Overview

Senior UX/UI Designer at PA Consulting. This role involves applying strategic thinking, customer-centric service design, and agile engineering practices to accelerate innovation in a tech-driven world.

Why consider joining PA Consulting

• Join our Digital & Data team working alongside product, design and a wide range of other experts to bring ideas to life through innovative software solutions.
• Grow a flexible and unique career within a trust-based, inclusive environment that values excellence, innovation, and curiosity. You may progress on a technical career track if desired.
• Hybrid working — minimum of 2 days per week in the office or on client site.
• Work on a broad variety of projects and tech stacks for clients across seven sectors.
• Collaborative tech community with knowledge-sharing, coaching and mentoring.
• Opportunities for learning and growth with a budget for courses and certifications.

What you can expect

• Work to agile best practices and collaborate cross-functionally with multiple teams and stakeholders.
• Live in-person whiteboarding sessions to problem solve as a team, with asynchronous collaboration on Teams.
• Hybrid working with client site or office, typically two days per week, with variation by role or assignment (up to 5 days on client site).
• An environment that values PA’s Core Values: Lead and Deliver; Design Excellence; Strategic Leadership; Consulting.
• Lead complex design projects from strategy to execution, manage medium-sized assignments, structure workstreams and deliverables, mitigate risk, and maintain strong client relationships while fostering high-performing teams.
• Produce exceptional design deliverables across the design spectrum, drive innovation, and meet project deadlines.
• Build teams to work on complex projects, shape design approaches, influence client decisions, mentor colleagues, and support business development.
• Balance internal projects with client deliverables, ensuring alignment of design and business objectives; lead proposals and client conversations.

Qualifications

• Essential requirements: you thrive in problem-solving and analytical thinking.
• You enjoy collaborating with multiple stakeholders in fast-paced environments.
• Experience designing for AI-powered experiences and using AI to enhance creative processes (generative design, AI-based prototyping, prompt-based exploration).
• Visionary and pragmatic Senior UX/UI Designer with a track record delivering services for private and public sector clients.
• Client-facing experience in an agency or consultancy; experienced in leading proposals and client relationships.
• Collaborative and empathetic leadership style; mentoring and developing others; promoting inclusive team environments.
• 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, digital transformation); UK Government Service Standard is a bonus.
• Strong business acumen with ability to identify opportunities, contribute to business development, and enhance PA’s reputation in product management and service design.
• Strategic thinking and innovation skills; proficiency in standard design tools and methodologies.

Additional Information

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 focuses on people, growth opportunities and meaningful work. Our purpose guides how we work with clients and teams to deliver insight and impact. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace and offer extensive well-being benefits. Adjustments or accommodations for recruitment can be requested at recruitmentenquiries@paconsulting.com.

Compensation and Benefits

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

EEO and Inclusion

We are committed to advancing equality. We recruit, retain, reward and develop our people based solely on their abilities and contributions and without regard to age, background, disability, genetic information, parental or family status, religion or belief, race, ethnicity, nationality, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or other differences. We welcome applications from underrepresented groups.