Content Design Manager - Support Documentation

Overview

Working at Atlassian

Atlassians can choose where they work – whether in an office, from home, or a combination of the two. That way, Atlassians have more control over supporting their family, personal goals, and other priorities. We can hire people in any country where we have a legal entity. Interviews and onboarding are conducted virtually, a part of being a distributed-first company.

This is a remote position based in Australia or New Zealand. With a sufficient timezone overlap with the team, we\'re able to hire eligible candidates for this role from any location in Australia and New Zealand.

Responsibilities

About the role : The Central Docs team consolidates technical writing efforts to enhance the customer and support experience across Atlassian. We deliver high-quality, scalable documentation that supports our products and services, ensuring content is both human-readable and machine-consumable. Our mission is to provide a comprehensive support experience that delivers customer and business value, deflects support costs, and grows customer loyalty.

As a design manager on the Central Docs team, you will lead a team of content designers with technical writing specializations responsible for Atlassian’s support documentation. You’ll set the bar for delivering documentation excellence, drive operational improvements, and ensure alignment with business objectives and customer needs. You’ll partner closely with product, design, engineering, and support leaders to deliver a best-in-class self-help experience.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team of content designers (technical) in Atlassian’s first AI + human collaboration content team.
• Oversee the planning, production, and delivery of comprehensive documentation that supports customer self-help and reduces support costs.
• Champion content strategy, systems thinking, and information architecture improvements across Atlassian’s documentation ecosystem.
• Drive adoption of AI tools and automation to streamline documentation processes and improve content quality.
• Collaborate with cross-functional partners (collections, app teams, design leadership, support, and engineering) to align documentation strategies and deliverables.
• Define and continuously improve ways of working, rituals, and quality assurance practices for the team.
• Represent the Central Docs team in strategic forums, sharing insights and advocating for customer-centric documentation.
• Participate in hiring, onboarding, and career development for team members.

Qualifications

Benefits & Perks

Atlassian offers a wide range of perks and benefits designed to support you, your family and to help you engage with your local community. Our offerings include health and wellbeing resources, paid volunteer days, and so much more. To learn more, visit go.atlassian.com / perksandbenefits .

About Atlassian

At Atlassian, we\'re motivated by a common goal : to unleash the potential of every team. Our software products help teams all over the planet and our solutions are designed for all types of work. Team collaboration through our tools makes what may be impossible alone, possible together.

We believe that the unique contributions of all Atlassians create our success. To ensure that our products and culture continue to incorporate everyone\'s perspectives and experience, we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

To provide you the best experience, we can support with accommodations or adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process. Simply inform our Recruitment team during your conversation with them.

To learn more about our culture and hiring process, visit go.atlassian.com / crh.

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Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 weeks ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand 2 weeks ago

Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand NZ$103,000.00-NZ$120,000.00 2 weeks ago

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