Overview

Join to apply for the Senior UX/UI Designer role at PA Consulting.

Location: London, United Kingdom. Employment type: Full-time.

What You Can Expect

• Work to agile best practices and cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders. You’ll be using your technical skills to problem solve with our clients, as well as working on internal projects.
• Live in-person whiteboarding sessions to problem solve as a team, alongside asynchronous communication on Teams.
• Hybrid working with the team on client site or in our office a minimum of two days per week. Actual time spent and location will vary by role or assignment, including up to 5 days per week on a client site.
• An environment that deeply cares about its values.
• Lead and Deliver: Lead complex design projects from strategy to execution, manage medium-sized assignments, structure workstreams, outcomes and deliverables, identify and manage risk, build and maintain client relationships, and foster high-performing teams.
• Design Excellence: Produce exceptional design deliverables across the design spectrum, drive innovation, ensure quality, and meet deadlines.
• Strategic Leadership: Build teams on complex projects, shape design approaches, influence client decisions, and mentor design colleagues. Contribute to business development by creating new client offers and enhancing existing ones.
• Consulting: Balance internal projects with client deliverables, ensure integration of design and business objectives, and lead proposals, pitches and senior client conversations.

Qualifications

Essential requirements

• You thrive in problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• You enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders in a fast-paced environment.
• Design experience for AI-powered experiences and ability to use AI to enhance creativity (generative design, prototyping with AI, prompt-based exploration).
• A visionary and pragmatic Senior UX/UI Designer with a track record in creating and delivering services for private and public sector clients.
• Experience in a client-facing role in an agency or consultancy, built strong client relationships and owned assignment outcomes. Experience leading proposals.
• Collaborative and empathetic leadership style, mentoring capabilities, inclusive team environments, and a culture of excellence.
• Comfortable working across PA industries including Consumer & Manufacturing, Public Sector, Defence & Security, Energy & Utilities, Financial Services and Transport.
• Familiarity with trends in service design and emerging technologies, AI, automation, and digital transformation. UK Government Service Standard familiarity is a bonus.
• Strong business acumen, ability to identify new opportunities, contribute to business development, and raise PA’s profile in product management and service design.
• Strategic thinking and innovation skills, with proficiency in industry-standard design tools and methodologies.

Assessment process

• Round 1: Competency interview (45 mins)
• Round 2: Case study task (60 mins)
• Final round: Meeting with a PA leader (60 mins)

Life at PA

Life at PA encompasses our people’s experience and growth opportunities. Our purpose guides how we work with clients and teams, delivering insight and impact.

We value human difference and diversity of thinking, and foster inclusion and equality to help everyone be their best self.

Benefits

• Health and lifestyle perks with private healthcare for you and your family
• 25 days annual leave (plus a bonus half day on Christmas Eve) with option to buy 5 additional days
• Generous company pension scheme
• Opportunity to get involved with community and charity initiatives
• Annual performance-based bonus
• PA share ownership
• Tax-efficient benefits (cycle to work, give as you earn)

Additional information

We’re committed to advancing equality and to recruiting, retaining and developing our people based on abilities and contributions. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups. If you need adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, please contact recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com

Job information

Firm: PA Consulting

Location: London, United Kingdom