Head of UX / FS / $1.4M

Head of UX / FS / $1.4M

We’re hiring a Head of UX to lead the enterprise design function for a major organisation operating across financial services.

This is a senior leadership role for an experienced UX/UI leader who can define design strategy, build strong design standards, and lead a high-performing team delivering intuitive, customer-centred digital experiences across multiple products and platforms.

You’ll be responsible for shaping the UX vision, evolving a unified design system, embedding research-led design practices, and ensuring consistent, accessible and high-quality user experiences across agile product squads.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining UX strategy
• Leading and mentoring a team of UI/UX designers, researchers and service design specialists
• Building and evolving a consistent design system and design language
• Embedding UX research, usability testing, journey design and rapid prototyping into product delivery
• Allocating design capability into agile squads based on roadmap priorities
• Running design governance, UX reviews, accessibility standards and component consistency
• Championing customer-first, insight-led design across Product, Engineering and senior stakeholder groups

We’re looking for someone with:

• 10+ years’ experience in UX, UI, product design or digital experience
• 5+ years’ experience leading design teams
• A strong portfolio showing end-to-end design strategy and delivery
• Experience working in agile squads or product-led digital environments
• Strong knowledge of Figma, design systems, UX research, journey mapping and usability testing
• The ability to influence senior stakeholders and raise design maturity across an enterprise environment

This is a brilliant opportunity for a design leader who wants to shape UX at scale across a complex, customer-focused financial services environment.

Argyll Scott Asia is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.