Head Of Design - Bpl

Barclaycard Payments

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Significant experience building design teams
Strong portfolio across ux ui and service design
Experience creating and scaling design systems
** Barclaycard Payments is seeking a Head of Design to lead the creation and implementation of a design function that emphasizes human-centered design within its transformation strategy. This role involves building a design team, establishing design standards, and ensuring customer-centric solutions across various payment value streams. **

Job Summary

  • This role involves building and owning the design function from the ground up for Barclaycard Payments, a fintech entity with GBP 400m in fresh funding.
  • The successful candidate will be responsible for translating customer insight into experiences that work for both small businesses and enterprise merchants while establishing scalable design systems.
  • You will partner closely with Product and Engineering leadership to create a product-led culture and set standards for design quality and consistency across seven value streams.

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** Barclaycard Payments is seeking a Head of Design to lead the creation and implementation of a design function that emphasizes human-centered design within its transformation strategy. This role involves building a design team, establishing design standards, and ensuring customer-centric solutions across various payment value streams. **

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Significant experience building design teams
  • Strong portfolio across UX UI and service design
  • Experience creating and scaling design systems
  • Hands-on design experimentation skills
  • Track record of working within product trios

Nice-to-have

  • Experience in payments or fintech sector
  • Familiarity with merchant-facing products
  • Understanding of regulatory constraints
  • View on how AI is changing design workflows
  • Experience building public-facing design systems

Key Requirements

  • Significant experience leading design teams in digital product environments
  • Proven track record of scaling design functions
  • Ability to perform hands-on design work initially

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