NewPrincipal UX Designer, Design Systems
Apply on VanguardThe Design Systems and Practices Team at Vanguard is seeking a Principal UX Designer to provide hands-on design leadership for the Advisor Experience System (AXS). The role will set technical and craft direction for AXS, solve complex design problems, and raise system quality while partnering with engineers and teams across Vanguard. The position is hybrid, based in Malvern, PA or Charlotte, NC, with on-campus expectations Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays and remote work Mondays and Fridays. Vanguard is not offering visa sponsorship for this position.
What you'll do
- Lead the technical design and continued evolution of AXS components, patterns, tokens, templates, and system foundations.
- Translate complex product and experience needs into reusable, accessible, scalable, and practical solutions.
- Own complex component and pattern architecture, including variants, states, behaviors, responsive considerations, and composition.
- Establish a high bar for interaction, visual, and systems design quality across the library.
- Lead design reviews and help the team make sound decisions when requirements, use cases, or technical constraints compete.
- Partner closely with front-end engineers to keep design and code aligned, resolve implementation questions, and ensure the system works as intended.
- Create and maintain clear documentation, usage guidance, specifications, and examples for designers and developers.
- Identify gaps, inconsistencies, and opportunities to simplify the system before they become larger problems.
What they're looking for
- Significant UX and product design experience, including deep experience building or evolving enterprise design systems, component libraries, or scaled pattern ecosystems.
- Expert knowledge of reusable system design, including components, variants, properties, tokens, patterns, templates, and documentation.
- Strong visual and interaction design craft, with excellent judgment across typography, layout, hierarchy, behavior, responsiveness, and content patterns.
- Experience designing complex components and accounting for states, edge cases, accessibility requirements, and implementation constraints.
- Strong command of Figma, including variables, modes, component architecture, library management, prototyping, and modern design-system workflows.
- Experience working closely with engineers to evaluate feasibility, clarify intended behavior, and maintain alignment between design and code.
- Practical understanding of front-end concepts and how design decisions translate into production experiences.
- Deep knowledge of accessibility and an ability to incorporate it into system architecture rather than treating it as a final review step.
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