Lead Product Designer - (Apps)

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

The Role

• Lead, coach, and mentor a team of five Product Designers focused on our native apps.
• Own the end-to-end design vision for the Rightmove app experience across iOS and Android.
• Define and communicate a long‑term direction for our apps that aligns with product strategy and influences roadmaps.
• Collaborate closely with Design, Product, Engineering, and Commercial to shape the experience across Search, Move, and Home.
• Remain hands‑on where valuable – exploring ideas, validating assumptions, and setting standards for design craft.
• Ensure consistent, scalable patterns across platforms and support the evolution of the design system.
• Drive improvements to the native app experience, raising quality, performance, and adoption of reusable patterns.
• 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, User Research, and other Lead Product Designers to make strategic decisions and shape the roadmap.
• Lead discovery and generative research, using insights and data to understand user needs and drive decision-making.
• Maintain a holistic, insight‑driven view of the experience across core journeys.
• Shape user journeys and app flows, creating concepts that clarify direction and drive alignment.
• Raise design quality across UX, visual, content, and interaction design.
• Champion inclusive and accessible design practices, ensuring standards are upheld.
• Contribute to design system decisions and adoption across teams.
• 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

• Experience designing and shipping native app experiences for complex products.
• 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.
• Strong understanding of iOS and Android patterns, design languages, technical constraints and platform behaviours.
• 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 commercial awareness, and experience balancing business goals with user value.
• A proactive approach to evolving ways of working and improving cross‑team delivery and collaboration.

What we offer

• Cash plan for dental, optical and physio treatments.
• Private Medical Insurance, Pension and Life Insurance, Employee Assistance Plan.
• 27 days holiday plus two (paid) volunteering days a year to give back, and holiday buy schemes.
• Hybrid working pattern with 2 days in the office.
• Contributory stakeholder pension.
• Life assurance at 4x your basic salary to a spouse, family member or other nominated person in your life.
• Competitive compensation package.
• Paid leave for maternity, paternity, adoption.