Head Of Product Growth & Design

See yourself being part of a large, transformational change? This could be the role for you!

At Iress, we make things happen

We believe technology should help people perform better every day. Since our beginning in 1993, people across financial services have trusted us to take their performance to the next level. More than 10,000 businesses and 500,000 people use our software, from the world's most iconic financial services brands to advice firms of all sizes, banks, insurers, investment managers, traders and brokers. Iress is one of Australia's largest technology companies and employs more than 2,500 people across Australia, The United Kingdom, Africa, Canada, France, New Zealand and Asia.

Build your career at Iress!

This is a Product leadership and strategic role, dedicated and fully focused on fostering design and Product excellence in the ways Iress innovates, builds and delivers products. This will be a central role within the Product Wealth Management business, with cross-functional reach to drive outcomes across our existing Wealth Management products, but primarily helping to bring new product-innovations to market and increase value to clients.

At Iress this will mean operating in a collaborative environment across teams with continuous improvement a focus. You (and your team) will be the hub of hands-on design practices and methodologies for product, technology and client-facing teams to measurably impact the value our products bring to our clients. Your leadership and initiative will ensure that Iress is known for its innovative Wealth products, and is sought out for the outstanding end-to-end experiences our software and services offer to our clients across all user touchpoints.

The role operates in partnership with the various design, product and engineering teams to ensure cohesive and scalable solutions are built at speed and with high value and levels of quality. The role also acts as a champion of change, drives continuous improvement thinking and actions in line with the wider Wealth Management strategic objectives and goals.

Some of the awesome things you'll be involved with :

• Lead, mentor and develop a team of designers and product managers on strategic growth initiatives, and ensure delivery of measurable business outcomes- Formulate user-research frameworks that fit within the Iress way-of-work and put into practice the ways to conduct research that informs, iterates, and validates our product thinking- Promote, facilitate and scale out specific product practices, for example design-sprint and discovery sessions, with cross functional multi-disciplinary teams to help define core user needs, problem statements and measurable user-experience outcomes- Lead, execute, identify and define required product roadmaps and design artifacts such as concept stories, medium fidelity prototypes, user journey maps, and user flow diagrams- You will collaborate with sales and solution consulting teams to co-innovate with potential customers to create new products that will help Iress enter new product areas

What you will bring :

Why work with us?- 8 additional paid days per year to extend your weekends- Hybrid working- Generous cash bonus for every successful referral- Annual Profit Share when Iress meets its annual profit targets- Starting school leave - 8.5 days of leave to assist your children with the transition to school- Up to 26 weeks' paid parental leave for primary carers (up to 4 weeks for secondary carers), and the ability to work part-time when returning to work- 3 days' paid leave per year