Director, Product and Design
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30+ days ago
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1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Why Faculty
We established Faculty in 2014 because we thought that AI would be the most important technology of our time. Since then weve worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI. You can read about our real-world impact here.
We dont chase hype cycles. We innovate build and deploy responsible AI which moves the needle - and we know a thing or two about doing it well. We bring an unparalleled depth of technical product and delivery expertise to our clients who span government finance retail energy life sciences and defence.
Our business and reputation is growing fast and were always on the lookout for individuals who share our intellectual curiosity and desire to build a positive legacy through technology.
AI is an epoch-defining technology join a company where youll be empowered to envision its most powerful applications and to make them happen.
About the role
Shape the future of Applied AI by leading our Product and Design function. Youll set the strategic vision and drive cultural change ensuring our AI products and services deliver exceptional user experience and enduring value.
This is an entrepreneurial leadership role focused on scaling our impact mentoring high-performing teams and partnering with senior clients to solve their most ambitious business challenges with cutting-edge AI.
What youll be doing:
Co-creating and maintaining a clear ambitious strategic vision for the product and design function that aligns with the overall business.
Recruiting training and leading a high-performing multi-disciplinary team of product managers designers and user researchers.
Establishing and implementing best practices for product discovery user research service design and delivery across all AI projects.
Providing senior guidance and quality assurance for all product and design outputs across our most critical client engagements.
Working directly with senior-level clients to understand their complex challenges and ensure AI solutions drive tangible high-impact outcomes.
Driving product adoption by embedding necessary behaviours and skills to create measurable value for the clients business and spur expansion.
Acting as the senior representative for the function internally and externally to clients the wider industry and new business development opportunities.
Who were looking for:
You possess demonstrable experience in a senior leadership role developing and executing a strategic vision for a product or design function ideally within consulting.
You have a proven track record of hiring leading and mentoring high-performing teams of product managers and designers.
You bring extensive experience working directly with senior-level clients to understand business challenges and influence their strategic direction.
You have deep expertise in the entire product lifecycle from initial discovery and strategy to post-launch adoption and continuous improvement.
You have a strong grasp of AI machine learning and data science fundamentals with the ability to translate technical concepts into business value.
You possess exceptional communication skills able to present complex ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical C-suite audiences.
You are commercially astute with the ability to understand the business case for AI solutions and measure their impact on a clients bottom line.
Our Interview Process
Talent Team Screen (30mins)
Introduction Call with team (45mins)
Case Study Interview (90mins)
Commercial Interview (60 mins)
Leadership and Principles Interview (60 mins)
Final Stage with our CEO (30 mins)
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Our Recruitment Ethos
We aim to grow the best team - not the most similar one. We know that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought and that strengthens our principle of seeking truth. And we know from experience that diverse teams deliver better work relevant to the world in which we live. Were united by a deep intellectual curiosity and desire to use our abilities for measurable positive impact. We strongly encourage applications from people of all backgrounds ethnicities genders religions and sexual orientations.
Some of our standout benefits:
Unlimited Annual Leave Policy
Private healthcare and dental
Enhanced parental leave
Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working
Sanctus Coaching
Hybrid Working (2 days in our Old Street office London)
If you dont feel you meet all the requirements but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths please do apply or reach out to our Talent Acquisition team for a confidential chat - Please know we are open to conversations about part-time roles or condensed hours.
Required Experience:
Director
Key Skills
- Rhinoceros 3D
- Information Architecture
- Ux
- Usability
- Adobe Creative Suite
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Illustrator
- Experience Design
- Grasshopper
- Sketch
- Sign Manufacturing
- Adobe Indesign
About Company
We help our customers implement AI transformation with bespoke consultancy and Frontier, the AI operating system for intelligent decisions.
