Product Designer

Iress; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work

Referral bonus

Parental leave

Learning programs

Job summary

Iress is hiring a Product Designer for the Wealth APAC product team in Melbourne or Sydney. You will transform complex financial-advice workflows into clear features, collaborating with product managers, engineers and designers to deliver from discovery through delivery.

You will influence user experience, design practice, and leverage the design system while exploring AI-assisted design opportunities. A strong portfolio and experience in financial services are advantageous.

Qualifications

• Experience designing software products as part of a team with a portfolio.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills for complex workflows.
• Ability to map user flows and justify design decisions with research findings.

Responsibilities

• Turn complex financial-advice workflows into clear features.
• Partner with engineers to specify, prototype and implement designs.
• Conduct lightweight research or usability testing to validate direction.
• Review shipped work and identify improvements for the team.
• Explain design decisions and contribute to design practices.

Skills

Design software products

User flows

Prototype and test

Collaboration with engineers

Design systems

Figma

HTML & CSS basics

Tools

Figma

HTML

CSS

Job description

See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you! At Iress, we make things happen We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world’s most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers. Iress is one of Australia’s largest technology companies and employs more than 1,100 people across Australia, the United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, New Zealand and Asia.

Build your career at Iress! Join our Wealth APAC - Product team in Melbourne or Sydney as a Product Designer, reporting to the Product Design Team Lead. You'll turn complex financial-advice workflows into clear, well-crafted features—from discovery through delivery, alongside product managers, engineers and designers. Help shape a product being reimagined: explore how technology can reduce busywork, influence both the user experience and design practice, and grow your craft with an experienced team.

Some of the amazing things you'll be involved in Designing clear, well-structured features that reduce complexity; mapping key user flows, covering common interaction states and applying the design system. Partnering with engineers from design through delivery: preparing clear specifications, prototyping where useful and staying hands-on so the experience is implemented as intended. Taking part in discovery, framing problems and using lightweight research or usability testing to sense-check your direction. Reviewing how shipped work is being used and bringing issues and opportunities back to the team. Explaining the rationale behind your design decisions in critique, contributing to shared design practices and responding constructively to feedback. Taking ownership of your work area, communicating blockers or risks early and following through on agreed commitments. Experimenting with AI in your design practice, sharing what you learn and considering where it does and doesn't help.

What you will bring

• Experience designing software products as part of a team, supported by a portfolio that demonstrates your design craft, problem‑solving and decision‑making.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills, including information hierarchy, layout and attention to detail in complex workflows.
• The ability to map user flows, design for common interaction states and consider how a feature fits into the broader experience.
• Practical research and usability testing skills, and the ability to turn findings into design improvements.
• Proficiency with modern design tools such as Figma, plus working knowledge of HTML and CSS for prototyping and collaboration with engineers.
• Experience applying design systems, interaction patterns and accessibility principles, and identifying where patterns need to be extended.
• Clear communication and collaboration skills, including preparing design specifications, explaining your rationale and working with engineers through implementation and quality assurance.
• A dependable, organised approach to delivery, with curiosity, openness to feedback and a willingness to learn and experiment with AI.
• Experience in financial services, regulated workflows or comparable complex B2B software environments would be an advantage.

Why work with us?

• 8 additional paid days per year to extend your weekends
• Hybrid working
• Generous cash bonus for every successful referral
• Starting school leave - 8.5 days of leave to assist your children with the transition to school
• Up to 26 weeks' paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part‑time when returning to work
• 3 days' paid leave per year to participate in charity initiatives
• Discounted health insurance premiums
• Access to learning and development programs through LinkedIn Learning.

Inclusion

Iress is committed to fostering a welcoming and inclusive culture.

We strongly believe that diversity is what makes our teams and our products succeed.

Our people have different experiences, skills, perspectives and beliefs, and everyone's uniqueness is valued and celebrated.

Our hiring decisions are never based on sexual orientation, race, gender identity, religion, disability, citizenship, marital or family status, or age.

Even if you feel you don't meet all of the requirements of the role, we would still like to hear from you!

We're also proud to be globally recognised as a WORK180 Endorsed Employer that promotes and supports all women in the workplace.

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