Staff Product Designer

Company Description

Here at Gousto, we are on a mission to become the UK's most loved way to eat dinner, and for every meal to leave the planet better off. Gousto is changing how people shop, cook and eat food at home. It's an incredibly exciting time to join our team - and we're a friendly bunch!

We're proud to be one of the fastest-growing companies in the UK. Powered by data and a love of food, we're a recipe box company that's disrupting the sector, and we're passionate about our diverse team and our customers.

All of our people are responsible for the success of Gousto, and we're passionate about creating an inclusive environment for all to thrive. Our guiding values - Dream, Deliver and Care - show our commitment to innovation, our ambition to hit goals at speed, and our deep respect for the people we work with.

Job Description

As the Staff Product Designer for the International Design System at Gousto, you’ll shape and scale a global design system that ensures consistency, accessibility, and adaptability across markets. Collaborating with Product Management, Engineering, Data, Marketing, and Brand, you’ll drive adoption, establish best practices, and balance global standards with local flexibility.

Beyond design systems, you’ll lead the end-to-end design process for the Expand tribe, defining experiments to improve customer experience (CX) and commercial performance in new markets. As a key design leader, you’ll help elevate design excellence across teams, mentoring designers and fostering a culture of collaboration and continuous improvement.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead and evolve Gousto’s International Design System, ensuring it supports multi-market needs while maintaining a high standard of design quality.
• Define scalable design patterns that accommodate cultural differences, local user behaviours, and regional accessibility requirements
• Define success metrics for the design system and continuously refine it based on feedback, research, and evolving business needs.
• Co-shape the vision & strategy for our international expansion tribe, considering the broader context of the customer experience and the business
• Lead the end-to-end design process, validate your solutions with users and customers, using both qualitative and quantitative research methods.

Who You Are:

• A design systems leader with a proven track record of driving consistency, scalability, and accessibility within in-house teams.
• An expert in componentisation, documentation, governance, and adoption strategies, ensuring design systems are both effective and widely embraced.
• Proactive and growth-oriented, always challenging yourself and your team to improve.
• Comfortable navigating complex, ambiguous problems, turning them into clear, actionable solutions.
• A strong communicator across written, verbal, and visual formats, ensuring alignment and clarity.
• A supportive and kind team player, fostering a culture of collaboration and emotional safety.

Additional Information

Benefits

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Interview Process

• Call with a Talent Partner
• Hiring Manager conversation
• Case Study interview
• Whiteboarding interview

Gousto is for everyone

Whether it’s creating diversity in our recipes or building new teams, we care about our people and the opportunities they have at Gousto. Across our business we lead with inclusivity and strive for equality in all we do; working hard to ensure Gousto is an environment where you can be totally yourself.

Everyone is welcome and we’re looking for applications from people of all backgrounds and experiences. 

Excited but wondering if you tick every box? We recommend applying anyway so that we can review your profile . And, if you’re in a job share, why not just apply as a pair.

For our roles outside of Operations, most of our people spend 1 or 2 days in our offices every week, combining the benefits of flexibility and time together with colleagues. We want to enable you to do your best work, and if you require additional flexibility, please talk to us about it.

If you have a disability that you’re worried will affect you during the interview process, please let us know and we will do our best to help you feel comfortable.

We’d love it if you could submit your application online. If you require an alternative method of applying, please let us know.

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