Lead Product Designer (UI & Design Systems) - Product & Experience

<p></p> <h1>Lead Product Designer – UI & Design Systems</h1> <p class="isSelectedEnd"><strong>Location:</strong> London (Hybrid) | <strong>Practice Area:</strong> Product & Experience | <strong>Type:</strong> Permanent</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Design with clarity. Create with purpose. Build experiences that scale.</p> <h3>The Role</h3> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Capco is a global technology and business consultancy focused on the financial services and energy sectors. Our Product & Experience team translates strategy into intuitive digital products and engaging customer experiences that transform businesses and impact millions of users worldwide.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">As a Lead Product Designer specialising in UI and Design Systems, you'll create exceptional digital experiences while building scalable design foundations that enable consistency across products, platforms, and teams.<strong> </strong>You'll embrace AI-enabled ways of working, using approved AI tools where appropriate to enhance design quality and accelerate delivery while applying sound professional judgement.</p> <p class="isSelectedEnd">Working across multidisciplinary teams, you'll establish and evolve enterprise design systems, strengthen collaboration between design and engineering, and help clients deliver accessible, user-centred digital products at scale.</p> <h3>What You'll Do</h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li>Craft exceptional interfaces across responsive web, mobile, and enterprise products.</li> <li>Translate user journeys, wireframes, and product requirements into high-quality visual and interaction designs,<strong> </strong>using approved AI-enabled design tools where appropriate to support ideation and productivity.</li> <li>Create, evolve, and scale enterprise design systems, including reusable components, design tokens, patterns, and documentation.</li> <li>Partner with UX designers, researchers, product managers, and engineers to deliver consistent, scalable experiences from concept through implementation.</li> <li>Present design decisions to stakeholders, facilitate workshops, mentor designers, and champion design excellence.</li> </ul> <h3>What We're Looking For</h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li>A strong portfolio demonstrating exceptional UI, visual, and interaction design across complex digital products.</li> <li>Expertise in typography, layout, responsive design, interaction design, prototyping, accessibility, and enterprise design systems.</li> <li>Advanced proficiency in Figma, inclusive design principles, and developer handover.</li> <li>Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and collaboration skills within multidisciplinary teams.</li> <li>Curiosity to explore emerging AI capabilities and apply them responsibly to improve design outcomes.</li> </ul> <h3>Bonus Points For</h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li>Experience leading enterprise design systems across multiple products or business areas.</li> <li>Knowledge of design system governance, contribution models, adoption, and versioning.</li> <li>Experience collaborating with front-end engineers using Storybook, React, HTML, CSS, or coded component libraries.</li> <li>Experience designing complex, data-rich, or regulated digital products within financial services.</li> <li>Knowledge of motion design, data visualisation, AI-enabled design tools, or advanced prototyping.</li> </ul> <h3>Why Join Capco</h3> <ul data-spread="false"> <li>Deliver high-impact technology solutions for Tier 1 financial institutions.</li> <li>Work in