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product and design lead
Product and Design Lead
x15ventures
Product & Delivery
Sydney / Melbourne
The Opportunity
Let’s introduce ourselves.
We’re a venture-scaler powered by CommBank. That means we build, buy, and invest in startups that could benefit the bank’s 15 million customers and beyond.
Because of what we do, we’re really neither corporate, nor startup – instead we’re happily navigating the space between both worlds. We're close enough to benefit from the bank’s strategy, scale, and stability, but separate enough that we have the autonomy to try new things.
What it’s like to work here
We’re a community of galvanisers, thinkers, and doers. We have a big, bold vision, which so far no-one has nailed (including us). That excites, rather than deters, us.
We never lose sight of the impact we can have on people’s lives, and the role that each of us plays in shaping the bank of the future. We don’t take ourselves too seriously and make time to connect to celebrate and grow our people.
At x15, we’re guided by three values: Care, courage, and commitment. And what does that mean? We’re aware, attuned, and always act to help our people and our customers. We’re more than just job titles and we don’t hide the human stuff. We lead with grit and grace and do what's right – even if it's hard. And, whatever happens, we always find a way.
Role Overview
This is a critical role within the x15 Portfolio team. This team is responsible for finding and investing in opportunities, then backing our Ventures to scale. You will be reporting to the Executive Manager Growth, responsible for driving and overseeing initiatives that accelerate the critical growth milestones of x15 and our ventures. This includes working closely with CommBank, x15 and our ventures to create best in class user experiences for new ventures and internal projects
In the role of Product and Design Lead you will define and drive the vision and roadmap from product research and design right through to build stage for early stage concepts, working in partnership with business stakeholders and the squad to ensure we are delivering innovative products and exceptional customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities include:
Product Ownership:
Apply expertise to manage prioritisation, balance trade-offs, and explore strategies to successfully achieve business outcomes.
Drive project inception and exploration to ensure alignment of product strategy.
Formulate hypotheses to validate customer problems and define clear learning objectives that will inform product roadmap and prioritisation decisions.
Identify, articulate and manage risks and compliance across streams of work.
Lead and develop the product roadmap, and engagement with senior stakeholders/business units to manage the delivery of product roadmap
Lead the Squad day-to-day to deliver change and lifecycle activities
Manage senior business and technical stakeholders to ensure that prioritisation is understood and agreed to.
Manage the Squad’s performance to defined objectives
Release prototypes and iterate a product that meets customer needs and achieves the squads' goals.
Accountable for addressing impediments, driving decisions and resolving escalations.
Act as the voice of the business and translate this for the team.
Design Leadership:
Working with a broad set of stakeholders and leaders, you'll co-create experience strategy and set a vision for the squad.
Owning the end-to-end design of our product – from research, wireframing and prototyping to building out our visual language, patterns, and styles. You will lead the collaboration between the design, product and broader teams to support delivery and to iterate based on data and feedback.
Skills and Experience
Proven experience across both product management and UX/UI design, with a track record of delivering successful and innovative digital products or services.
Expertise in leading design and/or product teams whilst still being comfortable rolling up your sleeves, ideally in early stage ventures.
Strong leadership skills with the ability to inspire and collaborate with multidisciplinary team.
Solid understanding of responsive design principles and accessibility standards.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, able to articulate your vision in a compelling way
Demonstrated problem-solving skills and an ability to leverage data and insights to make commercial decisions.
You will be curious and open to learning new things, and taking accountability for finding solutions to challenging, ambiguous problems.
You’re excited to push the envelope for innovation and leverage new and emerging capabilities to enhance our experiences.
You have experience with driving change, ideally relating to co-ordinating the implementation of solutions to issues across broad, complex and emerging areas.
You have experience in digital-first businesses, where automation and simple processes are core pillars in planning and delivery activity.
You have excellent stakeholder management skills are able to build and nurture strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders across different domains
You can autonomously lead your team, manage multiple projects/streams at the same time, but also know when to make decisions to stop non-meaningful work.
Research shows that people from underrepresented backgrounds sometimes hesitate to apply for roles if they don't meet every requirement.
If this is you, don’t worry - we still encourage you to apply. We are committed to creating a workplace that supports long-lasting and meaningful careers for everyone, and your unique skills and perspective might be just what we’re looking for!
Why Join Us?
Enjoy a flexible and dynamic startup environment
We nurture a safe space for our people to show up as they are!
Competitive salary and bonus structure
Opportunities for professional growth and development
Access to the best in class benefits that CommBank offers.
About x15
What is x15ventures?
We're a venture scaler powered by CommBank. We build, buy and invest in startups that will benefit the bank's 15 million customers and beyond.
We're navigating the space between corporate and startup worlds and harnessing the collision of careers, ideas and expertise to help build and scale the next generation of digital businesses.
© 2023 CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd ABN 38 633 072 830 and Australian Credit Licence 516487, trading as x15ventures. x15ventures is a trade mark of CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd. CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd is a wholly owned but non-guaranteed subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124. CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd is not an Authorised Deposit-taking Institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Please refer to the venture websites for specific venture-related disclosures and other important information. Read our Privacy Policy.
© 2023 CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd ABN 38 633 072 830 and Australian Credit Licence 516487, trading as x15ventures. x15ventures is a trade mark of CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd. CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd is a wholly owned but non-guaranteed subsidiary of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia ABN 48 123 123 124. CBA New Digital Businesses Pty Ltd is not an Authorised Deposit-taking Institution for the purposes of the Banking Act 1959 and its obligations do not represent deposits or other liabilities of Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Please refer to the venture websites for specific venture-related disclosures and other important information. Read our Privacy Policy.
