PRODUCT DESIGN LEAD – DESIGN SYSTEMS SPECIALIST An exciting opportunity for a seasoned Product Designer with a passion for design systems and UI optimisation to lead the charge in shaping a unified, scalable experience for a well-established SaaS platform. This fully remote role sits within a high-performing squad focused on improving performance, scalability, and user experience, and offers the chance to build something truly foundational that impacts the wider mission-driven tech business.
What they need - A design lead who’s evolved into design ops and systems work, with hands-on experience owning scalable component libraries
- Someone who thrives in messy environments, who can wrangle inconsistency, spot inefficiencies and build order through design
- A designer with strong product fundamentals, who can define core UX patterns and make confident decisions that balance short-term improvement and long-term vision
- Someone collaborative, confident working day-to-day with senior engineers and product partners to make sure systems are implemented and adopted successfully
- A detail-obsessed UI specialist, motivated by the small stuff and driven to create a cohesive design language that scales
What you're great at - You're a systems thinker and Figma expert, skilled in building scalable component libraries, streamlining UI patterns, ensuring accessibility, and partnering closely with engineers to implement consistent, efficient design solutions
- Building and maintaining component libraries in Figma, with experience linking these to real components
- Leading UI audits, pattern consolidation and design clean-up, driving consistency across complex product surfaces
- Collaborating with front-end engineers to implement and refine system components across platforms
- Working in agile teams alongside some exceptional PMs & engineers to establish a cohesive design language
What you'll get - Full remote flexibility from anywhere in the UK with occasional team meetups/travel
- Bonus
- Private health insurance
- Enhanced parental leave
- Pension
- 25 days leave
- L&D budget