Lead Product Designer

October 22, 2026

Hybrid

Lead

Paris, London, Barcelona, Berlin, France

Indeed

Description

Spendesk is looking for a Lead Product Designer to shape the future of its product experience, with a focus on AI-powered and automation-driven workflows. The designer works across several connected squads or a significant product area, partnering with Product Managers, Engineers, and other designers. The role is a senior individual contributor position that combines hands-on discovery and design work with setting principles, standards, and shared context for the wider team. Location options are London, Paris, Barcelona, or Berlin under a flexible hybrid model.

Responsibilities

Shape product and experience direction across several connected squads or a significant product area
Connect customer insight, product strategy, business objectives, and technical context to identify and prioritise high-impact opportunities
Align cross-functional teams around shared problems, experience principles, intended outcomes, and success measures
Lead complex design initiatives across discovery, exploration, delivery, measurement, and iteration while remaining hands-on
Create coherent end-to-end experiences and resolve systemic UX issues spanning workflows, features, and squad boundaries
Establish and uphold strong standards for interaction design, information architecture, accessibility, content, and visual quality
Improve cross-squad collaboration by surfacing dependencies, facilitating decisions, and helping teams navigate ambiguity and trade-offs
Coach and support designers, helping them grow in autonomy, craft, product thinking, and organisational influence

Requirements

Significant experience designing complex digital products in cross-functional teams, typically gained over seven or more years
Demonstrated experience leading design across multiple squads, interconnected workflows, or a substantial product domain
Strong product and strategic thinking with the ability to connect user needs, business priorities, and technical constraints
Excellent systems thinking, interaction design, and information architecture skills for complex or data-heavy experiences
Strong track record of using research and evidence to frame problems and influence product direction
Excellent communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills to align teams and influence senior stakeholders
The ability to remain hands-on while creating direction, context, and standards that enable others to work autonomously
Experience coaching designers and raising the quality and effectiveness of design across a wider team

Conditions

Flexible hybrid work model with locations in London, Paris, Barcelona, or Berlin
Competitive compensation, equity, and opportunities to grow across product, design, and AI innovation
Collaborative and international product organisation with cross-functional teams
Permanent employment contract
Work spans finance, operations, AI, and user experience challenges on an interconnected platform