Design System Lead H/F
Apply on NEXTONNEXTON is hiring a Design System Lead (H/F) on a permanent contract (CDI) in Paris. The role joins the Design teams of one of NEXTON's large-account clients and is responsible for ensuring coherence of digital experiences and for steering the strategy, evolution and adoption of the Design System within a complex, multi-product B2B environment. The position covers governance, roadmap management, team adoption and Design Ops to improve processes and cross-discipline coordination.
What you'll do
- Define and carry the Design System vision, governance, principles and contribution rules to ensure coherence and longevity.
- Identify needs of different teams, arbitrate priorities and manage the Design System roadmap for scalability, reuse and coherence across products and platforms.
- Act as a reference for product teams, facilitate daily adoption, and support designers and developers in using the system.
- Facilitate collaboration between designers, developers, Product Managers and technical stakeholders to align design and implementation while accounting for technical and operational constraints.
- Contribute to structuring Design Ops: processes, methods and rituals around the Design System to streamline team work and improve efficiency.
- Ensure visual, functional and accessible coherence of digital experiences and intervene in design reviews to challenge usages and guarantee quality.
- Structure, enrich and maintain clear, accessible documentation of the Design System and encourage knowledge sharing.
- Measure adoption and impact via relevant indicators and team feedback, identify improvement areas and evolve the system, processes and practices.
What they're looking for
- Significant experience in managing, structuring or piloting a Design System within complex digital environments.
- Experience in contexts involving Design, Product and Development teams and understanding of scalability, coherence and adoption challenges for a Design System.
- Mastery of Design System, Design Ops and governance principles and ability to implement processes for maintenance, evolution and adoption.
- Excellent knowledge of design tools such as Figma and their component libraries.
- Knowledge of variables, design tokens or multi-platform systems is a plus.
- Understanding of front-end integration (HTML, CSS, modern frameworks) and ability to communicate effectively with technical teams about implementation constraints.
- Awareness of accessibility standards and UX/UI best practices.
- Experience on mobile or multi-platform Design Systems is appreciated.
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