Lead Product Designer

Partner with the Head of Product, Engineering leadership, and the other Lead Product Designer in the domain. Contributing to strategic decisions, aligned to business objectives and key results.

Conduct generative research for discovery, leverage insights and data to inform decisions and long-term planning.

Develop a deep understanding of the user experiences you work across.

Provide a holistic view of your domain, supported by insights, data, and clear articulation of user problems and opportunities.

Raise product design quality across UX, visual, content, and interaction design and adoption of the design system, promoting reuse and consistency with Brand and code.

Champion inclusive and accessible design practices, ensuring standards are upheld.

Represent XD within Rightmove and stay engaged with best practice and industry trends.

Support team hiring and recruitment when needed.

Demonstrated expertise designing complex, multi-sided platforms or marketplace experiences, ensuring interactions between multiple users feel intuitive, trustworthy, and high-performing.

Experience managing and developing Product Designers with clarity, coaching, and support.

Curiosity and creativity in exploring new technologies and approaches, including the responsible use of AI in design.

Ability to influence design direction through insights, evidence, and rapid conceptual thinking.

Leadership skills in recruitment and onboarding, providing clear direction and continuous feedback.

Excellent collaboration, effective communication and storytelling skills with leadership, stakeholders and peers, building trust and nurturing strong relationships.

A passion for continuous learning and development, with a proactive approach to enhance ways of working and collaboration, contributing to design operations for XD.

A strong grasp of design systems, interaction patterns and scalable frameworks.

Strategic thinking with the ability to balance business goals, including commercial opportunities with user needs and long-term product vision.

A proactive approach to evolving ways of working and improving cross-team delivery and collaboration.

Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen.

We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market.

Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here! We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include:

We create value… by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers.

We think bigger… by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations.

We care deeply… by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity.

We move together… by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive.

We make a difference… by focusing on delivering measurable impact.

We believe in careers that open doors and help our team develop by providing an open and inclusive work environment, offering ongoing training opportunities, and supporting charity fundraising events. And with 88% of Rightmovers saying we’re a great place to work , we’re clearly doing something right!