Senior Product Design Lead — Strategy, Systems & Mentorship

Speechify; Melbourne; Hybrid; AUD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AustralianSuper is seeking a Lead Product Designer to drive design strategy across multiple member journeys. You’ll lead a team of Product Designers, collaborating with Product, Engineering and CX to elevate design quality and deliver accessible, scalable experiences across the portfolio.

The role focuses on mentoring designers, establishing design principles, and championing member-centered outcomes within a hybrid Melbourne office environment.

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading design strategically across multiple products, journeys or teams.
• Strong people leadership capability, including coaching, development and design critique.
• Demonstrated success improving design quality and consistency at scale.
• Strong knowledge of user-centred, research-led design and design systems.
• Experience working in Agile delivery environments and partnering closely with Product and Engineering.
• Excellent stakeholder management, influencing and communication in regulated environments is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead design strategy across products and member journeys, aligning with business priorities.
• Translate strategic objectives into clear design direction and deliverables across teams.
• Lead, coach and develop a high-performing team of Product Designers.
• Establish and embed design principles, standards and best practices to improve quality and consistency.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, CX, Brand and stakeholders to integrate design across end-to-end delivery.
• Improve design processes, workflows and systems, including reusable patterns and scalable design practices.
• Champion accessible, compliant and member-centred design meeting WCAG 2.1 AA and org standards.

Skills

Design leadership

Strategic thinking

People management

Design systems

Agile collaboration

Job description

AustralianSuper is seeking a Lead Product Designer to drive design strategy across multiple member journeys. You’ll lead a team of Product Designers, collaborating with Product, Engineering and CX to elevate design quality and deliver accessible, scalable experiences across the portfolio.

The role focuses on mentoring designers, establishing design principles, and championing member-centered outcomes within a hybrid Melbourne office environment.