Product Design Manager
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Role Overview
The Product Design Manager owns product outcomes end-to-end, from early concept and UX exploration through delivery, release, and production performance.
The role combines UX/UI design expertise with product ownership and delivery management in small, high-trust teams alongside engineers.
The role requires ownership across design, product scoping, delivery coordination, and production support rather than specialisation in one discipline.
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Role overview
The Product Design Manager owns product outcomes end-to-end, from early concept and UX exploration through delivery, release, and production performance.
The role combines UX/UI design expertise with product ownership and delivery management in small, high-trust teams alongside engineers.
The role requires ownership across design, product scoping, delivery coordination, and production support rather than specialisation in one discipline.
Employment and remuneration
- The role is full-time and based in Melbourne or Sydney, Australia.
- Remuneration including superannuation is listed as AUD $60,000 to $150,000 depending on experience.
- The company offers equity options and describes remuneration as competitive and performance-based.
Design and product scoping
- Prepare high-level concept designs for internal review and customer validation.
- Conduct customer research when required.
- Prepare detailed UX flows and high-fidelity UI designs.
- Create information architecture diagrams.
- Define and review feature scope and acceptance criteria.
Delivery and production ownership
- Work closely with engineers and peers to plan, prioritise, and deliver work.
- Review completed engineering work.
- Monitor released features and report on usage metrics.
- Identify UX gaps, quality issues, and edge cases.
- Monitor production support issues and triage fixes.
Collaboration and communication
- Maintain regular collaboration with product and design leadership.
- Communicate clearly in writing through Slack, Confluence, and Jira.
Must-have skills
- Own outcomes with accountability rather than focusing only on design outputs.
- Lead product delivery end-to-end as a Product Owner or in a similar role.
- Proactively experiment with AI tools to improve efficiency.
- Use Figma proficiently, including UI libraries and design systems.
- Apply strong UX/UI fundamentals and a user-centred approach.
- Have experience designing web and/or mobile applications.
- Communicate effectively in writing and verbally.
- Work comfortably with ambiguity and pragmatic trade-offs.
- Demonstrate strong visual design skills and attention to detail.
Nice-to-have skills
- SaaS product experience is advantageous.
- Working knowledge of HTML/CSS is advantageous.
Tools
- Essential tools include Figma, Jira, Confluence, Slack, and Mixpanel or another product analytics tool.
- Figma Make and Claude Code are listed as bonus tools.
What the company offers
- Benefits include flexible paid time off, medical, dental, and vision insurance, wellness services, and a dog-friendly office.
- The company provides a paid annual donation for a dog charity, a free Fi membership, parental leave, learning and development support, and an employee assistance program.
- The company offers a laptop and home office setup budget, remote and hybrid options, and the ability to work from anywhere for several weeks each year.
About Sitemate
Sitemate builds software for construction, infrastructure, and industrial companies.
Its Dashpivot product digitises field processes from paper and spreadsheets into mobile and tablet workflows.
The company states that it has grown to more than 150 people across more than 18 countries.
About sitemate
Australian SaaS company turning field voice, photos, and conversations into structured compliance records for built-world companies.
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