Product Design Lead

Quest2Offer; New Zealand; Remote; NZD 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Quest2Offer is seeking a senior product design leader to shape strategy across our skills intelligence, talent mobility and AI-powered experiences. You will lead, coach and grow our design team, set a compelling vision, and partner closely with Product and Engineering from discovery through delivery.

This remote-first role requires 7+ years in product design, experience designing complex systems for enterprise or B2B products, and hands-on AI tooling knowledge.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in product design in a SaaS or technology environment (7+ years), including at least 2 years leading, managing or coaching designers.
• Experience designing complex, connected systems and journeys for multiple personas, ideally in an enterprise or B2B product.
• Ability to think big and set a compelling vision, while staying pragmatic.
• Ability to originate ideas and direction, and to communicate them clearly through stories, prototypes and design narrative.
• Confidence working with experienced senior stakeholders and influencing through clarity, judgement and strong communication.
• Experience working closely with Product and Engineering as a genuine cross-functional trio.
• Hands-on experience using AI coding and design tools, such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor.
• Working knowledge of accessibility and WCAG

Aufgaben

• Lead, manage and coach our product designers, supporting their growth and helping them reach their next level
• Set and communicate a clear product design vision across s skills intelligence, talent mobility and AI-powered experiences
• Own the design direction, spot opportunities, form a point of view, and prototype ideas to make them tangible
• Bring a strong point of view to senior conversations, challenge assumptions constructively and influence decisions across the business
• Partner with Product and Engineering from discovery through to delivery, balancing customer value, design quality, technical reality and pace
• Design human-centred AI experiences with appropriate trust, explainability, user control and clear handoffs
• Grow our design engineering capability, and build and ship working prototypes or code yourself
• Evolve our design system, accessibility standards (including WCAG compliance) and design-to-code practices
• Shape design team structure, capability, hiring, planning and ways of working as the organisation evolves

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Vision setting

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Product design

AI tooling awareness

Tools

Claude Code

Codex

Cursor

Jobbeschreibung

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Remote Remote-first

Stack and skills

Dashed - nice to have, not required

Responsibilities

• Lead, manage and coach our product designers, supporting their growth and helping them reach their next level
• Set and communicate a clear product design vision across 's skills intelligence, talent mobility and AI-powered experiences
• Own the design direction, spot opportunities, form a point of view, and prototype ideas to make them tangible
• Bring a strong point of view to senior conversations, challenge assumptions constructively and influence decisions across the business
• Partner with Product and Engineering from discovery through to delivery, balancing customer value, design quality, technical reality and pace
• Design human-centred AI experiences with appropriate trust, explainability, user control and clear handoffs
• Grow our design engineering capability, and build and ship working prototypes or code yourself
• Evolve our design system, accessibility standards (including WCAG compliance) and design-to-code practices
• Shape design team structure, capability, hiring, planning and ways of working as the organisation evolves

Requirements

• Experience in product design in a SaaS or technology environment (7 or more years), including at least 2 years leading, managing or coaching designers
• Experience designing complex, connected systems and journeys for multiple personas, ideally in an enterprise or B2B product
• Ability to think big and set a compelling vision, while staying pragmatic
• Ability to originate ideas and direction, and to communicate them clearly through stories, prototypes and design narrative
• Confidence working with experienced senior stakeholders and influencing through clarity, judgement and strong communication
• Experience working closely with Product and Engineering as a genuine cross-functional trio
• Hands-on experience using AI coding and design tools, such as Claude Code, Codex or Cursor
• Working knowledge of accessibility and WCAG

Nice to have

• An interest in design systems and data-informed decision-making

Benefits and conditions

• A day off on your birthday and your anniversary
• A "ReFuel Day" once a quarter to relax and refuel
• Remote work and flexible work times
• A progressive parental leave policy
• Comprehensive fully subsidised health insurance with Southern Cross

is a workforce transformation platform helping organisations understand workforce capability, build skills and enable internal mobility in an AI-driven world. Our products combine skills intelligence, talent marketplace experiences and responsible AI to help people and organisations take their next step.

This role is based in New Zealand, candidates must hold the relevant right to work in NZ i.e. Citizenship or a work visa at the time of application.