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BNY · 5 hours ago

Design System Lead

New York, NY

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level, Lead/Staff

$102K/yr - $246K/yr

10+ years exp

BNY is a leading global financial services company that influences nearly 20% of the world’s investible assets. They are seeking a Design System Lead to own and evolve the design system for Global Payments & Trade digital products, focusing on creating elegant and consistent design patterns across complex ecosystems.

Financial Services

Responsibilities

Lead the Global Payments & Trade Design System: Define and evolve the visual language, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards that unify our digital experiences across channels and platforms

Drive Scalable UI Architecture: Partner with product, engineering, and accessibility teams to ensure design tokens, components, and guidelines support performance, usability, and brand integrity across global products

Establish Governance and Adoption Models: Develop contribution and review processes to ensure the design system is scalable, well-documented, and consistently implemented by product teams

Collaborate Across Platforms: Work closely with cross-functional leads in Payments, Channels, and Client Experience to align product roadmaps with the design system roadmap

Champion Craft and Consistency: Elevate the quality of our interfaces and ensure best-in-class interaction and visual design standards are applied to all new features

Mentor and Guide Designers: Provide design direction and coaching to other designers leveraging the system, nurturing a culture of craft, inclusion, and accountability

Measure Impact: Define and track metrics for adoption, consistency, and client experience improvement driven by the design system

Qualification

UI/UX designDesign systems managementFigmaResponsive design principlesComponent-based designStakeholder managementMentoring designersCommunication

Required

10+ years of UI/UX design experience, with at least 4 years focused on building or managing design systems at large enterprises or global-scale platforms

Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and deliver system-wide design frameworks in collaboration with engineering and product management

Expertise in Figma, component-based design, and front-end collaboration tools (Storybook, ZeroHeight, etc.)

Deep understanding of responsive and accessible design principles (WCAG, ADA compliance)

Strong visual and interaction design sensibility, able to elevate both craft and usability

Excellent communication, documentation, and stakeholder management skills

A portfolio is required to be considered for this position