Head of Product Design

The Design function for the Gaming vertical (including Games of Chance, Poker, and Gamification) for product design direction and ownership of gaming-specific visual content governance. As the Head of Product Design, you will form part of the senior leadership team in the product organization, being responsible for the Gaming Design function.

Responsibilities

Lead, mentor and inspire your team, fostering a culture of high performance, collaboration and innovation; Lead the design team for a product domain, taking overall accountability for their performance and the quality of their work; Develop a deep understanding of our customers, internal users, and products; Ensure the structure of your team is well-defined and optimized for its purpose; Organize and oversee the work of the team in alignment with the product roadmap and goals; Provide recommendations and support to foster, grow and retain UX talent across the organization; Work closely with Research, Insights, and Data to make evidence-based design decisions; Own the implementation of the area's UX/UI, maintaining excellence and consistency across the products and content; Own and govern products-specific imagery and content quality, defining review and approval processes; Collaborate closely with the Branding team to ensure content aligns with the product strategy; Be responsible for the information architecture of our products; Own design for the Backoffice tools; Work closely with Product Management to enable and influence the products' development roadmaps; Take an active role on complex and strategic initiatives, providing expert guidance and support from a product design perspective; Define and champion user centric design strategies and best practices across the Gaming organization; Drive new thinking in the organization and stay well informed on the latest user experience and gaming trends; Map, research and analyze user journeys to oversee the user experience for the product domain and drive iterative improvements; Continuously review the live product to identify areas for improvement and any deviations from the expected experience; Build effective working relationships across the organization, serving as a main point of contact and subject matter expert for product design; Collaborate with design leads working with other product domains and the Central design team on design system matters; Stay fluent in modern technologies such as Generative AI, Machine Learning and workflow automation; Assist and support the senior product leaders in any matters that may arise; Contribute to product direction through active involvement in evolving and executing the product strategy and vision

Requirements

Highly experienced in product design (5+ years) for web products serving desktop and mobile devices, covering both responsive and adaptive design; A portfolio that showcases your design work, thought process, and problem-solving skills; Experience working with industry standard software such as Figma (preferred), Sketch and/or Adobe XD to produce, test, explore and share design solutions; Experience in leading and building a high performing design team; Validated expertise in usability, analytics, user testing, information architecture, user journey mapping / optimisation, content strategy, and prototyping; Experience working with a design system or pattern design library

Nice to have

A relevant academic degree or qualifications would be considered a plus