Lead Product Designer: Design Systems & Scale

Airwallex; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Office in Redfern

Competitive salary

Job summary

Neara is seeking a Product Designer to create thoughtful, high-impact product experiences by blending UX craft with product thinking. You’ll partner with product managers and engineers to shape complex, data-rich workflows in a fast-growing team.

You’ll lead end-to-end design, conduct user research, translate requirements into intuitive interfaces, contribute to design systems, and advocate for users amid ambiguity. Remote-friendly, with a Redfern office for collaboration.

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in UX or product design roles, ideally in SaaS or complex software environments.
• Strong experience across the full design lifecycle: discovery, wireframing, prototyping, high-fidelity design, and validation.
• Ability to design elegant solutions for technically complex workflows and data-rich products.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design work from discovery through to delivery across new and existing product areas
• Conduct and synthesise user research including interviews, usability testing, surveys, and workflow analysis
• Translate complex product and technical requirements into intuitive workflows, wireframes, prototypes, and polished UI designs
• Partner closely with product managers and engineers to shape solutions that balance user value, technical feasibility, and business goals
• Identify usability issues and proactively drive improvements across the product experience
• Contribute to and evolve the Nitro Design System, improving consistency and design efficiency across teams
• Help visualise future product concepts and strategic product direction through exploratory design work
• Present work clearly to cross-functional stakeholders, incorporating feedback while advocating for strong user-centred decisions

Skills

4+ years UX design

Full design lifecycle

Data-rich product design

Job description

Neara is seeking a Product Designer to create thoughtful, high-impact product experiences by blending UX craft with product thinking. You’ll partner with product managers and engineers to shape complex, data-rich workflows in a fast-growing team.

You’ll lead end-to-end design, conduct user research, translate requirements into intuitive interfaces, contribute to design systems, and advocate for users amid ambiguity. Remote-friendly, with a Redfern office for collaboration.