Product Design Lead

Company Overview

Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR electronic warfare secure communications aerial refueling special air missions aerial firefighting and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing building and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats.

Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service spanning people finance platform operations legal and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas EMEA and Asia-Pacific.

At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects not just equipment. By owning the full stack from the lab to the field we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. Its a fast-moving intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility work on problems that matter and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately.

Headquartered in Washington DC with facilities across the United States the United Kingdom as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific.

Group Overview

TheDigital and Synthetic Group (D&S)is committed to providing mission-driven information solutions that seamlessly bridge the digital and physical realms. Leveragingcutting-edgetechnologies and advanced platforms we empower operational readiness and elevatesituational awareness across diversedomainsincluding air maritime and space.

Position Summary

As our Product Design Lead you will lead a team of Product Designers who are responsible for the UI and UX elements of our software products. You will ensure that the Product Design capability has the right people tools and frameworks to deliver functionally excellent and aesthetically beautiful software.

This role can be based in either our London UK or Stockholm Sweden office.

This is a strategic people leadership position not a hands-on Design role.

What Youll Do

• Provide people leadership to a team of 4-10 Product Designers (clarifying job roles hiring developing skills performance management and resource planning)
• Lead regular Product Design meetings including teambuilding and development workshops
• Promote the Product Design capability across the enterprise to ensure other Groups know what Product Design does
• Work closely with other capabilities (Product Management Creative Design) to develop a design system that can be used across multiple products present and future
• Learn about Metreas strategy Firmware (see below) and work systems and ensure the team continues to develop in this area

What You Bring

• Enthusiasm for cross-functional collaboration relationship-building and shared purpose; your calendar is likely to be 50% meetings
• A passion for nature artorthe humanities alongside your technical abilities
• Experience successfully leading a teamdistributedacross multiple products orfeature areas
• Familiarity withdifferent software platform technologies(webWindows mobile VRARAI)and typical design tools (Figma React Photoshop etc.)
• Clear understanding of how to scale Product Designwithin a growing organization using frameworks governance and systems

Benefits

• Private Medical Insurance
• Subsided gym membership / plans throughWellhub
• Electric Car scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• Free lunch on office days
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• 30 days annual PTO plus b/h
• Bonus Scheme
• Personal development opportunities

Work Authorization / Security Clearance

The employee will have the legal right to work in either the United Kingdom or Sweden and will be able to produce the required right-to-work documentation.

AAP/EEO Statement

MetreaManagement Limited (MAM)(edit as per capability)is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race color religion sex sexual orientation gender identity national origin disability or other characteristics protected by law.

PositionTypeandExpectedHoursofWork

This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday 9:00 a.m. to6:00p.m. Hours and work shifts may changein accordance withdepartment and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available as business needs require. Non-Exempt employees maybe requiredto work over40hours per week with approval from the department manager.

Work Environment

This joboperatesin a hybrid setting 3 days a week in office.

Travel

Travel will be required between our London Harwell and Stockholm offices with occasional travel to our offices in the USA.

Required Experience:

Senior IC

Employment Type : Full Time
Experience: years
Vacancy: 1