Lead Application Designer

Specsavers Norge; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Quarterly bonus scheme

Two free glasses per year

On-site free parking

Paid parental leave

Fully funded social club

Job summary

Specsavers in Melbourne is seeking a Lead Application Designer to head the application design function, ensuring high-quality, scalable solutions aligned to business and global standards. You will lead a team of 5 and collaborate with architects, engineers, vendors, and stakeholders to drive governance and delivery outcomes.

The role requires a minimum of five years in a Lead Application Designer position, deep knowledge of modern architecture patterns, and experience with Finance/ERP/supply

Qualifications

• A minimum of five years’ experience in a Lead Application Designer role or similar (essential).
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns (microservices, APIs, service-based design) (essential).
• Detailed experience implementing Finance, ERP and supply chain systems is preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical design with commercial outcomes, delivering effective functional solutions aligned to business requirements.
• Proven commitment to continuous learning and regular development/improvement.
• Strong stakeholder management with cross-team collaboration across local and global teams.
• Proven leadership in building and managing your teams capability, driving performance with a collaborative, proactive, analytical approach.

Responsibilities

• Translate business requirements into build-ready, high-quality solution designs that are scalable and aligned to architecture standards.
• Lead design governance, stakeholder alignment, and delivery readiness to support effective solution delivery.
• Provide expert design leadership throughout delivery, resolving risks and complex design challenges to maintain quality outcomes.
• Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Solution Designers and Analysts.
• Actively contribute as a member of local and global design practice, promoting consistent standards and patterns.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Design governance

Architecture patterns

Team leadership

Job description

In 2025, we were proudly recognised as one of Australia’s Best Places to Work for the third consecutive year and ranked 12th on Fortune’s list of the World’s 25 Best Workplaces. Here’s a taste of just some of our perks:

• Quarterly bonus scheme
• Two free pairs of glasses each year
• On-site free parking
• Birthday, Volunteer, Professional Development and Paid Parental Leave
• Fully funded social club – provides a wide range of activities throughout the year

So, if you like the sound of working for a company that’s dedicated to improving the lives of both their people and customers -we think you’d look good at Specsavers.

The role

As the Lead Application Designer, you will lead the application design function, ensuring high-quality, scalable, and commercially sound solutions aligned to business and global standards. Leading a team of 5, you’ll work closely with architects, engineers, vendors, and stakeholders to drive strong design governance and delivery outcomes.

What you’ll be doing:

• Translate business requirements into build-ready, high-quality solution designs that are scalable, commercially sound, and aligned to local and global architecture standards
• Lead design governance, stakeholder alignment, and delivery readiness to support effective and efficient solution delivery
• Provide expert design leadership throughout delivery, resolving risks and complex design challenges to maintain quality outcomes
• Build, lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of Solution Designers and Analysts
• Actively contribute as a member of both local and global design practice, partnering on major design decisions and promoting consistent standards, patterns, and ways of working

What we’re looking for:

• A minimum of five years’ experience in a Lead Application Designer role or a similar position (essential)
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns (microservices, APIs, service-based design) essential
• Detailed experience implementing Finance, ERP and supply chain systems is preferred
• Demonstrated ability to balance technical design with commercial outcomes, delivering effective functional solutions aligned to business requirements.
• A proven commitment to continuous learning, with a focus on regular development and improvement.
• Strong stakeholder management, with the demonstrated experience influencing and collaborating effectively across local and globally located technical and business teams
• Proven leadership in building and managing your teams capability, driving performance, with a collaborative, proactive, analytical, and solutions-focused approach

About Us

Specsavers are rated the market leader for eye tests, the retailer of choice for contact lenses and one of the fastest growing hearing providers in Australia and New Zealand. We are on a continual mission to transform eye and hearing health by eliminating preventable vision loss and blindness, including Glaucoma and Diabetes, through improved prevention and early detection, as well as providing accessible and affordable hearing care.

At Specsavers we believe a diverse, inclusive, and flexible culture enables our people to bring their whole selves to work and be proud of doing so. When it comes to flexibility, we understand that one size doesn’t fit all. Our flexible working at Specsavers enables us to work in ways that support our lifestyle to help us balance our career with the other important things in life.

Creating a great place to work for our people is pinnacle to us and along with our Behaviours is at the core of everything we do. We like to think it’s a fun and positive