Senior Product Designer (Apps) Job at Pod Point (London)

Job Description

Senior Product Designer (Apps) at Pod (EV charging provider, part of EDF Family). You will own the mobile app experience, drive design quality, lead user-centred decisions, and shape product direction. Based in London, hybrid working.

Job Responsibility

Own the Mobile App Experience - you’ll take end‑to‑end ownership of our mobile app design, covering user flows, pixel‑perfect UI, interactions, and motion, ensuring experiences are intuitive, performant, and delightful
Drive Design Quality and Craft - you’ll you’ll raise the bar for design quality, evolving the app towards consistent 5‑star experiences through strong visual design, usability, accessibility, and attention to detail
Evolve our Design System - you’ll help mature and scale our existing design language and design system, ensuring it supports speed, consistency, and long‑term product growth
Lead User-Centred Design Decisions - you’ll plan, lead, and synthesise user research, grounding design decisions in real customer insight while balancing business and technical needs
Shape Product Direction - you’ll support and upskill leaders on change management, organisational design, culture, and performance, helping Pod navigate growth, transformation, and complexity with clarity and confidence
Oversee the Full Product Lifecycle - you’ll proactively identify opportunities, simplify complexity, and influence product roadmaps with design‑led thinking and insight
Collaborate Cross-functionality - you’ll work closely with product managers and engineers to solve problems, navigate constraints, and deliver high‑quality outcomes smoothly and efficiently
Partner Across the Business - you’ll collaborate with marketing on messaging moments, value propositions, and cohesive end‑to‑end customer journeys across the app
Work with Pace and Flexibility - you’ll move comfortably between rapid exploration, structured iteration, and detailed polish, adapting your approach based on the problem at hand
Improve how we Work - you’ll help refine processes and ways of working to improve clarity, efficiency, and overall design impact
Mentor and Elevate the Team - You’ll support the development of other designers through mentoring and by contributing to shared standards, tools, and best practices

Requirements

Deep mobile app design experience
Strong Portfolio and Ownership Mindset – You can demonstrate end‑to‑end ownership of app experiences, showing excellent craft, thoughtful problem‑solving, and clear impact
Excellent Design Fundamentals – You have a strong grasp of mobile usability, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards, including WCAG
Autonomy and Pace – You work proactively and confidently, quickly understanding requirements and operating with a high level of independence
Facilitation and Communication Skills - You’re comfortable leading workshops, alignment sessions, and stakeholder discussions to drive clarity and progress
Attention to Detail and Organisation - You care deeply about the details and enjoy working in a structured, organised way
Strong Engineering Collaboration - You work effectively with engineers, understand technical constraints, and make pragmatic design decisions
Customer Centred Approach - You ground your work in customer insight, research, and real user behaviour, not assumptions
You must have the legal right to work in the UK