Senior Product Designer

Overview Senior Product Designer - Help us shape the future of healthcareFull-time Melbourne About Lyrebird Health Lyrebird Health is transforming the quality and accessibility of healthcare by automating clinicians' most time-consuming tasks.
Our AI-powered platform helps doctors, specialists, and allied health professionals reclaim hours every day - reducing admin, improving documentation, and freeing them up to focus on their patients.We're a fast-growing team building the kind of tech healthcare professionals actually want to use.
Trusted in General Practice, Allied Health and Specialist clinics around Australia, Lyrebird is already saving clinicians up to two hours per day - and we're just getting started.We believe good design is what turns smart tech into something that's actually helpful.
That's where you come in.
What you'll be doing Our designers own their work end-to-end - from early exploration through to shipped product.
Sometimes it's a quick tweak to improve an interaction.
Other times it's a deeper rethink of how doctors interact with AI in the middle of a consult.
Either way, you're expected to be self-sufficient, proactive, and comfortable working through ambiguity.On a typical day, you might be:Designing concepts and interactive prototypes at various levels of fidelity to clearly communicate your ideas - whether you're aligning with engineers, chatting with clinicians, or framing up something for leadershipExploring product opportunities - reviewing user feedback, digging into usage patterns, sketching out ideas, testing assumptionsProactively running user research - reaching out to clinicians, setting up calls, asking the right questions, and feeding real-world insights into your workSolving complex UX challenges in a domain full of nuance, regulation, and real-world consequencesCollaborating with product and engineering to scope features, refine flows, and adapt designs as things take shapeHelping shape the product roadmap over time - not through long strategy decks, but by being close to the work and the people using itPitching in across the team - giving feedback, helping a teammate unblock, or jumping into Figma to clean up someone else's flowSome of the projects you might work on include:Redesigning onboarding to better reflect how clinics actually set up and start using LyrebirdBuilding intuitive ways for doctors to personalise AI-generated notes - not just another four clicksSimplifying complex flows so they're usable in a 15-minute consultFinding small improvements that make a big difference in day-to-day clinical life What we're looking for Creativity and craft - Strong UX and UI skills, with a sharp eye for detail across everything from complex flows to thoughtful micro-interactionsEnd-to-end experience - You've delivered real features in real products (SaaS or similar), ideally with 6+ years designing within cross-functional teamsCuriosity and initiative - You ask questions, dig in, and don't wait for permission to figure things outProblem-solving with a product lens - You think beyond the screen, understand how things connect, and can turn fuzzy needs into clear, usable solutionsStrong communication skills - Whether you're walking someone through your designs, writing a clear Slack update, or giving feedback in a critTechnical awareness - You're not expected to code, but you understand how things get built and know how to work with engineersUser research confidence - You can talk to clinicians, gather insights, and fold what you learn back into your design processA healthy respect for accessibility, usability, and time pressure - We're designing for busy professionals with real stakesBonus - Experience working in healthcare, AI, or any environment where the stakes are high and the edge cases are plenty Why this role, and why now?
We're still small.
You'll have real ownership and input into what we design and how we workYou'll join at a time when the design function is still forming so there's space to shape, not just slot inWe're solving complex, meaningful problems that have direct impact on healthcare deliveryYou'll work closely with a high-trust team that values good craft, healthy feedback, and momentumWe're moving fast but thoughtfully and shipping real things to real usersThis is a senior IC role - hands-on, high-impact, no people management expectedAt Lyrebird, you won't just write code - you'll help shape the future of the human experience.If you want to pioneer, to create, and to see your work touch lives directly, we'd love to hear from you.We're building a team that reflects the diversity of the people who'll benefit from our work.
We want Lyrebird to be a place where everyone feels safe, supported, and able to thrive.
If you're from an underrepresented background in tech, we especially encourage you to apply - even if you don't meet every single requirement.