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Lead Product Designer

SeniorFull-timeHybridMelbourne VIC, AustraliaPosted 1 week agoVerified 1 week ago
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About the job

The Lead Product Designer at Vanguard will spearhead design across key experience areas, influencing product direction and aligning teams around customer-focused outcomes. This role is crucial in shaping the future of investment experiences, ensuring that client needs are met while balancing business objectives. Collaboration is at the heart of the team’s approach, working closely with various stakeholders to create impactful solutions.

You'll be responsible for

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Leading product design

Lead end-to-end product design across complex, ambiguous and strategically important experience areas, translating business strategy and customer needs into accessible, coherent and scalable experiences across connected products, services and journeys.
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Partnering with stakeholders

Partner with product, engineering and senior stakeholders to shape product direction, experience vision, intended outcomes, balancing customer value, business priorities, technical feasibility and risk.
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Communicating design strategy

Lead the communication of design strategy, evidence and solutions to senior stakeholders. Make complex trade-offs understandable, influence decision-making and champion measurable customer and business outcomes across the product lifecycle.

Key criteria

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Extensive product design experience

Demonstrated experience in product design across multiple complex areas.

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Strong research and analytical skills

Proven ability to combine qualitative and quantitative insights for decisions.

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Stakeholder influence and alignment

Experience influencing senior stakeholders and aligning multidisciplinary teams.

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5 criteria for this job
Extensive product design experience
Demonstrated experience in product design across multiple complex areas.

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Strong research and analytical skills
Proven ability to combine qualitative and quantitative insights for decisions.

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Stakeholder influence and alignment
Experience influencing senior stakeholders and aligning multidisciplinary teams.

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Advanced design capabilities
Proven skills in interaction design, prototyping, and experience strategy.

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Portfolio of measurable outcomes
Evidence of strategic problem framing and successful design delivery.

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