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Design System Lead

Zopa🏢 Hybrid·London, UK
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Zopa is hiring to lead its Design Systems function within the Experience Design team. The role will own the design system as a strategic platform, lead a small team, work closely with Product, Engineering and Design leaders, and help scale delivery, improve consistency and strengthen governance while exploring AI-assisted design and development. The company recently rebuilt its design system for native. This hybrid role requires attendance at the London office 2-3 days a week and offers the option to work from abroad for up to 120 days a year.

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What you'll do

  • Lead and develop a team consisting of a Design Systems Designer and Motion Designer
  • Define and evolve the governance, processes and operating model for Zopa’s design system
  • Partner closely with Mobile Engineering to ensure design and code systems remain aligned
  • Collaborate with Product, Design and Brand stakeholders on system adoption and evolution
  • Review and prioritise requests for new patterns, components and system enhancements
  • Define and track measures of system health, adoption, consistency and impact
  • Help product teams move faster by creating scalable, reusable foundations
  • Balance hands-on design systems work with strategic leadership and organisational influence

What they're looking for

  • You’ve led a design system or platform design capability within a product organisation
  • You’ve managed and developed designers and enjoy building high-performing teams
  • You bring strong systems thinking across tokens, components, patterns, documentation and governance
  • You have experience partnering closely with Engineering and understand how design systems translate into code
  • You’re comfortable working across native mobile experiences
  • You use evidence and measurable outcomes to guide prioritisation and decision making
  • You’re confident setting boundaries, making trade-offs and influencing senior stakeholders
  • You can balance technical depth with strong communication and stakeholder management

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