Lead Product Designer (Design System)
Apply on SkySky states it is no longer accepting applications for the Design System Design Manager role. The position is in the digital customer experience team, with hybrid work available from Osterley or Leeds and 37.5 hours per week. The role owns design system work across sky.com and the My Sky app, leading Agile teams and supporting customer experience strategy, design excellence, and product roadmap performance for the UK and Ireland.
AI skillsThis role asks for AI & agentic skills, exactly what we teach at Into Design SystemsWhat you'll do
- Lead a small team of product designers delivering evidence-based user experiences across web and native platforms
- Own the strategic direction of the Sky design system, including scalability, governance, and alignment with product strategy and business goals
- Partner with engineering, product, research, and analytics on usability, performance, and brand consistency across platforms
- Be responsible for system architecture, tokenisation, documentation quality, and design-engineering parity
- Use AI tools and work with Design Ops to improve efficiency
- Champion inclusive design and embed WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards across components, patterns, and motion principles
- Shape the end-to-end experience vision, define CX KPIs, and connect design system adoption to measurable business outcomes
What they're looking for
- Experience delivering large-scale digital products and design systems across responsive web and native applications
- Expert-level skills with component libraries, token structures, and conditional prototyping for scalable systems
- Accessibility expertise for creating inclusive experiences
- Ability to use user research methods to understand customer problems and behaviours
- Ability to use analytics tools including Usertesting and Adobe Analytics to interpret user behaviour and analyse performance
- Experience partnering with developers on component implementation, governance pipelines, and code alignment
- Strong storytelling, stakeholder influence, and resilience in fast-paced, evolving environments
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