Lead Product Designer

Our vision is to give everyone the belief they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler, by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust, and belief to make it happen. We’re home to the UK’s largest choice of properties and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what’s on the market.

We’re seeking an experienced Lead Product Designer to join our Experience Design (XD) team.

Lead,

coach, and

line

manage

a

Senior

Product Designer

and

User Researcher.

Own the end-to-end design vision for

our

Partners, shaping how consumers

and

Estate

Agents

connect

with each other.

Create intuitive, trusted experiences that support both consumers and

Estate

Agents.

Collaborate closely with the

Head of Product,

Senior Product Manager, Senior

Product Designer

and User Researcher

to deliver user-centric solutions that align

with

product strategy.

Remain hands-on where valuable

–

exploring ideas, setting quality standards, and guiding execution.

Define a long-term vision for

Partners

that inspires stakeholders and influences roadmaps.

Work across product, engineering, research, design systems, and commercial teams to drive alignment and strategic outcomes.

Explore and define opportunities for

products and features.

Ensure consistency across platforms,

establishing

scalable

patterns,

and supporting the evolution of the design system.

Report to and work closely with the Head of Experience Design.

Hybrid

–

2 days per week in the Soho, London

office

and 3 days from home.

What

you’ll

be doing

Partner with the Head of Product, Engineering

leadership, and the other Lead Product Designer in the domain. Contributing to strategic decisions, aligned to business

objectives

and key results.

Conduct generative research for discovery, leverage

insights

and data to inform decisions and long-term planning.

Develop a deep understanding of the

user

experiences

you work

across.

Provide

a holistic view of your domain, supported by insights, data, and clear articulation of user problems and opportunities.

Raise product design quality across UX, visual, content, and interaction design

and adoption of the design system, promoting reuse and consistency with Brand and code.

Champion inclusive and accessible design practices, ensuring standards are upheld.

Represent XD within Rightmove and stay engaged with best practice and industry trends.

Support team hiring and recruitment when needed.

What

you’ll

bring to the role

Demonstrated

expertise

designing complex, multi-sided

platforms

or marketplace experiences, ensuring interactions between

multiple users

feel intuitive, trustworthy, and

high-performing.

Experience managing and developing Product Designers with clarity, coaching, and support.

Curiosity and creativity in exploring

new technologies

and approaches, including the responsible use of AI in design.

Ability to influence design direction through insights, evidence, and rapid conceptual thinking.

Leadership skills in recruitment and onboarding, providing clear direction and continuous feedback.

Excellent collaboration, effective communication and storytelling skills with leadership, stakeholders and peers, building trust and nurturing strong relationships.

A passion for continuous learning and development, with a proactive approach to enhance ways of working and collaboration, contributing to design operations for XD.

A strong grasp of design systems, interaction

patterns

and scalable frameworks.

Strategic thinking with the ability to balance business goals, including commercial

opportunities with user needs and long-term product vision.

A proactive approach to evolving ways of working and improving cross-team delivery and collaboration.

Our Approach to AI At Rightmove, we believe software and product are ultimately people problems, and everything we build aims to improve the lives of others. We see AI as a helpful way to create more space for the human side of our work, from understanding real needs to making sure we are solving the right problems in the right way. There is an expectation that you are proactive in exploring how AI can support your own workflow and productivity, and that you approach it with curiosity and an open mind. About Rightmove Our vision is to give everyone the belief that they can make their move. We aim to make moving simpler by giving everyone the best place to turn to and return to for access to the tools, expertise, trust and belief to make it happen. We're home to the UK's largest choice of properties, and are the go-to destination for millions of people planning their next move, reading the latest industry news, or just browsing what's on the market. Despite this growth, we’ve remained a friendly, supportive place to work, with employee #1 still working here!

We’ve done this by placing the Rightmove Hows at the heart of everything we do. These are the essential values that reflect our culture, and include: We

create

value… by delivering results and building trust with partners and consumers. We

think

bigger… by acting with curiosity and setting bold aspirations. We

care

deeply… by being real, having fun, and valuing diversity. We

move

together… by being one team - internally collaborative, externally competitive. We

make

a difference