Lead Product Designer

Job Description

About CoStar Group

CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) is a leading global provider of commercial and residential real estate information analytics and online marketplaces. Included in the S&P 500 Index and the NASDAQ 100 CoStar Group is on a mission to digitize the worlds real estate empowering all people to discover properties insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

We have been living and breathing the world of real estate information and online marketplaces for over 35 years giving us the perspective to create truly unique and valuable offerings to our customers. Weve continually refined transformed and perfected our approach to our business creating a language that has become standard in our industry for our customers and even our competitors. We continue that effort today and are always working to improve and drive innovation. This is how we deliver for our customers our employees and investors. By equipping the brightest minds with the best resources available we provide an invaluable edge in real estate.

About Domain

Domain is a leading property technology and services marketplace that is home to one of the largest portfolios of property brands in Australia including the Domain Allhomes and Commercial Real Estate (CRE) 2025 Domain became part of CoStar Group (NASDAQ: CSGP) a global leader in commercial real estate information analytics online marketplaces and 3D digital twin technology. Together Domain and CoStar Group is dedicated to digitising the worlds real estate empowering all people to discover properties insights and connections that improve their businesses and lives.

The role will be part of a new team within the Audience division. This individual will work closely with Product and Engineering to develop new opportunities and optimise existing ones focused on connecting users who are looking to buy or sell homes with relevant agents and agencies.

This roles purpose

• The product Design Lead role is a role for a focused Design Specialist.

• The role exists for a design expert working autonomously to lead and innovate within large complex projects.

• The primary responsibility of a design lead will be to spearhead design initiatives ensuring the highest standards of creativity usability and brand coherence across all aspects of our product.

• The role serves as a brand guardian actively participating in shaping and evolving our brand identity within the product landscape.

• A Design Lead is also focused on growth and mentorship of team members and the broader design community with active engagement with design across

• Additionally you will contribute to the development and maintenance of our design system ensuring consistency and efficiency in our design processes.
  

What success looks like

• Partnering with product managers engineers researchers and SEO to oversee the user experience of a product from conception until launch

• Contributing to strategic decisions and helping shape priorities and scope during planning

• Design and prototype solutions that meet customer needs and achieve business outcomes

• Conduct research to build empathy and understanding of our customers and evaluate solutions during the delivery phase of projects

• Working collaboratively within a cross-functional scrum team to ship high-quality product at high velocity balancing trade-offs and constraints along the way

• Leading or facilitating workshops to foster collaboration and alignment
  

Key relationships

Upwards:

• Product Design Manager - Direct people manager responsible for providing resources for the PDL and career development

• Head of Design - Indirect people manager should set vision and direction for the team and help with interpreting organisational strategy to the team level for the PDTL

Peers:

• Product Design Leads - Helping build the team culture and provide the environment for a good design culture to evolve.

Downwards:

• Product Designers and Senior Product Designers

Outwards:

• Senior Principal and Head of products - Product managers who set direction and prioritise work for the product teams. The PDL is responsible for maintaining these relationships and helping prioritise work in these areas with a particular focus on consistency quality and impact of design work for these teams.

• Tech leads - The PDL is responsible for ensuring designs are able to be implemented and to work with the tech leads to ensure design supports aligned product/tech delivery goals

Experience education and certifications

Education:

• Bachelors degree in Design Human-Computer Interaction or a related field.

• The ability to illustrate deep skill and understanding in at least one design sub discipline

Technical Experience:

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in product design UX/UI design or a related role.

• Proficiency in design tools such as Sketch Figma Adobe XD or similar.

• Strong portfolio showcasing a range of design projects with a focus on user-centred design principles and processes.

• Experience in conducting user research and usability testing.

• Demonstrated ability to create wireframes prototypes and high-fidelity designs.

• Experience working in agile development environments and collaborating with cross-functional teams (e.g. product managers engineers).

• Familiarity with accessibility standards and best practices (e.g. WCAG).

• Experience with design systems and contributing to the development and maintenance of a design system.

• Experience working on B2C products

• Comfortable with experimentation and a track record of using data to inform design decisions

• Ability to transfer skills e.g. by mentoring and coaching other designers

Why join us

Were the kind of place you can make a real impact with a workplace culture where you can be you. Its a fun safe space where youll always feel you belong. Perks of the role include:

• Hybrid working;

• First-rate parental leave;

• Continuous opportunities to leap learn and grow in a team that values creativity and innovation;

We dont just talk we do. Every day we solve property problems for Australians and beyond. We encourage our people to see the possibilities and turn them into realities.

Whats next

Well give your application the thoughtful attention it deserves and get back to you as soon as possible. If theres a match one of our recruitment consultants will reach out so keep your phone handy! Were genuinely excited about the chance to work together and make a meaningful impact.

Equity Diversity and Inclusion at Domain

Domain is enthusiastically and unapologetically committed to fostering an equitable inclusive work culture which reflects our customers and communities. We are proactively looking for candidates from all lived experiences including people with disability and people of all ages ethnicities cultures (including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Peoples) faiths sexual orientations and gender identities (including trans and non-binary people).

We are committed to providing an equitable recruitment process for people with disability. If you require adjustments during the process were here to support. If you wish to receive this job advertisement in an accessible format or have a confidential chat about workplace adjustments please contact our Equity Diversity and Inclusion team at or leave a message onand we will get back to you.

CoStar Group is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer; we maintain a drug-free workplace and perform pre-employment substance abuse testing