Skyscanner
Technology
DirectorofProductDesign
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“Director of Product Design at Skyscanner. Skills: Product design, Design systems, User experience, Interface design. Lead product design. Set design direction”
What You'll Achieve.
Deliver great experiences at scale; Create real value for travellers; Do best work of lives; Continuously improve work
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Experienced product design leader, Built and led design teams, Understand design creates business value, Technically confident, Partner effectively with engineering, AI-curious and forward-looking, Influential collaborator, People-first leader
Nice to Have
Experience with AI in design
What You'll Do.
Ensure work is excellent
Bring cross-vertical perspective
Contribute to design quality
Drive product strategy
Shape what gets built
Advocate for decisions
Build culture of craft
Work with Product leadership
Work with Engineering leadership
Build relationships across Design
Partner with Brand Design
Represent design credibly
Make case for investment
Define success through outcomes
Use outcomes to improve
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Product triad; Cross-discipline collaboration; Senior stakeholders; Across disciplines; Across seniority levels
Communication Scope
Communicate clearly
Full Job Description
ABOUT SKYSCANNER Everyone loves travelling, but planning is not without its challenges ✈️. That's why we've spent 20 years building tools that turn travel-planning chaos into a breeze. Today, around 160 million travellers count on us every month to skip the whole “47 browser tabs open” phase and find flights, cars, and hotels quickly and easily 💻. Joining Skyscanner means becoming part of a global brand that's striving to become the planet's go-to travel hack accessible for all 🌍. Now, we're on the lookout for a Director of Product Design to lead a talented team of designers, elevate design quality within their area, and ensure every traveller interaction feels effortless, intuitive and distinctly Skyscanner. You can be based in Barcelona, Edinburgh or London where we adopt a hybrid working policy of working in the office twice a week. ABOUT THE ROLE This is a senior Product Design leadership role within our CX organisation. You'll own the product design direction for your area — shaping strategy, raising the quality bar, and developing the designers in your team. You'll be a key voice in the product triad — working closely with product and engineering counterparts to ensure design shapes decisions from the earliest stages, not just executes them. And you'll partner closely with other design leaders across CX, including Content and Research, to ensure your area's work fits coherently into the broader Skyscanner experience. It's a role for someone who leads from the front: opinionated on craft, strong on coaching, and energised by the challenge of delivering great experiences at scale in a complex product environment. WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING - Leading product design for your area: You'll set the design direction for your part of the product — defining what good looks like, holding the quality bar, and ensuring your team's work is consistently excellent and impactful. - Operating with a company-wide lens: This role carries scope beyond a single product area. Yo
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