Product Design Manager

Ready to lead a high-performing design team shaping a global product used by millions? Join KICK and drive innovation, quality and impact across the brand.

What's in it for you?

Step into a role where your leadership shapes the future of a global brand reaching millions of users worldwide. You'll inspire a high-performing team and influence how design drives innovation, quality and impact across every product. Join a culture built on creativity, collaboration and bold ideas where your voice matters and your growth is supported. If you're ready to elevate people, product and process while setting new standards for design excellence, this is the opportunity to make it happen.

Your role with us:

As our Product Design Manager, you'll lead, mentor and grow a talented team of designers, offering guidance, feedback and clear paths for development. You'll define and uphold high design standards, ensuring every experience is consistent, purposeful and user-focused. Working closely with Product, Engineering and Creative leadership, you'll translate vision into strategy, oversee delivery across squads and ensure design remains central to KICK's roadmap. You'll also strengthen processes, streamline operations and foster an inclusive, curious and high-performing culture where designers do their best work.

Who are we?

Headquartered in the beautiful city of Melbourne, Australia,KICK is built by gamers, for gamers. Our platform may be new, but we're already making waves by partnering with some of the biggest names in streaming

We're not just another live streaming platform though - we're a community of gamers, creators, and fans who are passionate about building something incredible together, and we're already seeing the results of our hard work: Our platform is quickly becoming one of the fastest growing forces in the industry. Fast forward to today, we have more than 50 million users and recently celebrated 1 billion watch hours, and we are just getting started.

Our founders have spent the last two decades playing video games together and fueled by their extensive knowledge, experience, and deep love for tech, they have turned their passion into a number of thriving entertainment and gaming brands. This passion for gaming, has led to KICK being recognised as an industry disruptor and the ones to watch, making us the ultimate destination for gamers and creators alike.

Kickstart your career and apply today

What you will do:

• Manage, coach and grow a team of designers, providing feedback, guidance and development opportunities through 1:1s, performance reviews and growth conversations.
• Provide clear, actionable feedback to help designers navigate stakeholder input and deliver high-quality results.
• Define and uphold design standards, principles and systems across your domain, ensuring quality and consistency through critiques, reviews and alignment practices.
• Partner closely with senior designers to maintain high execution standards and apply a strategic product lens that meets user needs while pushing creative boundaries.
• Oversee design delivery across KICK squads, tracking progress, reporting impact and ensuring projects stay on track and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Collaborate on improving design processes, rituals and tools for greater efficiency, scalability and alignment across teams.
• Partner with Product and Engineering leadership to shape product strategy and roadmap planning, representing design in strategic forums and influencing decisions with insights and data.
• Collaborate with the Creative Leadership Team to align across all Creative disciplines and champion design's voice within the department.
• Foster an inclusive, high-performing design culture built on trust, curiosity and craft excellence.
• Champion continuous learning, growth and design maturity across the organisation.

What you will bring:

• 8+ years' experience in product design, with 3+ years in leadership or management.
• Proven track record building and leading high-performing design teams.

• Experience working in tech-driven environments or digital product companies.

• Interest or experience in streaming, gaming, entertainment or emerging technologies such as AI.

• Knowledge or curiosity about KICK, its community and the broader creator and streaming landscape.

• Deep understanding of UX, UI and product development processes.

• Excellent communicator, able to align design, business and technical perspectives.
• Strong strategic thinking, connects design decisions to product and company goals.
• Empathetic leader who values mentorship, growth and inclusion.

Bonus points if you also have:

• Sports, Gambling and Cryptocurrency knowledge.
• Proficient with Google Suite (Drive, Spreadsheets, Docs), Slack.

Some of the perks of working with us:

Office Perks & Environment

• In-house baristas serving free coffee, fresh juices and smoothies
• Daily catered breakfast and regular company-wide events
• Snack walls and drink fridges on every floor
• Fun /modern office spaces with pool tables, table tennis, gaming consoles, and an F1 simulator

Wellbeing & Personal Development

• Access to our Employee Assistance Program for you and your loved ones
• 9,000+ courses on our Learning & Development platform
• One paid volunteer day per year
• Weekly Wednesday massages by professional masseuses

Team Connection & Rewards

• Team budgets for lunches and activities to celebrate achievements
• Social sports teams and participation in Corporate Games
• Easygo branded swag
• Birthday and work anniversary gift vouchers, plus a chance to win prizes

Events & Experiences

• Company-wide talks with key partners such as Everton FC and Team Sauber in Formula 1
• Office visits from big-name streamers
• Meet Ambassadors like Alex Pereira, Israel Adesanya
• Ballots for exclusive tickets to events like Formula 1, UFC, and more sporting and music events

We believe that the unique contributions of everyone at Easygo are the driver of our success. To make sure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone's perspectives and experiences, we never discriminate on the basis of race, religion, nationality, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.

We're a global team of dreamers, creators, and game-changers from every walk of life, united by a passion for entertainment that inspires the world.

We believe that the best ideas come from different perspectives, so we actively welcome and champion talent from all backgrounds, cultures, identities, and experiences. Whether you're just starting out or bringing decades of experience, your unique voice matters here.