Hybrid Product Design Lead

at Ten Lifestyle Group

• Job title: Product Design Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: No Education Requirement
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Cape Town, South Africa

About the role

• Product Design Lead managing design team for tech-driven service company. Establishing design operations and mentoring across global platforms with a focus on user experience.

Responsibilities

• Manage the workload, professional growth, and day-to-day output of a team of Product Designers.
• Define and implement core design rituals (e.g., design critiques, sprint planning, retrospective reviews) and establish a clear interaction model between Design, Product Management, and Engineering.
• Act as the strategic voice of design across the business. You will communicate design decisions clearly, manage expectations, and align design initiatives with broader company goals.
• Ensure consistency and quality across all three product pillars, overseeing the evolution of our design system and acting as the final quality gatekeeper.
• Balance your team's workload, ensuring that designers are deployed effectively to high-impact projects.

Requirements

• You have at least 6+ years of experience in product design, with at least 1-2 years of experience directly managing, mentoring, or leading a team of designers.
• Building Structure: You thrive in environments where processes are still being defined. You have a proven track record of bringing order to ambiguity and setting up successful design frameworks from scratch.
• Cross-Functional Influence: You are an expert collaborator. You know how to push back constructively, negotiate technical constraints with Engineering Leads, and align closely with Product Directors and Managers.
• Strategic & Proactive Mindset: You don't just execute on a brief; you help define the roadmap. You anticipate business needs, advocate for user research, and proactively identify areas for product improvement.
• Portfolio: A portfolio that demonstrates not only your high-fidelity design skills but also your strategic thinking, process definition, and how you have elevated the work of designers around you.
• You are fluent in English.

Benefits

• A competitive salary depending on experience.
• Hybrid working. You can combine working from home and working from the office.
• Paid time away from work. Our employees enjoy a competitive paid time off package, including a paid day each year to volunteer time for a good cause that is important to them.
• Paid Sabbaticals. One (1) month paid Sabbatical after every 5 years of Service, without tapping into annual leave.
• Extra Rewards. Lucrative Ten Loyalty Rewards program which includes a bonus and gift to say thank you for being part of Ten.
• Remote Working Holidays - possibilities to Travel and Work anywhere in the world!
• Employee Discounts. Access to lots of great travel and entertainment discounts as our clients’ members would!
• Be part of our global, dynamic, and inclusive Team, with diversity at its core.
• Genuine career opportunities within a dynamic and international company.