Senior Head of Design - Connect (Hybrid)

Company Description

About SEEK

SEEK’s portfolio of diverse businesses make a positive impact on a truly global scale. Our purpose is to help people live more fulfilling and productive working lives and help organisations succeed. We create world-class technology solutions to connect more people to relevant employment, education, small business and volunteer opportunities. We have a culture of high-performance in our workplaces and celebrate the diversity of our employees who contribute to the success of our organisation.

Life at SEEK

SEEK’s purpose is at the centre of everything we do. Our SEEK, which defines the way we work, is all about what makes us unique and a little bit different. Passion, Team, Delivery and Future are our principles that drive innovation and creativity. SEEK strives to support employee wellbeing by providing an amazing experience at work which led us to being named AFR BOSS Top 10 Best Places to work in technology for the fourth year in a row. We are proud to work in an environment that's inclusive where everyone's unique ideas, experiences and perspectives are valued.

Job Description

SEEK is looking for a Senior Head of Design – Connect to lead the design strategy and execution across our Connect, Recruiter Products, and Incubation portfolio. This is a high-impact leadership role where you’ll drive design vision, elevate product experiences, and lead a passionate team that spans Australia, Malaysia, Singapore, and Hong Kong.

Reporting to the APAC Director of Design & Research, you'll collaborate closely with a dynamic and passionate Design Leaders to align design with SEEK's strategic goals and ensure our marketplace continues to delight 30 million users each month across 8 countries.

This is your opportunity to shape the future of design at SEEK, push the boundaries of innovation, and influence how we build and scale world-class product experiences.

Why This Role?

Strategic Impact – Define and communicate a bold design vision that aligns with SEEK’s marketplace strategy.
APAC Reach – Lead design and research teams across regions to deliver seamless end-to-end customer experiences.
Design Innovation – Champion cutting-edge design practices, processes, and technologies to solve complex, high-value customer problems.

What You’ll Be Doing:

1. Shape a future-focused design strategy that’s grounded in customer needs and aligned to SEEK’s long-term business goals.
2. Lead and mentor a diverse, talented team of designers and leaders, fostering a culture of excellence, empathy, and inclusion.
3. Collaborate with cross-functional peers in Product, Engineering, Research, and Strategy to deliver innovative, cohesive product experiences.
4. Champion human-centred design practices, using quantitative and qualitative research to guide decision-making.
5. Drive incubation and early-stage product innovation, using prototyping, testing, and customer feedback to inform design direction.
6. Represent design at the senior leadership level, advocating for the value of design in driving commercial success.

Qualifications

What We’re Looking For

1. A visionary leader who can inspire and execute a strategic design vision across complex, multi-team environments.
2. A systems thinker who can connect the dots across products, and customer journeys.
3. A storyteller who can communicate compelling narratives that influence and align executive stakeholders.
4. A mentor and coach who uplifts others, builds strong design culture, and invests in team development.
5. A design advocate with commercial acumen, who understands how great design drives business outcomes.

This is your opportunity to:

• Lead at scale, with real APAC impact
• Shape SEEK’s next generation of digital experiences
• Help millions of people live more fulfilling and productive lives

Additional Information

At SEEK we offer:

• SEEK is committed to operating sustainably, certified carbon neutral for its business operations (through Climate Active), purchasing renewable energy for our office and working-from-home emissions and a target for net zero by 2030.
• The opportunity to work from anywhere for up to 4 weeks per financial year.
• SEEKer Support, a confidential service that offers employees up to six sessions with a mental health professional of your choice.
• Tailored career development planning (including Education Assistance Program).
• Free income protection insurance.

At SEEK, we are passionate about fostering a culture of inclusion and wellbeing that embraces and values the diversity of our people. We are a purpose driven business that works with heart.

We know teams with diverse ideas, experiences and perspectives are more creative and are critical to ensuring effective delivery and innovating to enable our future success. As such, we welcome applications from people with diverse backgrounds and life experiences, especially as they relate to gender, sexual identity, culture, faith, disability and life stages. If you have the skills, curiosity and an adaptable mindset but don't meet every responsibility or qualification listed in this advertisement, please still get in touch with us.

Should you require any specific support or adjustments throughout the recruitment process and beyond, please advise us and we will be happy to assist.

For this role, only those candidates with the eligible right to work will be considered.

SEEK kindly requests no unsolicited resumes or approaches from recruitment agencies and will not be responsible for any associated fees.

Apply now and lead the future of design at SEEK!