Product Design Lead at Metrea Management LLC

London, England, United Kingdom -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

05 Oct, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

07 Jul, 26

Experience

5 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

People Leadership, UI Design, UX Design, Resource Planning, Design Systems, Cross-functional Collaboration, Figma, React, Photoshop, Performance Management, Hiring, Product Design Strategy

Industry

Defense and Space Manufacturing

Description

Company Overview Metrea delivers effects-as-a-service to national security partners across five domains and more than a dozen mission areas. These include airborne ISR, electronic warfare, secure communications, aerial refuelling, special air missions, aerial firefighting, and advanced simulation. We own the whole stack: designing, building, and operating turnkey capabilities that give our partners decisive, asymmetric advantage against rapidly evolving threats. Our operating model is built around three interlocking pillars. The Support Groups provide a global shared-service – spanning people, finance, platform, operations, legal, and engagement. This frees up our Core Groups, who develop and own mission capabilities end-to-end, to focus entirely on delivery. The Market Groups apply a regional lens, ensuring that our agile and adaptable capabilities remain aligned to the wicked problems that matter most to our partners across the Americas, EMEA, and Asia-Pacific. At the heart of our model is a simple but powerful idea: be a true partner with skin in the game. Our partners need effects, not just equipment. By owning the full stack – from the lab to the field – we are able to drive a continuous cycle of innovation that keeps our partners ahead. It's a fast-moving, intellectually demanding environment where talented people are given real responsibility, work on problems that matter, and contribute to an enterprise that is growing quickly and deliberately. Headquartered in Washington, DC, with facilities across the United States, the United Kingdom, as well as Continental Europe and Asia-Pacific. Group Overview The Digital and Synthetic Group (D&S) is committed to providing mission-driven information solutions that seamlessly bridge the digital and physical realms. Leveraging cutting-edge technologies and advanced platforms, we empower operational readiness and elevate situational awareness across diverse domains—including air, maritime, and space. Position Summary As our Product Design Lead you will lead a team of Product Designers who are responsible for the UI and UX elements of our software products. You will ensure that the Product Design capability has the right people, tools, and frameworks to deliver functionally excellent and aesthetically beautiful software. This role can be based in either our London, UK or Stockholm, Sweden office. What You'll Do Provide people leadership to a team of 4-10 Product Designers (clarifying job roles, hiring, developing skills, performance management, and resource planning) Lead regular Product Design meetings including teambuilding and development workshops Promote the Product Design capability across the enterprise to ensure other Groups know what Product Design does Work closely with other capabilities (Product Management, Creative Design) to develop a design system that can be used across multiple products present and future Learn about Metrea’s strategy, Firmware (see below), and work systems and ensure the team continues to develop in this area What You Bring Enthusiasm for cross-functional collaboration, relationship-building, and shared purpose; your calendar is likely to be 50% meetings A passion for nature, art, or the humanities alongside your technical abilities Experience successfully leading a team distributed across multiple products or feature areas Familiarity with different software platform technologies (web, Windows, mobile, VR, AR, AI) and typical design tools (Figma, React, Photoshop, etc.) Clear understanding of how to scale Product Design within a growing organization using frameworks, governance, and systems Benefits Private Medical Insurance Subsided gym membership / plans through Wellhub Electric Car scheme Cycle to work scheme Free lunch on office days Enhanced Parental Leave 30 days annual PTO plus b/h Bonus Scheme Personal development opportunities Work Authorization / Security Clearance The employee will have the legal right to work in either the United Kingdom or Sweden and will be able to produce the required right-to-work documentation. AAP/EEO Statement Metrea Management Limited (MAM) (edit as per capability) is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or other characteristics protected by law. Position Type and Expected Hours of Work This is a full-time non-exempt position with typical working hours of Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Hours and work shifts may change in accordance with department and business needs. Exempt Employees must have the ability to be on-call and available, as business needs require. Non-Exempt employees may be required to work over 40 hours per week with approval from the department manager. Work Environment This job operates in an office setting. Travel Travel will be required between our London, Harwell, and Stockholm offices, with occasional travel to our offices in the USA. Our Firmware At Metrea, our single core value is Rooted in Humility, and our four cornerstone attributes are Entrepreneurial, Systematic, Discerning, and Over-Deliver. These form what we call our Teammate Firmware. Just like technical firmware connects software and hardware, our Firmware is the constant interface between our mission and our people. It defines how we show up, how we work together, and how we solve complex problems. Our team Firmware creates a web-like, hyper-collaborative, dynamically hierarchical way of working that helps us adapt quickly, communicate openly, and distribute decision-making to where expertise actually lives. It enables groups to self-organize around hard problems, shift fluidly as priorities evolve, and operate with the trust, curiosity, and discipline required in a complex mission space. This foundation allows us to deliver elegant, effective solutions and uphold our purpose: protecting our precious inheritance.

Responsibilities

Lead a team of 4-10 Product Designers to deliver high-quality UI and UX elements for software products. Collaborate with Product Management and Creative Design to develop and scale a cross-product design system.