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Join Xero as a Product Design Director, leading the design vision for product areas, mentoring teams, and collaborating with product and engineering leaders to drive design excellence.
Responsibilities
- Work with the GM Product Design and other Product Design Directors to manage the product design team
- Solve problems collaboratively and drive key strategic initiatives
- Cultivate a vibrant team culture, work on strategies, and problem solve
- Support leads and designers to challenge themselves and their work
- Identify and prioritise future roles based on team workload and business priorities
- Recruit, onboard, and manage new Product Designers
- Provide direction, mentoring, coaching, and feedback to team members
- Partner with operations to manage team budgets, training, and performance
- Encourage and enable team members in their career development
- Ensure high-quality outputs are delivered on time
- Maintain design standards and rigor across the practice
- Align the team with overall design, product, and Xero strategies
- Collaborate with peers across product portfolios, Technology, and Design to connect dots
- Implement initiatives to evolve and grow the design practice
- Influence and help prioritize the most impactful work
- Build strong collaborative partnerships with peers across Product and Engineering
Requirements
- Experience leading a team of designers, from Lead Product Designers to Graduate Designers
- Proven ability to define and drive design strategies in alignment with business objectives
- Strong mentorship and coaching skills
- Experience in establishing and maintaining design standards and processes
- Collaborative partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality product experiences
- Experience in leading design critique efforts and managing resource requests
- Knowledge of design tools, technologies, and industry best practices
Key Skills
- Leadership and mentorship in a design team
- Strategic design thinking
- Collaboration with cross-functional teams
- Proficient in design critique and standards
Benefits
- Very generous paid leave
- Dedicated paid leave for physical and mental wellbeing
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health insurance, life insurance, and income protection
- Wellbeing and sports programmes
- Employee resource groups
- 26 weeks of paid parental leave for primary caregivers
- Employee Share Plan
- Beautiful offices
- Flexible working
- Career development
About Xero
Xero is dedicated to empowering small businesses and building a stronger economy by automating tasks, providing insights, and connecting business leaders.