Lead UX/UI Designer - CLM

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Lead UX/UI Designer - CLM</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Fixed-term contract, 12 months (maternity cover)</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">London — hybrid, with regular presence in our London office</span></strong></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">Delta Capita is a global provider of managed services, technology and consulting to the financial services industry. Design sits at the centre of how we build our products. Our team shapes the interfaces our clients and their customers use every day.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Lead UX/UI Designer to cover a 12-month period of maternity leave, starting November 2026 and based in our London office. You will own the design of complex, multi-stakeholder products end to end - from early problem solving through to prototypes and production-ready UI. You’ll work closely with engineering and product teams on a day-to-day basis, with support from senior stakeholders as needed.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">You will be comfortable making confident design decisions, shipping in short cycles, and iterating once real feedback arrives.You will be responsible for leading other junior designers in the team, to make help them make decisions, give feedback and make sure work is delivered to a high standard and on time.</span></p> <br> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#14112F">Key responsibilities</span></strong></p><ul><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpFirst"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Own complex projects end to end. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Take full design accountability for one or more product workstreams, from early discovery through wireframes, prototypes and final UI specification.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Design and prototype. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Produce interactive prototypes in Sketch to test flows, validate concepts with users and align stakeholders before build.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Run and facilitate workshops.</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> Across teams and features, driving strategic alignment.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Maintain and evolve the design system. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Extend our component library and design standards so that work across the team stays consistent, accessible and reusable.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Support junior designers. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Set direction, review work, run critique sessions and support the day-to-day development of junior members of the design team.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Partner with product and engineering. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Work closely with product managers to shape requirements, and with developers to ensure designs are implemented faithfully and are technically feasible.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Deliver at pace. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Prioritise, break large problems into shippable increments and keep momentum across parallel workstreams.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpLast"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Uphold accessibility and quality. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Ensure designs meet WCAG 2.2 AA standards and our internal quality bar before handover.</span></p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Essential skills and experience</span></strong></p><ul><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpFirst"><span style="color:#121317">Proven track record as a lead UX/UI designer, with a portfolio demonstrating ownership of complex, large-scale digital products.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Advanced working knowledge of Sketch, including symbols, libraries and shared styles.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Strong prototyping ability - you can move from a rough concept to a testable interactive prototype quickly.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Demonstrable experience mentoring or line-managing junior designers.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Confident collaborating with product managers, engineers, business stakeholders and, where relevant, clients.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Evidence of delivering high-quality work at pace in an agile environment.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Excellent communication skills - you can explain and defend design decisions to non-designers.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpLast"><span style="color:#121317">Right to work in the UK (we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this fixed-term role).</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Nice to have</span></strong></p><ul><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpFirst"><span style="color:#121317">Previous experience designing for fintech, banking or another regulated financial services environment.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Familiarity with Sketch</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><span style="color:#121317">Exposure to enterprise or B2B products with dense interfaces and complex workflows.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpLast"><span style="color:#121317">Experience running user research and usability testing directly.</span></p></li></ul><p class="MsoNormal" style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">How We Work:</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">Delta Capita is an equal opportunity employer. We positively encourage applications from suitably qualified and eligible candidates regardless of age, colour, disability, national origin, ancestry, race, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable law.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require any reasonable adjustments through your interview process, please inform us.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">This is a 12 months fixed term position based in London. As the selection and interview process is ongoing, please submit your application in English as soon as possible, if your profile is selected, a member of our team will contact you within 4 weeks.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">&nbsp;</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Who We Are:</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">Delta Capita Group (a member of the Prytek Group) is a global managed services, consulting, and solutions provider with a unique combination of experience in Financial Services and technology innovation capability. Our mission is to reinvent the financial services value chain providing technology based mutualized services for financial institutions for non-differentiating services.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal">&nbsp;</p><p>Find more <a href="https://www.arbeitnow.co.uk/english-speaking-jobs">English Speaking Jobs in United Kingdom</a> on Arbeitnow</a>