Product Design Manager - Design System 100 remote-friendly within Spain
Product Design Manager - Design System 100 remote-friendly within Spain
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As a Design System Manager you will play a pivotal role in managing and evolving Watson our design system to deliver consistent scalable and accessible design solutions across our product ecosystem. This is a unique opportunity to define the future of our design system ensuring it empowers teams to build outstanding inclusive and usercentered experiences efficiently.
In this role you will lead a team of two talented designers driving their professional growth and aligning their work with the vision and standards of Watson. Youll also remain handsoncontributing directly in Figma owning critical system components and setting the standard for excellence in design systems and accessibility practices.
This position is ideal for someone passionate about systems thinking accessibility and fostering collaboration across design engineering and product teams.
We are looking for a Design System Manager to:
- Own and evolve Watson ensuring it is scalable accessible and flexible for all product teams. Youll continuously adapt the system to address emerging needs while maintaining its quality and integrity.
- Lead and manage a team of two designers providing mentorship guidance and support to enable their growth and ensure highquality outputs. One of them you will actually have to hire )
- Oversee the maintenance and growth of Watsons component libraries documentation and design tokens to ensure consistency across products and platforms.
- Ensure accessibility standards (e.g. WCAG compliance) are embedded into every aspect of the design system championing inclusive design practices and fostering a culture of accessibility.
- Collaborate with crossfunctional teams (Product Managers Engineers and other stakeholders) to align the design system with business goals technical capabilities and accessibility requirements.
- Facilitate adoption and education by creating resources hosting workshops and providing training to improve understanding usage and best practices across the organization.
- Drive design system innovation exploring new tools techniques and processes to improve Watsons efficiency accessibility and effectiveness.
- Maintain and optimize the Figma structure and workflows ensuring components and libraries are intuitive efficient and accessible for all design teams.
- Create and monitor metrics and feedback loops to measure the effectiveness of the design system track improvements and identify opportunities for continuous enhancement.
Qualifications :
What you should have:
- A portfolio showcasing design systems you have created or significantly contributed to.
- Proven experience in leading mentoring and managing a small team of designers fostering collaboration and professional growth.
- Deep expertise with Figma component libraries and other design system management tools.
- A strategic mindset focused on design scalability operational efficiency and continuous improvement.
- Experience collaborating with crossfunctional teams and bridging the gap between design product and engineering.
- Strong organizational and project management skills with the ability to prioritize and execute multiple initiatives simultaneously.
- A solid understanding of systems thinking usercentered design principles and accessibility standards.
- Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions and operational strategies to stakeholders.
- Familiarity with datainformed decisionmaking including metrics to measure the effectiveness of design operations and systems.
- 6 years of experience in interaction design. Bonus: Experience in frontend development.
Additional Information :
Lets talk money
A salary adequate to your experience and skills between 60000 and 80000 euros. The range is broad so that we can accommodate our roles for all levels of experience but we will show you the career ladder to explain where we see your skills and impact within the company. Your salary will be now and always 100% transparent to you;
Flexible remuneration and benefits system via Flexoh which includes: restaurant card transportation card kindergarten and training tax savings;
True flexibility and worklife balance
Remote or hybrid work model with our hub in Barcelona;
Flexible working hours;
Summer intensive schedule during July and August (work 7 hours finish earlier);
23 paid holidays with exchangeable local bank holidays;
Additional paid holiday on your birthday or work anniversary (you choose what you want to celebrate).
Health comes first
Private healthcare plan with Adeslas for you and subsidized for your family (medical and dental);
Access to hundreds of gyms for a symbolic fee in partnership for you and your family.
Access to iFeel a technological platform for mental wellness offering online psychological support and counseling.
Keep growing with us
Free English and Spanish classes.
We promote and embrace equal opportunities in our hiring process and also every day at work. When you apply for our roles you receive equal treatment regardless of age disabilities gender reassignment marital or civil partner status pregnancy or parental status race colour nationality ethnic or national origin religion or belief sex sexual orientation or any other dimension of human difference. If you require additional support in your recruitment process we kindly encourage you to let us know. Behind those words youre reading theres a person (hi!) who already helped a candidate by adapting the interviews and now were lucky to have this person with us. So even if youve never asked for it before may this serve as a sign that now you can do so. We can only truly be equal if we adapt to each other.
We believe all humans in all their beautiful diversity should have equal rights dignity and respect. Period. Mariusz Gralewski CEO
Remote Work :
Yes
Employment Type :
Fulltime
Employment Type
Remote
