity to find out more about Waracle and showcase your skills and experience, including a presentation task at final interview. Your Talent Acquisition Partner will guide you through the whole process to your first day with us.

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age.