SATIC - Product Designer

Management Level

Senior Associate

Job Description & Summary

At PwC, our people in software and product innovation focus on developing cutting-edge software solutions and driving product innovation to meet the evolving needs of clients. These individuals combine technical experience with creative thinking to deliver innovative software products and solutions.

In user experience design at PwC, you will focus on the process of creating and enhancing the overall experience that users have when interacting with a product, system, or service.

Focused on relationships, you are building meaningful client connections, and learning how to manage and inspire others. Navigating increasingly complex situations, you are growing your personal brand, deepening technical expertise and awareness of your strengths. You are expected to anticipate the needs of your teams and clients, and to deliver quality. Embracing increased ambiguity, you are comfortable when the path forward isn’t clear, you ask questions, and you use these moments as opportunities to grow.

Examples of the skills, knowledge, and experiences you need to lead and deliver value at this level include but are not limited to:

• Respond effectively to the diverse perspectives, needs, and feelings of others.
• Use a broad range of tools, methodologies and techniques to generate new ideas and solve problems.
• Use critical thinking to break down complex concepts.
• Understand the broader objectives of your project or role and how your work fits into the overall strategy.
• Develop a deeper understanding of the business context and how it is changing.
• Use reflection to develop self awareness, enhance strengths and address development areas.
• Interpret data to inform insights and recommendations.
• Uphold and reinforce professional and technical standards (e.g. refer to specific PwC tax and audit guidance), the Firm's code of conduct, and independence requirements.

About PwC SATIC and the role

South Africa Technology & Innovation Centre (SATIC) is the latest addition to the PwC global technology delivery network. PwC leads the way in human-led, technology-enabled professional services, working with clients to transform their businesses and make them fit for the future. We are seeking a dynamic and visionary leader who brings in-depth market experience, who sees technology as a way to enable and drive human innovation, and who wants to lead, develop, and bring together a community of solvers to tackle the biggest challenges in society. If you are looking for a career where every day is different, where challenges are complex, and where you can make a real difference, then we want to hear from you. By choosing to join the SATIC, you are choosing to work with and lead teams across territories, harnessing the power of world-leading tech and making a difference to real people’s lives.

Summary:

As a Product Designer focused on systems and delivery, you will bring structure, scalability, and production excellence to everything you touch. You’ll design and maintain robust, scalable design systems, translating conceptual intent into consistent, reusable components that elevate digital product delivery across teams. This role is ideal for a designer who thrives in high-craft, systems-led environments, where precision, consistency, and execution are as valued as creativity. You will sit within the South Africa team, with a direct connection into the UK Design team, under their leadership. Your primary focus will be on UK-facing requirements, business development and delivery initiatives. You will participate in UK design rituals, planning sessions, and critiques — and will be fully integrated into the team in practice, even if not in location

Qualifications /Certifications required:

· Formal qualifications such as a National Diploma or Bachelor's Degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Digital Media, or a related discipline from a recognized South African tertiary institution (e.g. BA/BTech in Multimedia, UX/UI, or Interaction Design) are desirable but not essential.

· More important than formal education is the quality of your portfolio, your mindset, and your ability to demonstrate impact through your design work.

Experience required:

· 4–6 years of experience in digital product design, with a strong emphasis on design systems, delivery tooling, or design-engineering collaboration.

· Experience working in environments where precision, scale, and repeatability are required — such as financial services, enterprise UX, or multi-stream platforms.

· Demonstrable experience in emerging Generative AI technologies for design is a plus, especially where they support design systems, prototyping, or automation.

· A track record of building and maintaining component libraries, design tokens, and documentation across teams.

· Experience partnering closely with engineers to ensure design fidelity at delivery.

Industry Experience:

· Experience across varied sectors is welcomed — including financial services, healthcare, enterprise platforms, or government — but the key requirement is a systems and delivery mindset, not domain specialism.

Responsibilities of role:

· As a Systems-Focused Product Designer at SATIC, you will:

o Own and evolve design systems in Figma — including component libraries, tokens, documentation, and governance practices.

o Partner with engineering to ensure scalable, pixel-perfect implementation of interfaces and components.

o Translate high-level journeys into structured, production-ready interfaces and flows.

o Maintain consistency across brands, devices, and product streams while allowing for local nuance.

o Set and uphold standards for quality, accessibility, responsiveness, and scalability across digital product teams.

o Contribute to design QA, prototyping, system governance, and handover processes to ensure smooth collaboration between design and development.

o Support the creation and refinement of shared tooling and templates for cross-project reusability

Desirable skill sets include:

· Expert-level proficiency with Figma, including advanced component structuring, variants, auto layout, and design token management.

· Strong working knowledge of design systems, accessibility, interaction patterns, and platform-specific UI frameworks (web, iOS, Android).

· Experience with design-to-code workflows is highly desirable — including Translating designs into production-ready code via tools such as Lovable, Magic Patterns, Figma Sites, or equivalent.

· Designing directly with code in low-code/no-code or developer-friendly design environments.

· Understanding of how design choices impact front-end performance and implementation complexity.

· Familiarity with motion design, prototyping tools (e.g. Protopie, Framer, Lottie) and GenAI tooling for layout, documentation, or automation (e.g. Galileo, Diagram tools).

· Comfortable working within shared handover systems (e.g. Storybook, Zeroheight, Git-based design pipelines) in collaboration with engineering.

Role related attributes:

· Exceptionally detail-oriented — you take pride in what others might overlook.

· Systems thinker — able to zoom out and identify scalable, elegant solutions across complex product landscapes.

· Methodical and consistent — thrives in well-structured processes but flexible enough to evolve them as needed.

· Confident collaborator with cross-disciplinary teams — able to guide others through the "how" of good design. · Production-minded — you know how to ship, and how to balance fidelity with practicality.

· Passionate about quality — you set the standard and inspire others to meet it

Candidates referred for headhunting:

· Designers with strong production/delivery experience from agencies, product companies, or enterprise SaaS platforms.

· Individuals with hybrid design-engineering backgrounds, or those who have worked closely with developers in design system teams.

· Talent from bootcamps or GenAI-focused product tooling startups.

Agencies, please note: This recruitment assignment is being managed directly by PwC’s Talent Acquisition team. We will reach out to our preferred agency partners in the rare instance we require additional talent options. Any speculative or unsolicited CVs received will be treated as a direct application. Your respect for this process is appreciated.

Travel Requirements

Up to 20%

Available for Work Visa Sponsorship?

No

Job Posting End Date

December 23, 2025