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Head of Design

Elmo Software šŸ‡¦šŸ‡ŗ Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

Full-time

The Head of Design is responsible for leading the product design discipline, managing the design team, and ensuring high-quality usability and accessibility across all products. They will oversee the design system, manage budgets, and drive AI-native design practices in collaboration with product and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

  • The Head of Design is responsible for leading the product design discipline, managing the design team, and ensuring high-quality usability and accessibility across all products. They will oversee the design system, manage budgets, and drive AI-native design practices in collaboration with product and engineering teams.

Requirements

  • The ideal candidate must have proven leadership experience in managing designers and setting design standards within cross-functional environments. They require deep expertise in multi-modal AI design, UX research frameworks, accessibility compliance, and platform-scale design system architecture.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work set up
  • Paid parental leave
  • Birthday leave
  • You day
  • Connecting people leave
  • Inhouse learning and development initiatives
  • Social and diversity clubs
  • Wellbeing initiatives
  • Mental health/EAP programs
  • Flare benefits

Key Skills

Design leadership Product design discipline Design system governance Usability Accessibility compliance AI‑native design Multi‑modal AI design UX research frameworks Platform‑scale design system architecture Cross‑functional collaboration Budget management Strategic vision Mentoring Stakeholder communication Figma DesignOps User testing Prototyping Agile methodology Problem solving

About Elmo Software

ELMO's mission is to get Australia and New Zealand's workforce ready for what's next. Founded in 2002, ELMO Software is the trusted provider of HR and payroll technology to 2,000+ organisations and over a million end users across Australia and New Zealand. ELMO is The Complete AI Workforce Platformā„¢ — unifying HR, Payroll and Rostering on one connected data foundation, layering native AI to surface workforce insights and recommend next steps, and covering the full employee lifecycle in one secure system. Paired with ISO-certified security, Australian-based data hosting and local experts who support adoption and guide change, ELMO helps mid-sized ANZ organisations move from tactical HR administration to strategic workforce readiness.

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