Head Of Product Design (Travel)

TL;DR

Head of Product Design (Travel): Leading the design strategy for new business verticals including hotels, car hire, and insurance with an accent on 0-1 product development and cross-functional leadership. Focus on building a coherent UX across new travel categories, integrating AI into design workflows, and scaling a high-performing design team.

Location: Must be based in London (Hybrid: 60% office attendance required)

Salary: £120,000 – £135,000

Company

hirify.global is Europe’s leading rail and coach travel app, connecting millions of travelers across 40+ countries with a mission to make travel simple, seamless, and sustainable.

What you will do

• Lead the design vision for new business verticals, ensuring a seamless and coherent user experience across the entire travel portfolio.
• Establish a high-cadence experimentation and prototyping culture to validate new market opportunities quickly.
• Partner with product, engineering, and data science leadership to define research roadmaps and de-risk new product bets.
• Integrate AI tools into the design discipline to accelerate exploration, testing, and shipping of new propositions.
• Build, mentor, and scale the design team, fostering a culture comfortable with ambiguity and 0-1 product creation.
• Maintain high craft standards while balancing speed and commercial impact in unproven spaces.

Requirements

• Proven track record of 0-1 leadership, taking consumer propositions from concept to market with measurable commercial impact.
• Strong ability to balance hands-on design craft with high-level strategic thinking.
• Deep fluency in AI tooling and a clear vision for its application in modern design workflows.
• Experience working in cross-functional leadership teams and influencing stakeholders through compelling storytelling.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguous environments where markets and problems are not yet defined.
• Must be able to work from the London office at least 60% of the time.

Culture & Benefits

• Private healthcare and dental insurance.
• Generous 28-day work-from-abroad policy.
• 2-for-1 share purchase plans and EV scheme.
• Personal learning budgets and regular dedicated learning days.
• Clear career paths with transparent pay bands.
• Inclusive environment valuing diversity of thought and background.