Senior Product Designer

Cape Town - South Africa

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 4 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

About the role

As a Senior Product Designer at Collinson youll help define the future of digital experiences across Priority Pass and our wider loyalty and travel ecosystem. You will lead product design initiatives across mobile and web platforms - crafting human-centred commercially effective solutions from discovery through to execution.

In addition to driving end-to-end feature design you will contribute to the development and evolution of our design system helping ensure consistency accessibility and cross-platform usability. Youll work closely with cross-functional teams - product tech data and research - and be comfortable influencing at both team and senior stakeholder level.

This is a hands-on role where design craft meets systems thinking and where youll play a key part in creating seamless experiences for millions of global travellers.

Key responsibilities

Lead customer-centric product design across web and mobile - from early research through high-fidelity execution.

Apply design thinking and UX research to uncover insights validate decisions and improve the quality of customer experience.

Champion a collaborative and iterative approach working closely with product managers engineers data analysts and researchers.

Prototype and test rapidly setting up your own user validation loops to refine solutions quickly.

Contribute to the design system: help define document and evolve scalable UI components and design patterns used across products and teams.

Mentor junior designers and contribute to the design culture through feedback critique and practice improvement.

Collaborate with exec-level stakeholders clearly communicating design rationale and influencing product direction.

Measure the impact of your designs using both qualitative and quantitative data.

Who you are

A hands-on designer with a strong portfolio of end-to-end case studies across mobile and web platforms.
Comfortable with product discovery UX research and data analysis to inform your design process.
Confident in owning your roadmap prioritising independently and driving initiatives forward.
Passionate about accessibility usability and inclusion in every detail of your work.
A systematic thinker able to contribute to the development of a shared design system at scale.
Highly proficient in Figma with strong experience in prototyping design system libraries and developer handoff workflows.
An excellent communicator able to present to C-suite stakeholders and align cross-functional teams.

Experience and Skills

57 years in Product/UX Design preferably in consumer-facing or loyalty-driven environments.

Proven track record of rapid prototyping and running your own usability tests.

Experience working across product engineering and data functions in Agile environments.

Strong knowledge of WCAG and inclusive design standards.

Demonstrable experience in contributing to and scaling design systems across large product ecosystems.

Comfortable working across multiple platforms (iOS Android responsive web).

Familiarity with tools like Miro Jira and Aha! is a plus.

Why join Collinson

At Collinson we craft smart experiences for a global customer base - especially frequent high-value travellers. With market-leading brands like Priority Pass and deep relationships in travel fintech and loyalty we offer designers the opportunity to make meaningful impact at scale.

Youll be part of a supportive global design community where your voice shapes the future of our digital products. Were growing fast and were looking for passionate designers who thrive in cross-functional teams think systemically and bring ideas to life with precision and care.

About the roleAs a Senior Product Designer at Collinson youll help define the future of digital experiences across Priority Pass and our wider loyalty and travel ecosystem. You will lead product design initiatives across mobile and web platforms - crafting human-centred commercially effective soluti...