Product Designer

*Working location will depend on your proximity to an NEC office if you are within 25 miles of one of our offices it will be hybrid if not it can be home based*

Help us redefine how complex software products get designed.

If youre a designer who enjoys complexity questions assumptions likes making things and believes there is nearly always a better way of solving a problem wed really like to hear from you.

What we have already started

Were changing how we design products by bringing design prototyping and user learning much closer together. We want designers to be able to explore ideas make them real and learn from users without unnecessary hand-offs or delay.

That means shortening the distance between:

Idea Prototype User Feedback Learning Better Solution

Were increasingly enabling designers to work with real coded components and functional prototypes so ideas can be explored and tested in something much closer to the real product.

You do not need to be a software engineer or write code but you should be excited about learning new ways of working and about the rapidly changing relationship between design AI and software development.

You wont just use our design system. Youll help create it.

Were modernising complex long-established software products. That creates an unusual design opportunity. You wont be joining an organisation where every interaction has already been solved and documented in a mature design system. Instead youll encounter difficult and sometimes unfamiliar interaction problems. We expect our designers to investigate those problems identify patterns establish principles test solutions against real-world scenarios and help turn what we learn into reusable product standards and design patterns. Youll therefore be helping to shape not just individual features but the design language of our future products.

Qualifications :

The kind of designer were looking for

Were deliberately not defining this role by a specific number of years experience. Were much more interested in the complexity of the problems youve solved how you think and the impact youve personally had.

Youre analytical

You enjoy getting beneath the surface of a problem. Youre comfortable absorbing complex information identifying relationships separating evidence from assumptions and finding structure in something that initially appears messy.

Youre curious

If you dont understand something youll keep asking questions until you do. You want to understand how users think why existing processes developed what constraints are real and which ones exist simply because thats how weve always done it. You enjoy the opportunity to tackle complex unfamiliar problems and make sense of them.

Youre a systems thinker

You dont see a product as a collection of screens. You think about workflows behaviours relationships information dependencies states and consequences. You understand that changing one part of a complex product can have implications somewhere completely different.

You challenge constructively

Youre respectful of what already exists but not constrained by it.

Youll challenge product requirements existing behaviours and even the premise of a problem when you believe theres a better approach. Youre equally comfortable having your own ideas challenged.

Youre decisive

You understand that perfect information rarely exists. Youll gather evidence where its available apply judgement where it isnt explore alternatives and then make a recommendation. Youll be able to explain not just what youve designed but

but why you believe its the best decision given the evidence available.

Youre a maker

You dont want your contribution to end with research reports workshops and diagrams. You want to turn ideas into something tangible put it in front of users observe what happens and improve it.

Youre adaptable

New tools and AI are changing what an individual designer can accomplish. Were looking for someone who finds that exciting rather than threatening. We dont expect you to arrive knowing every tool well use in the future. We do expect you to be curious enough to learn them.

Youre collaborative

You dont believe good design happens in isolation. Youll work closely with product managers engineers domain experts and users bringing people into the problem rather than simply presenting them with the answer. Youre comfortable influencing without authority and helping a team build shared understanding around difficult decisions.

Your background

You might come from enterprise software B2B SaaS healthcare financial services engineering logistics government data products or another complex professional domain. You may have worked in an established product team a consultancy or as a contractor.

Experience in our particular software sector isnt essential. What matters more is your ability to enter an unfamiliar problem space ask intelligent questions understand it quickly and turn that understanding into thoughtful product decisions. Youll be comfortable working with ambiguity using curiosity creativity and judgement to find a way through it.

Youll build strong long-term relationships across product and engineering and be able to make complex ideas understandable to people with different perspectives and expertise.

As the team evolves we expect you to evolve with it deepening your expertise learning new capabilities and helping shape how we work.

What to expect from us

A long-term career as a fully embedded member of the team working in an industry where the quality of the experiences we design can genuinely help people and in some circumstances even help save lives.

We dont want recruitment to feel like a series of tests you need to pass. Our conversations will give you the opportunity to talk openly about how you think the problems youve tackled the decisions youve made and the perspectives you would bring to our team.

Were genuinely interested in what makes you different and how you could become a pivotal part of our organisation. The better were able to understand what youre capable of what motivates you and the impact you could have the easier it will be for both of us to decide whether this is the right fit.

Desired experience:

Fluent in Figma

Experience in creating and using design systems 

Additional Information :

We pride ourselves in offering an excellent benefits package including an above average pension scheme. When you join the team at NEC Software Solutions you are provided with the following:

• 25 days paid holiday with the option to buy/sell (FTE)
• 4 x basic salary life assurance cover funded by NEC (with the option to increase cover at an additional cost)
• A Group Pension Plan with fantastic employer contributions 
• A selection of flexible benefits to suit your individual needs
• All colleagues get free access to LinkedIn Learning. Over 15000 courses covering a huge breadth of subjects. Learn about what you like when you like how you like.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION

• Candidates must be able to demonstrate a pre-existing right to work and travel within the UK. Documentary evidence will be required.
• All offers are subject to satisfactory vetting references and occupational health checks. 
• Depending on the nature of the role a Disclosure Barring Service (DBS) check may also be required.

This position requires you to either currently have national security vetting clearance at the Security Check (SC) level or higher Non-Police Personnel Vetting (NPPV) Level 3 or the ability to gain Enhanced Security Clearance in addition to the Baseline Personnel Security Standard.

NEC Software Solutions is an equal opportunities employer welcoming applications from all communities. If you require any reasonable adjustments or have specific accessibility needs during the recruitment or interview process please feel free to share these with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accommodating experience for all candidates.

Remote Work :

No

Employment Type :

Full-time