What are the responsibilities and job description for the Product Designer | Design Systems Lead position at Exiger?
Exiger's Product Design department is looking for a well-organized, multi-talented and passionate Product Designer to bring best of breed UX, UI & GUI elements to all our products - via a state-of-the-art Design System they will help build & maintain. The Product Designer | Design Systems Lead will organize, analyze, spec, and hands-on design our key components, templates and repeatable elements, working closely with engineers, PMs, and design peers in tandem to deliver our ambitious product roadmap & ensure processes, standards, and living design system motion are met.
Key Responsibilities
- Configure a Figma file structure, living design system directory, best-in-class specs and documentation to ensure our universe of legacy products transitioning into a singular platform will be sticky and configurable, yet elastic to support ongoing needs
- Collaborate closely with front-end engineers and fellow designers to ensure a seamless correlation between Storybook, Figma, and our 1Exiger environment
- Perform Design QA on new features, templates, components, and atoms
- Follow the product design cycle from research and testing through creating pixel-perfect UX, well-defined UI, and final hand-off to developers
- Ensure design consistency across products by creating stretchy, dynamic design elements that are reusable across features
- Conduct research exercises with new or existing customers to confirm and refine design concepts or adapt templates based on evolving needs
- Manage multiple design projects simultaneously for different PMs and stakeholders, maintaining focus on best-in-class design components and implementation
- Be a self-starter, identifying dependencies, gathering additional information proactively, and building internal mechanisms to improve processes
- Embrace a culture of constant feedback, striving for best-in-class UX design quality and consistency across all platform products
Knowledge & Skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Ability to self-start when noticing gaps and prioritize tasks under pressure.
- Extensive experience as a key contributor to an existing SaaS-based design system.
- Proven track record in building or refining a design system to follow best-in-class practices
- Strong communication skills, including the ability to speak up for help or when facing blockers.
- Proven ability to multitask effectively across various activities and projects.
- Strong teamwork skills - mastered giving and receiving feedback
- Expertise in analyzing qualitative and quantitative data to enhance user experience.
- Ideal traits: Kind, communicative, growth-oriented, transparent, and open to challenge - both inward & outward.
Professional Experience Required
- Bachelor's degree in Design, Engineering, Cognitive Studies OR equivalent experience.
- 5 years of experience as part of a design team (preferably larger) for a SaaS product
- Proven Experience building and maintaining a design system in a company with a mid-to-large Dev team (minimum 8 engineers), as a sole / lead designer
- Familiarity with fast-paced Agile environments.
- Proficient written and verbal English communication skills.
- Expertise in Figma, Sketch, Adobe Suite, and Storybook.
We're an amazing place to work. Why?
- Discretionary Time Off for all employees, with no maximum limits on time off
- Industry leading health, vision, and dental benefits
- Competitive compensation package
- 16 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- Flexible, hybrid approach to working from home and in the office where applicable
- Focus on wellness and employee health through stipends and dedicated wellness programming
- Purposeful career development programs with reimbursement provided for educational certifications
Exiger is revolutionizing the way corporations, government agencies and banks manage risk and compliance with a combination of technology-enabled and SaaS solutions. In recognition of the growing volume and complexity of data and regulation, Exiger is committed to creating a more sustainable risk and compliance environment through its holistic and innovative approach to problem solving. Exiger's mission to make the world a safer place to do business drives its award-winning AI technology platform, DDIQ, built to anticipate the market's most pressing needs related to evolving ESG, cyber, financial crime, third-party and supply chain risk. Exiger has won 30 AI, RegTech and Supply Chain partner awards.
Exiger's core values are courage, excellence, expertise, innovation, integrity, teamwork and trust.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status, or any other legally protected basis, in accordance with applicable law.
Exiger's hybrid work policy is periodically reviewed and adjusted to align with evolving business needs.
