Senior Product Designer - Private Dining

Description

The company runs restaurant technology used by millions of diners and more than 70,000 restaurant partners. It has operated for over 25 years and is part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG).

Staff see the direct effect of their work, and the team is part of a global group of metasearch brands.

The Private Dining team in Australia is growing and is building event management software for the company's largest restaurant groups, a new line of business. The team takes part from first concept through prototyping, build, delivery and checking results with customers.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects that give restaurant owners new, useful ways to run their private dining operations more efficiently.
• Shape consumer-facing private dining features in the company's app.
• Build deep knowledge of restaurant operator workflows by running research with owners and staff.
• Apply systems thinking so solutions work across the whole platform.
• Collaborate with product designers, product managers and engineers to deliver experiences that help restaurants host their guests well.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of product design experience.
• Strong visual and interaction design skills, shown in a portfolio that covers a broad range of product design work.
• Skill at solving complex workflows, including B2B2C ones.
• Able to negotiate, set priorities and split design work into measurable outcomes.
• Systems thinking, with the ability to design for both web and mobile.
• A confident, pragmatic approach to design direction.
• Experience leading workshops with cross-functional partners.
• Strong product and business thinking.
• Clear written and verbal communication.
• Experience running user interviews and usability tests.
• Experience working closely with product and engineering in an agile setting.
• Fluency in AI tools such as Cursor, Figma Make or Claude.
• Expertise in Figma and other prototyping tools.

Conditions

The role sits with the Private Dining team in Australia and follows a hybrid work model.

Most work falls within standard business hours, but you may need to handle calls, Slack messages or emails outside regular hours to work with international colleagues, reply to restaurant partners or deal with urgent issues.

The company follows local laws and regulations on working hours and communication.

The company wants everyone to feel they belong and thrive, and you can ask your recruiter for accommodations during hiring or on the job.

Benefits

• Work from almost anywhere for up to 20 days a year.
• Company-paid therapy sessions through SpringHealth.
• Company-paid Headspace subscription.
• One company-wide week off each year.
• Paid parental leave.
• Generous paid vacation, plus time off for your birthday.
• Paid volunteer time.
• Development Dollars for career growth.
• Leadership development programs.
• Thousands of on-demand e-learning courses.
• Travel discounts.
• Employee resource groups.
• Annual health and wellness reimbursement.
• Monthly social events.
• Free lunch 2 days per week.