Product Design Manager

Overview Product Design Manager – Melbourne, Victoria, Australia Join KICK, a global gaming and streaming platform, to lead a high‑performing design team and shape the product experience used by millions of users worldwide. What’s in it for you? Lead a talented team of designers, drive innovation, and influence product strategy across the brand. You will shape design culture, elevate standards, and enjoy a collaborative, inclusive environment with growth opportunities. Your Role As Product Design Manager you will mentor, coach, and grow a skilled design team. Your responsibilities include establishing design standards, translating strategy into execution, overseeing delivery, improving processes, and championing inclusivity and continuous learning. What You Will Do Manage, coach and grow a team of designers, providing feedback, guidance and development opportunities through 1:1s, performance reviews and growth conversations. Provide clear, actionable feedback to help designers navigate stakeholder input and deliver high‑quality results. Define and uphold design standards, principles and systems across your domain, ensuring quality and consistency through critiques, reviews and alignment practices. Partner closely with senior designers to maintain high execution standards and apply a strategic product lens that meets user needs while pushing creative boundaries. Oversee design delivery across KICK squads, tracking progress, reporting impact and ensuring projects stay on track and deliver measurable outcomes. Collaborate on improving design processes, rituals and tools for greater efficiency, scalability and alignment across teams. Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape product strategy and roadmap planning, representing design in strategic forums and influencing decisions with insights and data. Collaborate with the Creative Leadership Team to align across all Creative disciplines and champion design’s voice within the department. Foster an inclusive, high‑performing design culture built on trust, curiosity and craft excellence. Champion continuous learning, growth and design maturity across the organisation. What You Will Bring 8+ years’ experience in product design, with 3+ years in leadership or management. Proven track record building and leading high‑performing design teams. Experience working in tech‑driven environments or digital product companies. Interest or experience in streaming, gaming, entertainment or emerging technologies such as AI. Knowledge or curiosity about KICK, its community and the broader creator and streaming landscape. Deep understanding of UX, UI and product development processes. Excellent communicator, able to align design, business and technical perspectives. Strong strategic thinking, connecting design decisions to product and company goals. Empathetic leader who values mentorship, growth and inclusion. Bonus Points If You Also Have Sports, Gambling and Cryptocurrency knowledge. Proficient with Google Suite (Drive, Spreadsheets, Docs), Slack. Perks Office Perks & Environment: In‑house baristas, daily catered breakfast, free coffee, fresh juices and smoothies, snack walls and drink fridges, fun office spaces with pool tables, table tennis, gaming consoles and an F1 simulator. Wellbeing & Personal Development: Access to our Employee Assistance Program, 9,000+ courses on our Learning & Development platform, one paid volunteer day per year, weekly Wednesday massages by professional masseuses. Team Connection & Rewards: Team budgets for lunches and activities, social sports teams, participation in Corporate Games, branded swag, birthday and work anniversary gift vouchers, chances to win prizes. Events & Experiences: Company‑wide talks with key partners such as Everton FC and Team Sauber in Formula 1, office visits from big‑name streamers, exclusive tickets to events like Formula 1 and UFC. We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at KICK are the driver of our success. We never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran, or disability status. We are a global team of dreamers, creators and game‑changers from every walk of life, united by a passion for entertainment that inspires the world. Whether you’re just starting out or bringing decades of experience, your unique voice matters here. Seniority level: Mid‑Senior level Employment type: Full‑time Job function: Design, Art / Creative, and Information Technology Industry: Gambling Facilities and Casinos #J-18808-Ljbffr