What are the responsibilities and job description for the Director User Experience Design position at Aquent Talent?
A top US retailer is looking to hire a UX Design to head the Enterprise Design Systems team, leading the evolution of the enterprise design system for the AI age, through highly strategic and craft-based design leadership. Leveraging generative AI tooling, design-to-code automation, and robust design systems governance models, you will champion enterprise-wide adoption and adherence to the company's design standards, enabling everyone (designers, engineers, writers, etc.) to deliver consumer-grade digital experiences, consistently and efficiently.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Ability to define and advocate for an enterprise-wide design systems vision
- Track record of shipping and managing complex design systems, in a fast-moving and changing enterprise – one that celebrates experimentation, iteration, and shipping at scale
- Built and managed multi-disciplinary teams of designers, researchers, writers, and front-end developers, while creating a strong design systems culture
- A strong strategic mindset and a systems thinking approach
- Adept with modern design systems tooling and automation
- Engagement deeply in the details of the work, while inspiring and empowering designers to deliver beautiful, thoughtful solutions for our end users
- Driving the design strategy and delivering on the future vision
- Partnering with the business, engineering, and product partners to create a compelling vision that will inform the roadmap for our associate products and services
- Owning and delivering all phases of product design work across the portfolio (these include defining the north star, distilling research, design ideation, prototyping, final spec design, implementation)
- Leading your team in a way that nurtures the unique strengths of each member and brings them together in a way that has multiplying effect
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree or higher in a Design related field and 12 years of experience in product design, with at least 8 years managing teams of managers and individual contributors.
- MUST HAVE experience leading Design Systems teams and leveraging AI tools for design systems governance.
