Principal Product Designer (Design Systems)
- Hybrid
- All design jobs
- Permanent - Full time
- Product
About the role
1. We exist to create lasting, positive change across the entire care and support sector - impacting more lives, elevating standards and shaping the future of care2. We believe in technology as an enabler3. We’re driven by helping customers attain better outcomes
This position is part of the Mable team.
About Mable
Mable is one of Australia's leading and fastest-growing healthtech platforms. As a purpose-driven company, we are where thousands of people with disability and older Australians have connected with independent support workers of their choosing and on terms that suit them.
With more than 25 million hours of support facilitated since 2014, it's no wonder we have been recognised on the AFR's Top 100, Deloitte Tech Fast 50, were previously awarded Australian Growth & Technology Growth Company of the Year.
By working at Mable, you will join a high productivity and dynamic team environment, leading to meaningful change in Australia's care and support sectors.
To find out more, visit https://mable.com.au/
About the role
We're looking for a Principal Product Designer to take our design system to its next stage across our multiple brands. This is a hands-on role with real ownership; you'll own the direction and be the final decision point for how the system scales across brands and connects into the AI tooling that's becoming core to how we design and build, thinking in systems that work for both designers and AI tools alike.
Most designers work partly in the Sydney or Melbourne Mable offices, and partly from home. Candidates who would work remotely from other Australian locations will be considered.
You'll work closely with our product designers across both HomeMade and Mable and our engineering teams. You'll also partner with our AI platform work to make sure the system is built in a way that AI tools can reliably consume and build from.
You will also be part of the Customer Experience team, working with and receiving support from design managers and other talented product designers.
What you'll do
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Own and evolve the multi-brand design system across HomeMade and Mable, making the calls on structure, priority and direction
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Design and maintain design tokens, components and patterns that scale consistently across both brands and across web and mobile
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Establish and evolve how our design system connects to AI tooling, including Claude and Claude Code, so that AI-assisted design and development can reliably use accurate, up-to-date system components
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Audit current component usage across both products, flag inconsistencies and drive consolidation where it makes sense
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Write clear documentation and usage guidelines that make the system easy to adopt, for both designers and engineers
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Partner closely with engineers to make sure design and code stay in sync, and that components are implemented and quality checked properly
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Set and uphold governance for the design system, so it stays consistent as more people contribute to and use it
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Lead the Design System Guild, a cross-functional group of product designers and engineers, to drive shared ownership and keep the system evolving with input from the people actually using it
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Champion accessibility as a baseline, designing and documenting to WCAG 2.2 AA standards
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Advocate for the design system's value across the org, and help other designers understand how to use and contribute to it well
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Continuously improve the system based on feedback, usage data and how AI-assisted workflows are actually being used in practice
What you'll do
What you'll bring
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8+ years as a product designer, with 4-5+ years specifically owning or heavily shaping a design system
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A portfolio that shows strong systems thinking, not just individual product design, and reusable components across multiple products
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Advanced Figma skills, including component libraries, variants, variables and design tokens
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Experience working with a multi-brand or multi-product design system
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Practical experience using AI tools like Claude in a design workflow, and genuine curiosity about how design systems and AI tooling should work together
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Strong collaboration skills with engineering, with real experience getting components built and shipped, not just designed
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Solid understanding of accessibility standards and how to apply them practically
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Clear written communication, you'll need to document decisions and guidelines that other people can actually follow
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Confidence making and owning decisions, this role needs someone who can drive the system forward, not just maintain what exists
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Demonstrated experience operating with a high degree of autonomy, setting direction and making system-level decisions
We’re Switched On 💡We know our customers because we listen and want to learn. We engage within the community and the sector and always act on insights.
We’re Bold 📣We’re ambitious and embrace creativity to solve challenges. We’re here to reshape the industry and back big ideas.
We’re One 🤝We channel our passion into a positive environment. We welcome diversity and collaborate to make the most of our different skills and ways of thinking.
We’re Impactful 🌟We work hard to deliver change. We innovate and move fast to make a difference in the sector and people’s lives.
Values we share as part of Attain Healthtech
Break New Ground 🧨We simplify care with creativity and bold ideas.
Make It Matter💟We put people at the centre and create impact that improves lives.
Own The Outcome🥇We aim high, deliver excellence and drive results that last.
Our benefits
Power your career ⚡️Learn from industry experts, experienced leaders, and on-the-job opportunities.
Access parental leave 👶Get 14 weeks of paid leave for primary carers and 6 weeks of paid leave for secondary carers plus superannuation. Work with flexibility 🏠We’re a hybrid workplace, balancing time in the office with remote work.
Flexi Leave Days 🌴Get one extra paid leave day per quarter for what makes you happy.
Take a floating public holiday 🫶🏾Acknowledge a significant day your way with family and friends.
Be rewarded 🏆Celebrate wins and recognise great performance with an easy and accessible Reward and Recognition program.
We are one
As an organisation, we celebrate our diversity and welcome all people, regardless of their family responsibilities, ethnicity, faith, sexual orientation, or gender identity. Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people are encouraged to apply.
If this role has stood out to you but you don’t feel like you ‘tick all the boxes,’ we strongly encourage you to apply nonetheless. We value diversity in experience, and you might just bring something we are looking for to our organisation!
