Lead Product Designer - Design System Strategy, Figma

Lead Product Designer - Design System Strategy, Figma

Up to £750 per day (Inside IR35)

Manchester - Hybrid

6 Months

My client is urgently looking to hire a Lead Product Designer with experience of owning the overall Design System Strategy and scaling systems across large organisations whilst defining governance, architecture and standards, measuring usage, effectiveness and future improvements and driving adoption across Product teams, and proven experience with Figma.

Key Requirements:

Proven experience as a Lead Product Designer with expertise in owning the overall Design System Strategy
Demonstrable experience of scaling systems across large organisations
Strong working knowledge of Figma
Experience of defining governance, architecture and standards, measuring usage, effectiveness and future improvements
Ability to drive coherence, accessibility and scalability, ensuring designs are accessible and responsive
Capability to lead cross-functional collaboration and drive adoption across Product teams
Ability to define and evolve the Design System's architecture, principles, and governance
Work closely with Product Designers and Engineers, bridging the gap between Engineering and Design whilst testing and validating component behaviour
Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills (including up to C-Suite level stakeholders)
Exceptional communication skills, with ability to confidently converse with technical and non-technical audiences
Working knowledge of Scaled Agile Frameworks (SAFe)
Flexible approach towards hybrid working
Nice to have:

Immediate availability
Demonstrable experience with AI tooling
Research experience, content design, service design
Proven experience in a large, complex organisation in a heavily regulated organisation

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