Job Description
Design at The Stepstone Group
Find the right job for everyone – Our mission reflects how design has been part of our DNA for more than a decade. Our product design organisation has evolved through this time and today we are a team of 30+ designers including Design Operations, Design System, Design Foundation & Service Design roles. We are also part of a wider UX community including our dedicated User Research team of +10 people.
As a product design organisation, we have designers in key senior leadership positions and therefore you will always have support pushing for strategical initiatives across the business.
We are spread across both the B2C and B2B sides of the business, providing an end-to-end experience, for both candidates and recruiters alike.
The role
This is a role for our B2C area of the business. We are looking for an exceptional Senior Product Designer that will be able to provide the thought leadership, innovative spirit and expectational craft to re-imagine and redefine an experience which has shaped an entire industry.
1. This is a highly senior IC role within the product design organization, and therefore leadership aptitudes and mindset are expected from this position.
2. You will be leading an entire stream of work in our B2C area and redefining how we think and believe about recruitment
3. Alongside Heads of Product and Product Directors you will help define and prioritise the right areas of focus for your teams
4. You will craft some of the best experiences across the entire company
Day to Day
5. You will report directly to one of our Product Design Managers
6. Craft simple, clear and innovative experiences that solve real problems for real users
7. Alongside your Product Partners you will define your own impact, priorities and own the same success metrics as your teams
8. You will elevate the quality of our experiences through outstanding craft and product thinking, and setting standards across the organization
9. Help define and steer the strategy for your streams of work
10. Lead critical initiatives across multiple projects and ensure alignment across business objectives
11. Mentor junior designers and foster a culture of excellence and growth within the product design organization
Qualifications
Some skills you might have:
We know looking for a new job can be scary, and sometimes the list of skills you are asked for can seem exhaustive. Below are a few of the skills we look for, but please do not be put off applying if you do not have every single one of them!
12. You have shipped real products, with real impact across both consumer and enterprise products
13. Track record of craft excellence and the ability to connect user needs and insights with simple and clear solutions
14. Extraordinary storyteller. You are able to bring your immediate team on the full journey as well as your senior stakeholders
15. Prototyping is one of your superpowers – you bring experiences to life, and you inspire others around you through prototyping
16. You have actively evolved a design language and contributed to the continuous innovation of a design system
17. You understand that brilliant design is about finding the right thing to build and discovering unseen opportunities
Additional Information
Our commitment:
Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at The Stepstone Group are critical to our success as a global company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.