Hybrid Senior Design Researcher – Community of Practice Lead

at Lloyds Banking Group

• Job title: Senior Design Researcher – Community of Practice Lead
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: £76,194 - £89,640 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Spark
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Manchester, United Kingdom

About the role

• Community of Practice Lead shaping design future at Lloyds Banking Group through leadership and innovation. Engaging and mentoring design researchers while driving industry impact and progress.

Responsibilities

• Building Capability
• Setting the pace for the industry by sourcing, piloting, and embedding groundbreaking Design Research trends, tools, and frameworks.
• Acting as a inspiring leader and mentor, you’ll energise and elevate Design Researchers—cultivating a culture of continuous learning, experimentation, and bold thinking.
• Orchestrating events and showcases that spark creativity, foster collaboration, and unite Design Researchers behind a shared mission.
• Designing and delivering learning experiences that accelerate both technical mastery and leadership growth, opening new pathways for career progression.
• Driving Impact & Shaping the Future
• Partnering with the Head of Design Delivery Practice and Senior Leadership to map our maturity journey and unlock new opportunities for growth across capability, culture, and craft.
• Representing your field at the highest levels, influencing strategy and championing the voice of design at the Experience Design Leadership Team (DLT) and beyond.
• Accelerating agility and excellence by delivering next-generation tools, frameworks, and processes that amplify our impact and set benchmarks for the industry.
• Collaborating with Design Leadership to reinvent how we onboard, engage, and develop Design Research talent—ensuring every Design researcher is inspired, supported, and aligned to our future vision.

Requirements

• Visionary, with a deep passion for Design Research and Experience Design and a drive to push boundaries.
• Inspiring, with the ability to rally teams and partners around ambitious goals.
• Agile, comfortable navigating between strategic vision and hands-on delivery.
• Collaborative, building agreement and momentum for new ideas and ways of working.
• Data-driven, able to measure and communicate the value of our communities of practice.
• Trusted, able to foster openness, challenge constructively, and champion a culture of inclusion and growth.
• Proactive, organised, and energised by solving complex challenges at pace.
• Exceptional communicator, able to share ideas and successes in compelling, engaging ways.

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies