Hybrid Principal UX Designer

at Marcura

• Job title: Principal UX Designer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, London, United Kingdom

About the role

• Principal UX Designer leading design direction and user research at Marcura. Ensuring coherent product experiences and supporting design teams in a maritime tech company.

Responsibilities

• Own design quality across Martrust
• Set and maintain a high bar for design across customer-facing and internal experiences.
• Help teams understand the problems they’re solving and guide them toward clear, coherent outcomes.
• Partner with PMs and engineers to shape strategy, prioritisation, and delivery — balancing usability, risk, and scale.
• Support growth, performance, and progression through regular feedback, coaching, and clear expectations.
• Ensure research is planned early, focused on real decisions, and shared in ways teams can act on.
• Use design principles, patterns, and shared understanding to reduce fragmentation and rework.
• Stay close to important work while helping design and research scale through patterns, principles, and good process.
• Ensure experiences are inclusive, understandable, and work for users in real-world conditions.
• Help evolve processes, tools, and rituals so design is effective, lightweight, and well integrated into delivery.

Requirements

• Formal education in design, human–computer interaction, psychology, or a related field — or equivalent practical experience
• Ongoing learning in user-centred design, accessibility, and inclusive design practices
• An accomplished design leader with a portfolio of high quality design work that demonstrates your ability to craft high impact products
• Significant experience designing and shipping digital products in complex or regulated environments
• Experience working across multiple product teams, influencing direction without relying on hierarchy
• Proven experience leading design for large, interconnected product surfaces or platforms
• Experience line managing designers and supporting their growth and progression
• Experience collaborating closely with product management, engineering, and research
• Deep hands-on research capability — from framing the right questions to delivering insights that directly shape product bets and company strategy.
• Nice to have: Experience working in B2B experiences – payments/fintech, SaaS or enterprise companies

Benefits

• Competitive Salary and Bonus: We reward your expertise and contributions.
• Flexible, Remote-First Culture: Work remotely with occasional in-office events and project days to foster collaboration and team spirit.
• Inclusive Onboarding Experience: Our onboarding program is designed to set you up for success right from day one.
• Marcura Wellness Zone: We value your work-life balance and well-being.
• Global Opportunities: Be part of an ambitious, expanding company with a local touch.
• Monthly Performance Support: Our modern performance management framework empowers you to reach your full potential.
• Diverse, Supportive Work Culture: We’re committed to inclusion, diversity, and a sense of belonging for all team members.