Product Design Lead – Design System
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Product Design Lead leading designers and scalable UX/UI systems at Moniepoint, Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem. Driving accessible, data-informed product experiences for millions of users.
Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage a small team of product designers
- Prioritise initiatives, align the team, and ensure timely delivery of high-quality design work
- Mentor and inspire designers through critiques, coaching, feedback, learning, and skill development
- Manage project timelines, roadmaps, and design workflows
- Contribute hands-on to key design projects
- Partner with product managers, engineers, executives, and other stakeholders to translate strategic goals into user-friendly solutions
- Advocate for user-centred design using qualitative and quantitative research, usability testing, and behavioural insights
- Ensure design consistency and scalability through design systems and atomic design principles
- Champion accessibility and inclusive design
- Collaborate with analytics and product teams to measure design impact and optimise experiences based on data
- Participate in portfolio review, recruiter call, senior leadership interview, design leadership challenge, and final executive conversation
Requirements:
- Strong portfolio demonstrating leadership of design teams and end-to-end product design solutions across platforms
- Experience leading and developing design teams
- Expertise in UX/UI principles, interaction design, and user research methodologies
- Proven track record delivering results-driven digital products
- Strong communication and stakeholder management skills
- Ability to influence cross-functional teams and advocate for design
- Strategic mindset and ability to translate product goals into scalable, flexible, user-centric solutions
- Experience managing design workflows, tools, and operational processes
- Ability to balance multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
- Experience in fintech or SaaS
- Strong understanding of financial products, compliance, security, and designing for trust
- Resume and portfolio with UX case studies demonstrating strategic thinking, process, measurable outcomes, leadership, research, data, experimentation, workflow optimisation, and success metrics
Benefits:
- A leadership role influencing design strategy and millions of users
- Career growth opportunities, including mentorship and leadership development
- Autonomy and influence over design decisions and best practices
- High-performing and collaborative team environment
- Culture of experimentation, rapid iteration, and data-driven design improvements
- Competitive compensation and benefits
- Remote-friendly work culture
- Support for professional development
- Engagement with the design community
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