Head of Design

We’re a 125-person EdTech scale-up powering learning in 140+ countries. Our intelligent platform replaces traditional textbooks and combines rich, interactive pedagogy with smart AI and data to help students and teachers thrive, from international schools to US high schools.

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  Shape and influence product vision, strategy, and cross-functional decision-making, ensuring design is a core driver in how we build products in the AI era

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  Lead, coach, and grow a team of senior product designers, building a high-performing design function that raises the bar on quality and impact

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  Partner closely with Product, Tech, and Pedagogy leadership to define solutions and priorities, ensuring strong alignment between user needs, business goals, and learning outcomes

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  Build and evolve scalable design practices and AI-enabled ways of working, increasing team efficiency, speed, and product quality

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  Own the end-to-end design quality and user experience, focusing efforts on the highest-impact opportunities while defining how UX is measured and contributing hands-on when needed

• An experienced product design leader with a product-first mindset - able to think beyond design craft, identify high-impact opportunities, and prioritise based on user and business value

• Deep passion for AI, with a drive to actively explore, challenge, and redefine how AI transforms product development, design roles, and ways of working

• An entrepreneurial approach, thriving in ambiguity, taking ownership, and driving progress with speed

• Strong leadership capability, able to challenge, inspire, and elevate a team while fostering a collaborative, high-performance environment

• Strong communication skills, with genuine curiosity about people and a collaborative, low-ego approach, paired with the confidence to lead both teams and stakeholders

• We take ownership

• We leverage AI

• We drive customer value

• We are transparent

• We take care of ourselves and each other

1. Discovery call with a Recruiter

2. Hiring manager discussion

3. Case study

4. Values discussion

5. Leadership talk

6. References

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