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Williams Lea

Head of Service Design

Williams Lea

Head of Service Design establishing and leading the design function at Williams Lea. Overseeing UI/UX, service design, and product research to enhance client experiences.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeRemote • 🇬🇧 United KingdomLead💰 £85,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact
  • Establish and lead Williams Lea’s design function spanning UI/UX, service design, and product research
  • Design system and cross-cutting standards
  • Partner with product managers on domain-specific design decisions
  • Provide design leadership across domain teams
  • Lead the design of the integrated human-plus-AI service experience
  • Map end-to-end client journeys
  • Establish and scale product research across four product domains
  • Serve as a standing member of the Platform Council
  • Hire, develop, and retain a high-quality design function

Requirements

What you’ll need
  • 10 – 12 years in product and service design
  • At least 3–4 years of team-building and leadership experience
  • Proven experience leading a design team of 4–6 designers
  • Strong in at least two of UI/UX, service design, and product research
  • Credible, demonstrable experience in service design across digital products and human service delivery
  • Experience designing for enterprise B2B contexts, ideally in regulated industries
  • Strong grounding in user-centred design, service design methods, and design thinking
  • Strong knowledge of accessibility (WCAG) and inclusive design practices
  • Excellent stakeholder communication
  • Collaborative working style with product managers, engineering, and operations leadership.

Benefits

Comp & perks
  • 25 days holiday, plus bank holidays
  • Salary sacrifice schemes, retail vouchers
  • Life Assurance
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Dental Insurance
  • Health Assessments
  • Cycle-to-work scheme
  • Discounted gym memberships
  • Referral Scheme

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Hard Skills & Tools
UI/UX designservice designproduct researchuser-centred designdesign thinkingaccessibilityinclusive design practices
Soft Skills
design leadershipteam-buildingstakeholder communicationcollaborative working style