Product Design Lead

Are you passionate about creating exceptional digital experiences and leading talented design teams? We're seeking a Product Design Lead to join Squiz and shape the future of our Digital Experience Platform (DXP).

As our Product Design Lead, you'll combine your leadership skills with deep UX/UI expertise to guide our distributed Product Design team in creating impactful solutions for the Squiz DXP. You'll play a crucial role in driving design excellence while contributing to product strategy and fostering cross-functional collaboration.

Key Responsibilities

You'll be responsible for leading and mentoring our geographically distributed design team while maintaining hands-on involvement in design work.

Your role will include:

• Building and nurturing a high-performing design team that delivers user-centered solutions aligned with business goals
• Driving consistency and excellence across our product suite through strong design leadership and mentorship
• Collaborating with product management and engineering teams to ensure seamless integration of design solutions
• Establishing and refining end-to-end design processes, from research and ideation to testing and implementation
• Contributing to product strategy as a key member of the product leadership team
• Championing user research initiatives to inform design decisions
• Work with the design team to develop and mature the Squiz Design System, tools, and best practices
• Working hands-on in Figma and other design software to support the team and deliver design outcomes for your own initiatives

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading and mentoring design teams, particularly in a distributed environment
• Deep understanding of user-centered design methodologies and usability principles
• Strong track record of delivering complex design solutions in enterprise software
• Excellence in fostering cross-functional collaboration and communication
• Experience with design systems, contributing to their evolution and scaling across platforms
• Strategic thinking ability with a focus on balancing user needs and business objectives
• Background in the DXP market or similar enterprise software (preferred)
• Proficiency in design and prototyping software, with the ability to co-design and iterate with cross-functional teams

Who we are:

Squiz helps complex, service-led organisations harness the power of digital, improving the services they offer online.

Founded in 1998, Squiz grew during the rise of the internet. Since then, we have evolved from a simple web content management system into a full digital experience platform (DXP), helping customers make the shift from being content managers to experience creators.

The Squiz DXP brings together content, search, data and applications in one place. To get the most out of the platform, customers can collaborate with our digital experts to design solutions and adapt as demands change.

We are headquartered in Australia, with teams and customers across the globe, and offices in New Zealand, the United States, the United Kingdom and Poland. Come as you are - We celebrate diversity and unite on the elements of our company DNA, starting every customer conversation with “why?” to really understand their needs, working hard to find a way to overcome every challenge, and fighting for better outcomes with the work we do. We also check our egos at door, we don’t take ourselves too seriously and we have fun along the way.

We understand the effort it takes to apply for a role. We are committed to respond to each and every applicant, successful or not.

Recruitment Agencies: We politely ask that you avoid making any approaches or sending any unsolicited resumes to our Recruitment Team or Hiring Leaders across our business. Squiz is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.