Director of Product Design

About the role

Macquarie's Product Design team delivers high-quality, human-centred experiences across a large and complex portfolio, including its Digital Banking Apps. It sets the design vision, ensures consistency across journeys and works closely with Product, Engineering and business teams. This is a 12-month contract in Sydney, and the role involves leading and elevating a talented design team.

Key responsibilities

• Lead and develop a high-performing team of product designers, overseeing the full talent lifecycle and fostering an inclusive, collaborative culture.
• Define a clear, long-term experience vision while upholding exceptional design quality across a complex portfolio.
• Drive operational excellence by embedding effective design processes and ensuring consistency across platforms.
• Contribute to the broader design system.
• Use strong stakeholder partnerships to advocate for design and align teams around the right problems.
• Guide the team in using AI and emerging technologies to improve creativity, quality and efficiency.

Required profile

• Proven experience leading and scaling product design teams of 10+ people in a complex enterprise environment, preferably in financial services or a related regulated industry.
• Natural, empathetic people leader with a track record of mentoring talent and building inclusive team cultures.
• Ability to turn complex business goals and customer needs into a clear design vision.
• Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, able to influence and build trust at all organisational levels.
• Practical understanding of how AI can support and accelerate the design process.
• Strong hands-on product design background with a portfolio showing user-centred solutions for complex problems.