Lead Product Designer

About Us: OpenSolar was founded in 2017 by global pioneers in solar software - Andrew Birch and Adam Pryor. OpenSolar exists to accelerate the adoption of solar and renewable energy globally. We provide the world's clean energy professionals with an end-to-end digital design, sales and management software to grow their businesses, free of charge. OpenSolar is driven by its mission to accelerate the adoption of solar for a world powered by sunshine by 2050. We stay focused on our mission by obsessing over the experience of our end users, being open and honest, solving problems through careful and deliberate design, and by keeping things simple. OpenSolar is a truly global organisation with our team spread across 16 countries and our user base spread over 160+ countries. At OpenSolar, we are dedicated to cultivating a workplace that celebrates diversity and promotes inclusivity. Our goal is to build a team that is reflective of the communities we serve, recognising that diversity brings strength and richness to our organisation. We believe that everyone should feel empowered to bring their authentic selves to work and we are committed to creating an environment where all employees are valued, respected, and supported. This is your opportunity to be part of the clean energy movement, creating a lasting impact on the world.

The Role: The Lead Product Design role is a contract position, reporting to the Head Of Design in Sydney. As a Lead Product Designer, you’ll be working with senior product and tech folk helping take a new product to market. You'll be steering your team through solution discovery, prototyping with code, testing your ideas with customers, then partnering with engineering to take your designs to market. We’re looking for designers who are skilled and experienced throughout the whole product lifecycle, and hungry to ship their ideas. You’ll work in close partnership with product managers and software engineers in a cross functional team, to craft beautiful, simple, intuitive user experiences for our global software platform. Your designs will be used by customers in 130 countries, and help accelerate the world’s shift to clean energy.

What you’ll be doing:

• End-to-End Design: Execute design work across the full lifecycle: from framing up problems, exploring solutions, then shipping world class products to customers.
• Problem Solving: Balancing business goals with what users actually need, and figuring out the best way to make both work together.
• Interface Design & Prototyping with AI: Creating high fidelity designs and prototypes. Prototyping is one of our team’s most valued skills.
• UX Thinking: Visualising flows, systems, and structures that underpin the product and help the team understand the layers of the problem space.
• Product Thinking: Thinking deeply about driving adoption, retention and business outcomes.
• Collaboration: Work closely with Product Managers, Engineers, and Testers to build, ship and iterate on designs which achieve a high level of craft.
• Design Research & Product Discovery: Collaborate with UX researchers, and conduct your own research, to understand user behaviours, needs, and pain points, and evaluate the products we design and ship.
• Presentation: Participate in design reviews and present design concepts to stakeholders, providing clear rationale and incorporating feedback to iterate on, and improve, designs.
• Mentoring: Helping the Head of Design to review work, guiding other designers through projects, while driving quality and consistency in the teams’ output.

What you’ll need:

• Experience: 5-7+ years of professional experience in UX/product design. You have a track record leading design on key projects, and are comfortable working with senior stakeholders on the executive team. Ideally you have some experience taking products from zero to one, or working in start ups.
• Proficiency Leveraging AI In The Design Process: You're adept at using AI to explore research, prototype and even ship your ideas.
• Mobile Expertise: You’ve worked on consumer platforms, creating simple, beautiful apps.
• Motion Graphics: Able to get your hands dirty with motion graphics and data visualisation, and proficiency with AfterEffects / Rive / Lottie.
• Portfolio: A strong portfolio that demonstrates problem solving abilities, design craft and business impact.
• UX Fundamentals: A solid grounding in interaction design, information architecture and user centred design.
• Visual Design Skills: The ability to inject a high level of craft in everything you create, marrying utility with beauty.
• Design Research Experience: Experience collaborating with UX researchers during early stages of discovery, and conducting your own evaluative research during the design phase.
• Tool Proficiency: Equally confident prototyping in code (with AI) or in Figma and are adept at working with design systems.
• Technical Understanding: Solid understanding of front-end web technologies and how they influence feasibility.
• Communication: Strong stakeholder engagement, communication, and interpersonal skills.
• Mission Alignment: A passion for climate and a desire to personally make an impact on decarbonising the world.

What we bring:

• A Passionate, Driven, and Highly Collaborative Team: Join a team that is dedicated to making a difference, where collaboration and passion drive our success.
• Mission-Focused Organization with a Well-being-Led Culture: We prioritise both our mission to drive clean energy solutions and the well-being of our team members, fostering a supportive and healthy work environment.
• Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive Work Environment: We celebrate diversity and inclusivity, creating a workplace where everyone's contributions are valued and respected.
• Professional Development and Support for Your Growth: We invest in your development with opportunities for learning and advancement, supporting your career journey.
• Constant Exposure to New Opportunities: Experience a dynamic work environment where you'll encounter cutting-edge technology solutions and innovative projects.
• Fast-Paced Environment with Leading Technology Solutions: Work at the forefront of the clean energy sector, leveraging state-of-the-art technology to drive impactful change.
• Flexible Leave Options: Enjoy flexibility to manage your life-work priorities with leave options that support your personal and professional well-being.
• Opportunity to Create a Lasting Impact: Be part of the clean energy movement and contribute to a sustainable future, making a meaningful impact on a global scale.