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Head of Design

Elmo Software 🇦🇺 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Full-time Head

Lead and mentor a team of five product designers while personally directing the design of complex, next-gen AI features. Own the strategic direction of the ELMO design system and ensure high standards for usability and accessibility across HR and Payroll platforms.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and mentor a team of five product designers while personally directing the design of complex, next-gen AI features. Own the strategic direction of the ELMO design system and ensure high standards for usability and accessibility across HR and Payroll platforms.

Requirements

  • Seeking a top-tier design practitioner with experience leading embedded designers and a strong grip on conversational UI and AI design tools. Candidates must have deep expertise in scaling design systems, UX research, and tying design decisions to business outcomes.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work set up
  • Paid Parental leave
  • Birthday leave
  • YOU day
  • Connecting people leave
  • In-house Learning and Development initiatives
  • ELMO Social and Diversity clubs
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Mental Health/EAP programs
  • Flare Benefits

Key Skills

Design leadership Product design AI feature design Conversational UI Design system ownership Usability standards Accessibility compliance UX research Design ops Cross‑functional mentorship Strategic vision Figma Prototyping User testing Data‑driven decision making Stakeholder communication Agile processes Problem solving Collaboration with engineering

About Elmo Software

Founded in 2002, ELMO Software is the trusted provider of HR and payroll technology solutions to 2,000+ organisations and over a million end users across Australia and New Zealand. ELMO’s AI-forward HR and payroll software empowers HR professionals to lead with strategy and confidence. The platform unifies the entire employee lifecycle – from recruitment and onboarding to learning, payroll and beyond – in one secure system. Backed by ISO-certified security, Australian-based data hosting and a local support model, ELMO helps organisations build reliable, scalable and future-ready people management solutions.

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