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Are you passionate about systematic design? Are you eager to dive deep into UI foundations, atomic design, design tokens, and more? Our Design System is the enabling engine that empowers countless UX designers and front‑end developers across the bank. Our enterprise design system—Zafire—is a core enabler for all Digital Delivery teams. We are looking for an experienced Design System Lead who can act both as Product Owner and Design Lead, driving and facilitating design decisions. You will help guide our dedicated design system team consisting of UI Designers and Front-End developers, primarily based in Singapore. In this role, you will lead, orchestrate, and facilitate key decisions with clarity and confidence. You know when—and how—to involve management with decision‑ready proposals. Our Design System philosophy: Perfection matters. Every strength (and every weakness) of the design system is amplified across the many applications that rely on it. Are you fit for this challenge?Proven experience leading complex enterprise-grade design systems, including both design libraries (Figma) and code libraries (Storybook) supporting Angular and React
Strong leadership experience with cross-disciplinary design-system teams, with the ability to facilitate seamless collaboration between designers and developers
100% ownership of operational excellence, ensuring robust release management, quality assurance, and ongoing reduction of design and technical debt
Masterful backlog management, including prioritizing competing requests across multiple product teams and managing Jira workflows effectively
Ability to drive the strategic evolution of the design system, defining the next wave of features, capabilities, tools, and frameworks that bring value to consuming teams
Great understanding of agile ways of working and design-system-specific workflows, including release governance, contribution processes, and iterative delivery aligned with product teams
Knowledge of Accessibility and Mobile Design (both web and native) is required
Passion for operational and organizational efficiency, with a strong focus on improving processes, governance, and collaboration models
Understanding of how AI-enablement can support design-system operations, from automation in documentation to design-token governance and code generation
Deep passion for documentation, ensuring that every improvement or change is fully reflected in documentation (e.g., Frontify) with the same level of rigor and quality
Strong stakeholder management skills, able to navigate organizational complexity and work effectively with technical teams, branding, accessibility, governance, and consuming product teams
Strong communication skills, capable of engaging in expert-level discussions with the team while also translating complex design-system topics into clear, actionable insights for management
Be a brand ambassador, ensuring alignment between the design system and the bank’s overarching brand and visual identity guidelines
Minimum 8–10 years of dedicated experience working with design systems in large-scale or enterprise environments
Degree from university or applied sciences with above-average grades in Service Interaction Design, UX Design or similar
Passion for wealth management and a desire to create value beyond wealth
Being easy to work with, pragmatic
A global mindset, excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong appetite for learning
Fluency in English is a must, fluency in German is a plus.
Eligibility to work in the country where you apply for the position
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