Senior Product Designer - Design Systems - 100% Remote - EMEA

NOTE: This is a FULLY remote role, but the candidate must be within EMEA to collaborate with their team, peers, and internal customers. You do not have to be in the specific country or city shown in this listing, but please only apply if you are physically based within EMEA.

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About the role

As the foundational owner of our design system, you will work with other designers and engineers to establish components, patterns, and documentation that form the backbone of our platform. You will also aid in the integration of AI to enhance our workflows, drive consistency, and unlock new creative possibilities. A key part of this mission is to forge a stronger partnership between our design and front-end engineering teams, creating a future where design has greater ownership over the system's implementation.

While you architect this future, you will remain a hands-on member of our product design team, contributing to and owning key features end to end. This ensures our design system is built on a practical foundation and is perfectly aligned with the real-world needs of our product and users.

What you’ll do

• Continue the development of our design system: Lead the strategy, roadmap and continued development for our design system. You will be its owner, establishing the governance and vision for its growth.

• Forge the Bridge Between Design and Engineering: Develop and implement new collaborative workflows to bring our design and front-end teams closer. You will define the strategy for the design team to eventually take ownership of the design system's front-end architecture.

• Develop and Document: Design, build, and maintain a comprehensive library of reusable components, patterns, and guidelines. Create clear, accessible documentation that will empower our teams to build efficiently and consistently.

• Drive Adoption and Consistency: Be the primary advocate for the new design system, providing the training and support necessary to embed it across the organization.

• Contribute to and own product features: Actively participate in the end-to-end product development lifecycle, applying your skills in user research, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity design to deliver new features. In some cases supporting other designers and in other cases owning the feature end to end.

• Innovate and influence: Champion and pioneer the integration of AI into our design practice by researching and piloting new tools and methodologies. You will guide and inspire the team, fostering a culture of curiosity and systems thinking, and demonstrate the value of AI from initial research through to final production.