UX/UI Design Systems Lead
First seen by Alion on Sep 26, 2026.
Role Overview:
Lead UX/UI strategy and digital design direction for web and app products while owning the Design System end-to-end. Establish scalable design standards, governance, and reusable components to ensure consistent experiences across multiple markets and products.
Key Responsibilities:
- Define UX/UI strategy and digital design direction aligned with business goals and user needs.
- Own the Design System architecture, governance, component library, tokens, and long-term scalability.
- Maintain consistent brand and UI standards across multiple markets and digital products.
- Establish design standards and reusable foundations for designers and developers.
- Create polished, responsive, and accessible web and app experiences.
- Validate design decisions through usability testing, data, and experimentation.
- Manage Figma-to-development handoff and conduct design QA to ensure design accuracy.
- Develop documentation and guidelines to drive consistent Design System adoption.
- Collaborate with product, engineering, and design teams to align on design strategy and product goals.
- Mentor designers and provide creative direction where required.
- Explore AI-driven and automated design approaches to improve design delivery efficiency.
- Ensure designs comply with accessibility standards, including WCAG 2.2 AA.
Required Skills & Qualifications:
- Strong senior-level experience across UX, UI, and Design Systems.
- Impressive portfolio demonstrating high-quality UI design for complex digital products.
- Proven experience developing and maintaining Design Systems, preferably across multiple markets or white-label products.
- Advanced proficiency in Figma, component libraries, variables, design tokens, and prototyping.
- Strong understanding of Design System governance, versioning, contribution workflows, and documentation.
- Extensive experience designing for both Web and App platforms.
- Experience working closely with engineering teams on design handoff and design QA.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Experience validating designs through usability testing, data, and experimentation.
- Experience mentoring or providing creative direction to other designers.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards, particularly WCAG 2.2 AA.
- Familiarity with AI-driven or automated interface design approaches.
Skills
UX, UI Design, Figma, WCAG