About the Position

Product Design Manager - Design System

London, United Kingdom

About the Role

Designing for money means designing for trust. Our customers are shop owners, traders, and entrepreneurs, many of whom are new to digital products. They work on low-end devices and unreliable networks, where one confusing screen can cost them a sale. Your team's work has to hold up for them, whatever their ability or device. You make sure it does.

As a Design Manager, you'll lead a small team of product designers and be accountable for everything they ship: its quality, how it works as one product, and the results it drives for our customers and the business. Your team works either on the products our customers use on POS, mobile, and web, or on the operational tools our teams use to serve them.

It is a hands-on role: you build the systems the team works within and step into the hardest problems yourself.

Responsibilities

Set the design direction for your area, turn it into plans with milestones and measurable outcomes, and make the case for it to senior leaders in customer and business terms.
Keep each customer journey whole across teams, and resolve conflicting designs before they launch.
Run critique and design reviews against a definition of done that includes accessibility, and stay close enough to the work that nothing reaches customers below the bar.
Build trusted partnerships with product and engineering, so design shapes what gets built, and design and engineering stay in step through build.
Hire well, set clear expectations, give direct feedback, and build a growth path for each designer.
Bring AI tools into the team's design process, model effective and responsible use in your own work, and build that fluency across the team.

Requirements

10+ years of experience in product design, with a portfolio of shipped work across mobile and web that shows the problem, your decisions, and the results.
3+ years of experience managing product designers, including hiring, coaching, and career development.
Experience setting design direction for a product area and leading a team to deliver it.
Experience running a design quality practice, such as critique, design reviews, and a definition of done, that raised the quality of shipped work.
Experience building shared patterns or templates adopted across teams, products, or markets.
Experience shipping accessible, inclusive products for people with disabilities, people new to digital products, and people on limited devices and connectivity.
Experience using AI tools in design work and building that fluency across a team.

Nice to Have

Experience designing for POS terminals is a strong plus.
Experience in financial services, multiple markets, or operational tools is also welcome.

We Offer

A leadership role in shaping the future of fintech - your work will impact millions of users.
Career growth opportunities.
A culture of experimentation - we encourage innovative thinking and rapid iteration.
Competitive compensation and benefits.
Remote-friendly work culture, with access to learning resources.

About the Company

Moniepoint Inc. is Africa’s all-in-one financial ecosystem, helping 10 million businesses and individuals access seamless payments, banking, credit, and business management tools since 2019. As Nigeria’s largest merchant acquirer, it powers most of the country’s Point of Sale (POS) transactions. Through its subsidiaries, Moniepoint Inc. processes $22 billion monthly for its customers while operating profitably.

Curious about what makes Moniepoint an incredible place to work? Check out posts on how we cultivate a culture of innovation, teamwork, and growth.

How to Apply

Submit your resume and portfolio showcasing your leadership in managing design teams, driving strategy, and delivering user-centred solutions with measurable business impact. We want to see case studies that demonstrate how you have led and developed designers, prioritised and managed projects, and fostered a high-performing team culture. Your portfolio should highlight how you have used research, data, and experimentation to inform decisions, optimise workflows, and drive success metrics.

Product Design Manager - Design System

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