Principal / Lead Product Designer Duration: 6 to 12 months contract, with potential for extension Foolproof is a product and service design company. We bring together insight, creativity and technology to design, engineer and market experiences. To deliver creative and technological change we partner with our parent company Zensar, a leading digital and technology solutions provider, and Indigo Slate, our sister Studio, who specialize in marketing and consultancy.

Together, we bring digital transformation programs to life for major brands. We are seeking an experienced Principal Product Designer to lead strategic product initiatives in the sustainability and environmental impact space. This role will shape and deliver innovative products and services that help organizations achieve their ESG, net-zero, and sustainable growth objectives.

Define and drive product and experience strategy across large, ambiguous problem spaces, with a strong focus on transforming complex, data-rich ecosystems into straightforward, scalable, and user-friendly experiences.

Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with sustainability leads, business stakeholders, and technical teams to define and prioritize sustainable product opportunities.

Product Vision & Delivery: Lead the design and delivery of digital products and services that support responsible business practices and long-term resilience. Establish and scale design systems, frameworks, and patterns while guiding when and how teams should extend beyond existing systems to meet evolving product and business needs. Tackle system-level challenges—including AI-powered and data-intensive experiences—using systems thinking and a forward-looking perspective on how emerging technologies shape user interactions.

Mentor, coach, and elevate design teams while championing design excellence, setting a high bar for modern, high-quality design craft, and advocating for design’s strategic impact with senior and executive stakeholders. 10-15 years of product management experience, including senior or principal-level roles.



~ Experience with products in sustainability-focused domains, such as energy, mobility, supply chain, circular economy, or ESG data and reporting. ~ Deep understanding of sustainability frameworks, including SDGs, net-zero strategies, carbon accounting, or ESG principles. ~ Ability to bridge the gap between business strategy, environmental objectives, and user experience. ~ Strong communication and facilitation skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders. ~ Experience working with agile design methodologies.

Experience consulting with Fortune 500 or global enterprise clients on sustainability or ESG transformation. Familiarity with impact measurement tools, lifecycle analysis, or sustainable innovation frameworks.

Background in digital transformation or service design projects with environmental or social impact. Discover, imagine, create and deliver products and services that make things better for our clients, their customers, their employees and the world. Continuous discovery, delivery and learning through a collaborative, iterative design process.

Champion experimentation, conceptual thinking and creative expression in design. Thought leadership in experience, design, branding and design systems through contributing to conferences and industry panels. We aspire to the qualities of intelligence, drive humility and imagination, they defines us as individuals, as teams and as one business and moves us from being good to great.

We are a digital organization backed by a global engineering leader, and we’re dedicated to helping clients build transformative experiences from start to finish. We create smart experiences that deliver powerful results through a profound intersection of marketing, technology, business, and creative. We understand that brands are no longer judged through their advertising, but through each touchpoint, both internal and external, building strength with every experience.

At Indigo

Slate, we harness a mix of skills unique in our industry—equal parts strategic consultancy, creative agency, and technology thought leadership—to build and run some of the bestexperiences on the planet. #

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