Product Design Lead

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Responsibilities

• ▹Lead and manage a small team of product designers, ensuring project prioritisation, team alignment and timely execution of high-quality design work.
• ▹Mentor and inspire your team through regular critiques, coaching and skill development, fostering a culture of feedback, learning and innovation.
• ▹Manage project timelines, roadmaps and design workflows.
• ▹Maintain a hands-on approach, contributing directly to key design projects while balancing leadership responsibilities.
• ▹Partner with product managers, engineers and executives to translate strategic goals into user-friendly design solutions.
• ▹Advocate for user-centred design using qualitative and quantitative research, usability testing and behavioural insights.
• ▹Ensure design consistency and scalability through design systems and atomic design principles.
• ▹Champion accessibility (a11y) and inclusive design.
• ▹Collaborate with analytics and product teams to measure the impact of design and optimise experiences based on data.

Requirements

• ▹A strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to lead design teams and deliver end-to-end product design solutions across platforms, backed by user research and measurable impact.
• ▹Experience leading and developing design teams.
• ▹Expertise in UX/UI principles, interaction design and user research methodologies, with a proven track record of delivering results-driven digital products.
• ▹Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams.
• ▹Strategic mindset, with the ability to translate product goals into scalable, flexible and user-centric design solutions.
• ▹Experience managing design workflows, tools and operational processes to improve team efficiency.
• ▹Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, balancing multiple priorities.

Nice to have

• ▹Experience in fintech or SaaS, with a strong understanding of financial products, compliance, security and designing for trust.

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹A leadership role in shaping the future of fintech, influencing millions of users.
• ▹Career growth: mentorship, leadership development and the chance to scale a high-performing design team.
• ▹Autonomy and influence: own design decisions, drive cross-functional collaboration and define best practices.
• ▹A collaborative team of talented designers, engineers and product managers.
• ▹A culture of experimentation.
• ▹Competitive compensation and benefits.
• ▹Remote-friendly work culture with support for professional development and engagement with the design community.

About the company

Moniepoint is Africa's all-in-one financial ecosystem, serving 10 million businesses and individuals since 2019 with payments, banking, credit and business management tools. It is Nigeria's largest merchant acquirer and processes 22 billion dollars monthly while operating profitably.