Product Design Lead

Job Description

Product Design Lead
Location: Cambridge, UK OR Remote, UK, with regular travel to Cambridge 
Salary: £63,000 - £70,000 p.a. full-time equivalent, dependent on experience
Basis: Permanent; full-time, part-time or flexible
Eligibility: You must be eligible to work in the UK

The role

As Product Design Lead, you will lead and support the design of the Raspberry Pi Foundation’s digital products, helping ensure they are accessible, engaging, and effective for young people, educators, and volunteers. You will manage a small multidisciplinary design team and play a key role in shaping how user-centred design is practiced across product teams, combining leadership with hands-on involvement where it adds value.

You will work closely with colleagues across the organisation, particularly the Senior Brand and Design Manager in the Marketing team, to ensure a consistent experience across product, brand, and communications. You will also collaborate with Learning teams to make sure the products we build are designed to help young people and educators learn effectively.

We are looking for an experienced product design leader who is collaborative and pragmatic, with a strong interest in designing products that support learning and education. You will be confident supporting and developing others, working across disciplines, and using insight from users and data to guide design decisions. You care about accessibility, inclusion, and creating products that help people learn effectively.

We work hard to make sure that the Foundation is a place where everyone is supported to do the best work of their careers. We have a flexible and collaborative approach to all aspects of our work. If you're the right person for the job, we’ll make it work for you, and you can be confident that you’ll be joining an exceptional team of people who care about our mission and each other.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support a small multidisciplinary team of Product Designers, User Experience Researchers, and Content Designers to deliver high-quality, user-centred digital products.
• Provide day-to-day management and guidance to the design team, supporting good decision-making, professional development, and strong design practice.
• Spend around 20% of your time working hands-on, using your design expertise to collaboratively solve complex problems and lead workshops.
• Work closely with Product Managers and Software Engineers across agile, cross-functional product teams to design, test, and iterate on solutions.
• Collaborate closely with the Senior Brand and Design Manager in the Marketing team to ensure a consistent experience across product, brand, and communications.
• Work with Learning teams to ensure products are designed to help young people and educators learn effectively.
• Contribute to shared design principles, patterns, and the design system to support consistency, quality, and accessibility across products.
• Ensure design decisions are informed by appropriate research, data, and testing with real users.
• Advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, embedding the ICO’s Age Appropriate Design Code into everyday design practice.

Experience and personal attributes

We recognise that everyone has the potential for growth. We welcome applications from candidates who can demonstrate that they have some, but not necessarily all, of the experience and personal attributes listed here. 

• Significant experience as a Product Designer working on digital products, with a strong understanding of user-centred design practice.
• Experience leading and supporting Product Designers and User Experience Researchers, including coaching and day-to-day guidance.
• Experience working closely with Product Managers, Software Engineers, and other disciplines in collaborative, cross-functional teams.
• Experience working in agile product teams, contributing to iterative delivery and continuous improvement.
• An interest in, or experience of, designing products that support learning or education.
• Strong collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with colleagues in Marketing, Learning, and other teams.
• A pragmatic, evidence-informed approach to design, using research, data, and testing to guide decisions.
• Excellent communication skills, with the ability to clearly explain design thinking and decisions to a range of audiences.
• A commitment to accessibility and inclusive design.

About us

The Raspberry Pi Foundation is an independent charity with a global mission to enable all young people to realise their full potential through the power of computing and digital technologies. 

We empower schools to teach computer science and AI literacy through free curricula, classroom resources, purpose built software tools, and professional development for teachers. We inspire young people to become tech creators through the world's largest networks of coding clubs. We undertake original research that informs our work and which we use to advance the field of computer science education more broadly.

All of our resources and learning experiences are available for anyone to use at no cost. We are particularly focused on creating opportunities for young people who experience educational disadvantage and those who come from backgrounds traditionally underrepresented in technology industries. 

Over the past decade, we have supported hundreds of thousands of educators and tens of millions of students. We have teams in six countries (India, Ireland, Kenya, South Africa, the UK and US) and partnerships with mission-aligned non-profit organisations in over 60 countries. 

We are at the forefront of the global educational movement to expand access to computer science education and AI literacy. You can learn more about our work in our latest Annual Report.

Benefits

In addition to competitive salaries, we offer a wide range of benefits for all of our colleagues. 

• Paid time off. In addition to public holidays, full-time employees in the UK receive 25 days of paid annual leave initially, rising to 30 days after five years service, plus 3 additional days of paid leave for the company-wide closure at the end of each year. 
• Pension. We provide an 8% employer contribution on top of your minimum 4% employee contribution. 
• Private healthcare. We provide comprehensive private healthcare for all employees through Vitality Plus. 
• Flexible working. We have clear policies to provide flexibility over when and where you work, helping you balance work responsibilities with the rest of your life.
• Support for parents and carers. We provide generous family leave and flexibility for parents and carers. 
• Life assurance and income protection. We provide life assurance and income protection schemes to provide peace of mind for you and your family. 
• Investing in learning and development. We invest in your growth and development, including through access to learning resources and training, with dedicated time for all employees. 
• Travel to work. Through our Cycle-to-Work and Season Ticket Loan schemes we support cost effective and sustainable travel to work. 

Timetable for applications
Closing date: 2 March 2026, 9.00am GMT
Phone screen: Week commencing 2 March 2026
First interview: Week commencing 9 March 2026
Second interview: Week commencing 16 March 2026

Our recruitment process

All of our workplaces are inclusive spaces where we want people to feel respected, valued, and able to do their best work. We are committed to building teams that bring together people with a broad range of backgrounds, skills, and perspectives. That starts with our recruitment process. 

Here's what you can expect: 

• As part of your application, you will be asked to respond to a small number of questions that we will use to screen your eligibility for the role. You will also be asked to provide your cv and a short cover letter. 
• Eligible applications will be reviewed by our recruitment team and the hiring manager. 
• A small number of candidates will be invited to a phone call with the hiring manager. 
• The purpose of this call is to check our understanding of your application and to answer any questions you have. 
• We normally have two interviews, which may take place in-person. Interviews will be with the hiring manager and at least one other colleague. 
• You will usually be asked to undertake a work-based assessment in advance of your interviews. This will be an opportunity for you to show how you would perform some part of the role. You will be given advance notice and clear instructions. 
• If you have any questions about or feel that you need any adjustments to the recruitment process, including adjustments for neurodiversity, please contact our People and Culture team at [email protected].

We are committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people, and we expect all staff and volunteers to share this commitment. Everyone appointed to a role at the Foundation will be required to undergo a background check to confirm that you are a suitable person to work with children. Further background checks will be made at regular intervals thereafter.