Product Designer and UX researcher
Location: London
Salary: 70,000
Working pattern: On-site, based in central London
A chance to be the first research hire inside a small, senior design team at an AI work-execution platform built for the alternative investment sector. You'll own the research practice end to end and design from your own evidence - discovery and usability work through to flows, prototypes and shipped UI on a weekly release cadence. The users are investment analysts, associates and partners, so the work is data-dense, expert-facing and genuinely hard to get right. The team is small, high-ownership and in-office, with direct access to the executive leadership.
THE ROLE
Reporting to the Head of Product Design, you'll combine hands-on product design with ownership of the research practice for a platform used by some of the most time-poor, expertise-dense professionals anywhere.
* Build the evidence base that product decisions rest on, then design from it.
* Work across discovery and usability research through to flows, prototypes and shipped interfaces.
* Operate at a weekly release cadence within a small, senior, high-ownership team.
* Solve the access problem: users are hard to reach, their data is confidential, and participant access runs through client relationships.
WHAT YOU'LL BE DOING
The role splits across two areas - building the research practice and delivering design.
* Plan and run qualitative and quantitative studies: discovery interviews, contextual inquiry with investment teams, usability testing and instrumented behavioural analysis.
* Build the research operations backbone - participant access through client relationships, consent and data handling for confidential financial contexts, and a searchable insight repository.
* Establish lightweight, repeatable methods that fit a fast release rhythm, producing evidence in days rather than quarters.
* Turn findings into designed solutions: user flows, wireframes, interactive prototypes and high-fidelity UI built on the in-house design system.
* Design and evaluate AI-assisted workflows for user trust, verification behaviour and failure-mode tolerance, contributing golden examples and failure taxonomies to AI evaluation sets.
* Partner with product and engineering from problem framing through to release, arguing for prioritised, traceable decisions where trade-offs happen.
WHAT WE'...
Product Designer and UX researcher in East Kilbride employer: Oscar Associates Limited
Join a dynamic and innovative team as an IP Services Engineer, where you will thrive in a collaborative work culture that values technical expertise and problem-solving skills. Our company offers competitive benefits, including professional development opportunities and a commitment to employee growth, all within a large enterprise technology environment that prioritises service reliability and performance. Located in a vibrant area, we provide a stimulating workplace that encourages creativity and teamwork, making it an excellent choice for those seeking meaningful and rewarding employment.
