Lead Product Designer, Confluence Horizontals

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This is a remote position. To help our teams work together effectively, this role requires you to be located in North America.
Your future team
We are looking for a Lead Product Designer to help Confluence raise the visual and interaction design quality bar across our web, desktop, and mobile app experiences. Reporting to one of our two Design Managers who oversee Confluence Horizontals, you will oversee the strategic remit and application of our local design system for Confluence, including the development of components, patterns and local design system strategy, which will help us to deliver platform-capable experiences for Confluence at enterprise scale.
As a high-level individual contributor, you will partner with other designers and multiple design teams across the company to help raise our quality bar and ensure effective cross-team alignment, adoption, and co-contribution. Leading this space means you will directly contribute to transforming Atlassian into a world-class design organization, known for its stunning design language and beloved customer experience.
In addition to leading visual and interaction design improvements and establishing a library of Confluence-specific patterns and components, you'll be responsible for leading design on critical Confluence features and experiences within the Horizontals team-i.e., platform experiences that span across all Atlassian products with a focus on differentiated design needs for Confluence (e.g., navigation, notifications, real-time collaboration, content wrapper, contextual create, personal notes, home).
Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the design process from concept to execution, ensuring high-quality deliverables that align with business goals and user needs.
• Develop and maintain design systems that promote consistency and efficiency across products.
• Create visually stunning and intuitive interfaces, incorporating motion and interaction design principles to enhance user engagement.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other stakeholders to achieve alignment on design objectives and project timelines.
• Present design concepts and solutions to senior leadership, articulating the rationale behind design decisions and how they contribute to overall product strategy.
• Conduct user research and usability testing to gather feedback and iterate on designs, ensuring that user needs are at the forefront of the design process.
• Mentor and guide junior designers, fostering a culture of creativity and collaboration within the design team.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of product design experience designing complex or enterprise-level software.
• Proven experience as a Lead Product Designer or similar role, with a strong portfolio showcasing your design work.
• Exceptional visual design skills, with a keen eye for aesthetics and detail.
• Strong motion and interaction design skills, with the ability to create engaging and dynamic user experiences.
• Experience working on design systems and mobile applications, with a deep understanding of responsive design principles.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to influence and align stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
• A user-centered mindset, with experience in conducting user research and usability testing.
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple projects simultaneously.

Compensation
At Atlassian, we strive to design equitable, explainable, and competitive compensation programs. To support this goal, the baseline of our range is higher than that of the typical market range, but in turn we expect to hire most candidates near this baseline. Base pay within the range is ultimately determined by a candidate's skills, expertise, or experience. In the United States, we have three geographic pay zones. For this role, our current base pay ranges for new hires in each zone are:
Zone A: $188,700 - $251,600
Zone B: $169,900 - $226,500
Zone C: $156,600 - $208,900
This role may also be eligible for benefits, bonuses, commissions, and equity.
Please visit go.atlassian.com/payzones for more information on which locations are included in each of our geographic pay zones. However, please confirm the zone for your specific location with your recruiter.
Our perks & benefits
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About Atlassian
At Atlassian, we're motivated by a common goal: to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.
We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.
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