Lead UX/UI Designer

<p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Lead UX/UI Designer </span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Fixed-term contract 6 months (maternity cover)</span></strong></p><p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#121317">London — hybrid, with regular presence in our London office</span></strong></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">Delta Capita is a global provider of managed services, technology and consulting to the financial services industry. Design sits at the centre of how we build our products. Our team shapes the interfaces our clients and their customers use every day.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">We are looking for an experienced, hands-on Lead UX/UI Designer to cover a 6-month period of maternity leave, starting November 2026 and based in our London office. You will own the design of complex, multi-stakeholder products end to end - from early problem solving through to prototypes and production-ready UI. You’ll work closely with engineering and product teams on a day-to-day basis, with support from senior stakeholders as needed.</span></p><p style="min-height: 1.7em;"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#121317">You will be comfortable making confident design decisions, shipping in short cycles, and iterating once real feedback arrives.You will be responsible for leading other junior designers in the team, to make help them make decisions, give feedback and make sure work is delivered to a high standard and on time.</span></p> <br> <p class="MsoNormal"><strong><span style="color:#14112F">Key responsibilities</span></strong></p><ul><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpFirst"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Own complex projects end to end. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Take full design accountability for one or more product workstreams, from early discovery through wireframes, prototypes and final UI specification.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Design and prototype. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Produce interactive prototypes in Sketch to test flows, validate concepts with users and align stakeholders before build.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Run and facilitate workshops.</span></strong><span style="color:#121317"> Across teams and features, driving strategic alignment.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Maintain and evolve the design system. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Extend our component library and design standards so that work across the team stays consistent, accessible and reusable.</span></p></li><li><p class="MsoListBulletCxSpMiddle"><strong><span style="color:#121317">Support junior designers. </span></strong><span style="color:#121317">Set direction, review work, run critique sessions and support the day-to-day development of junior members of the design team.</span&