Description
As a Principal Designer at Faculty, you will own and develop design as a core discipline within Applied AI while delivering high-impact work as a senior leader.
You will shape our capabilities across both product and service design, defining progression frameworks and embedding modern practices.
Operating as a trusted partner to executive-level clients, you will bridge the gap between technical AI capabilities and real-world commercial outcomes.
This high-leverage position balances strategic client delivery with building an entrepreneurial design function from the ground up.
Responsibilities:
- Owning and developing the product and service design disciplines at both individual and organisational levels across Applied AI.
- Delivering high-leverage, billable client engagements by anchoring project deliverables, shaping work, and setting up strategic accounts.
- Building influential executive relationships across client product, technology, and business leadership teams to drive meaningful outcomes.
- Defining comprehensive skill frameworks to directly inform talent acquisition, career progression, and team development.
- Partnering with business development teams during early project stages to identify product opportunities and structure multidisciplinary teams effectively.
- Advocating for the value of design across Faculty and client organisations to integrate human-centred design into AI-driven products.
Requirements:
- Proven leadership experience shaping design capabilities and building highly effective teams in dynamic environments.
- Strong consulting craft and client-facing confidence, capable of framing complex problems and navigating enterprise contexts.
- Deep expertise in product or service design, with a strong emphasis on user experience, product architecture, and human-centred solutions.
- Thoughtful, pragmatic perspective on data and AI-powered products, including how modern tools enhance the design process.
- Entrepreneurial mindset, driven to articulate and champion the commercial value of design to diverse stakeholders.
- Ability to balance hands-on strategic project delivery with long-term capability building and team mentorship.
Faculty aims to grow the best team, not the most similar one. They encourage applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions, and sexual orientations.