Senior Product Designer (Public Sector/Education)

* 2-year contract, renewable * Government project * Hybrid work arrangement **About The Role** We are looking for a Senior Product Designer to lead the design of one of the product teams in teaching and learning. You will work directly with a product manager and engineers as the designer on the team, taking work from discovery through to delivery. Working with a Design Lead and designers on the other Student Mission teams, you will: * Drive the design of your product team, from understanding the problem to shipping and iterating * Run research with students and teachers so that design decisions are based on evidence * Keep your product team consistent with the rest of the student ecosystem * This role reports to the Design Lead of the Student Mission. **What You Will Do** * Lead design for your product team end to end, including discovery, flows, prototypes, specifications, and iteration after launch * Work with your PM and engineers to shape scope, make trade-offs, and ship * Plan and run research and usability testing, and combine the findings with behavioural data * Work with education technology and curriculum specialists so designs support how students learn, including how content and UI work together * Use and contribute to shared patterns, and align with designers from other product teams within the Student Mission, as well as with designers from other missions when there is a need to do so * Take part in critiques and support other designers through feedback **What We Are Looking For** * At least 8 years in digital product design, with a portfolio showing complex products shipped * Strong interaction design, visual design, and prototyping skills, including evidence of designing for accessibility and content-heavy interfaces * Experience owning design for a product area and working closely with PMs and engineers * Hands-on experience planning and running user research and usability testing * Sound judgement in ambiguous situations, and the ability to explain your design decisions clearly * Attention to detail combined with an eye for consistency across products * Thoughtful, intentional use of AI tools in your design workflow **Nice to have** * Experience designing for education or learning platforms * Experience doing research with children or young people * Familiarity with the public sector or large-scale platforms /Ref: T24-276