Commonwealth Bank

Principal Product Designer

Commonwealth Bank  •  Commonwealth of Australia (Onsite)  •  1 day ago
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Job Description

Principal Product Designer
Sydney | Permanent | Full Time | 50% Office attendance

Do work that matters

At CommBank, we are transforming how operations work across the Bank - reimagining the systems, tools and experiences that enable our people to deliver for customers every day.

You’lljoin a cross-functional team shaping a next-generation operations platform-designed to simplify and standardise complex processes, improve how work isallocatedand managed, and unlock more consistent, efficient outcomes for both staff and customers.

This work sits at the intersection of experience, data,orchestrationand AI, with an ambition to create scalable, reusable foundations that can support a wide range of operational processes across the Bank.

About the role

As a Principal Product Designer, you will be an expert individual contributor and design leader embedded in a cross-functional product squad.

You will lead design for a complex platform problem space - shaping how operational processes are experienced, scaled and continuously improved. This includes enabling continuous discovery and delivery, supporting immediate priorities while driving forward-looking opportunities in parallel.

You’llpartner closely with Product, Engineering, Data and business leaders to frame problems, define strategy, and translate ambition into high-quality, scalable experiences.

This role is suited to someone who can lead using your influence and systems level thinking, connecting long-term experience vision with hands-on delivery.

Whatyou’lldo

Shape the future of operations

  • Define and drive the end-to-end design approach for a complex operations platform, balancing immediate delivery with longer-term transformation.

  • Translate operational challenges into clear opportunity areas,principlesand experience direction.

  • Contribute to a vision where operational processes are simplified, standardised and reusable across teams, reducing fragmentation and rework.

Lead continuous discovery and learning

  • Lead discovery across high-value problem spaces,identifyingunmet needs and opportunities for improvement.

  • Establish hypotheses, successmeasuresand learning loops to guide product decisions.

  • Use qualitative and quantitative evidence to inform prioritisation and continuously improve outcomes.

Design scalable platform experiences

  • Create experience models, interaction patterns and service designs that scale across multiple processes and teams.

  • Prototype and iterate at varying levels of fidelity to support both rapid validation and delivery readiness.

  • Ensure experiences align to broader platform,dataand operational considerations, including how work is surfaced,managedand measured.

Influence strategy and alignment

  • Partner with Product,Engineeringand business stakeholders to embed design-led thinking in decision-making.

  • Drive alignment across squads and initiatives to create a cohesive experience across journeys and systems.

  • Influence senior stakeholders through clear narratives andevidence-based recommendations.

Lift design capability

  • Modelhigh standardsof design craft, systems thinking and problem solving.

  • Contribute to design practice through critique,coachingand collaboration within and beyond your squad.

Whatyou’llbring

  • Extensive experience designing complex platforms,productsor services end-to-end in cross-functional teams.

  • A proventrack recordshaping experience strategy in ambiguous, high-complexity environments.

  • Deepexpertisein systems thinking, service design and scalable experience design.

  • Strong capability in continuous discovery, experimentation and evidence-led decision making.

  • Confidence working with senior stakeholders across Product, Engineering,Dataand business domains.

  • Ability to connect strategic intent with hands-on execution, from framing through to UX/UI delivery.

  • Strong facilitation,storytellingand influencing skills.

  • Demonstrated familiarity with emerging AI-enabled design and rapid prototyping tools, with the ability toleveragemodern AI-assisted workflows to accelerate iteration, collaboration, and business requirement sign-off.

  • Experience with tools such as Figma Make, Claude Code, Codex, or similar tooling is highly desirable.

  • A portfoliodemonstratingsystems-level thinking, high-qualitycraftand measurable impact.

Why join us

  • Shape how operations work at scale across one of Australia’s largest organisations.

  • Work on high-impact platform challenges that improve outcomes for both staff and customers.

  • Be part of a collaborative product and design culture with the autonomy to influence direction and raise quality.

  • Accessstrong designleadership,communityand investment in your growth.

What to expect when applying

Our Talent Acquisition partners will guide you through the process andprovidefurther insight into the role and team.

If you're already part of the Commonwealth Bank Group (including Bankwest, x15ventures), you'll need to apply through Sidekick to submit a valid application. We’re keen to support you with the next step in your career.

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About Commonwealth Bank

Australia’s leading provider of financial services including retail, premium, business and institutional banking, funds management, superannuation, insurance, investment and sharebroking products and services.

We are a business with more than 800,000 shareholders and over 52,000 employees. We offer a full range of financial services to help all Australians build and manage their finances.

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Industry
Finance & Insurance
Company Size
10,000+ employees
Headquarters
Sydney, AU
Year Founded
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