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Product & Design Recruiting - Good Maven | ex Meta, ex Microsoft
Location(s): London, Amsterdam, or Madrid (with flexibility)
Reports to: Chief Product Officer
About the Role
We’re looking for an exceptional VP of Design to lead and elevate the Product Design function at a high-growth, consumer technology company.
This is a transformational leadership role : you’ll set the vision for design across all digital products, raise the craft and ambition of the team, and ensure customer experiences are world-class, innovative, and impactful. You’ll partner closely with Product, Engineering, Research, Data, and Commercial stakeholders to deliver customer-centric, differentiated product experiences.
The design team is evolving from a support function into a strategic, embedded organisation, this is your opportunity to shape that shift and leave a lasting mark on the business and industry.
What You’ll Do
Strategic Leadership
- Define and communicate a bold, inspiring vision for Product Design across a complex consumer product ecosystem.
- Position design as a core strategic partner to Product and Engineering.
- Champion customer-centred thinking in product strategy, prioritisation, and execution.
Team Leadership & Operations
- Build, lead, and mentor a high-performing, globally distributed design organisation.
- Establish scalable processes, standards, and practices that drive consistency, quality, and operational excellence.
- Foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and proactive contribution.
- Elevate design quality across interaction, UX, UI, motion, and systems.
- Lead reimaginings of core journeys and product surfaces to unlock step-change improvements.
- Promote strong first-principles thinking, challenging convention and driving creative innovation.
- Introduce modern design tools and workflows to improve efficiency and impact.
- Act as a trusted partner to senior leaders in Product, Technology, and Commercial teams.
- Influence strategy through the lens of exceptional customer experience.
- Align design goals with business objectives and compliance or regulatory needs.
What You Bring
- 15+ years of experience in product design, including 7+ years in senior leadership roles.
- A track record of scaling and transforming design teams in fast-paced, product-led environments.
- Demonstrated excellence in UX, interaction, and systems design , with a strong product portfolio.
- Experience in consumer-facing, complex, or regulated digital products (e.g. fintech, gaming, media, or marketplaces).
- Strong collaboration skills: able to influence and align cross-functional teams in dynamic organisations.
- Resilient, high-agency leadership style; thrives in fast-moving, founder-led companies.
- Experience leading distributed teams and designing for diverse international markets.
Why This Role
- Opportunity to lead a high-impact, high-visibility function during a pivotal growth phase.
- A chance to redefine an entire category and shape how millions of customers experience a complex digital product.
- Competitive compensation, benefits, and relocation/visa support where applicable.
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