Design Systems Lead: Strategy, Governance & Scale

Macquarie Group; Sydney; Hybrid; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing leave day

Service bonus leave

Parental leave for primary caregivers

Volunteer leave and donation matching

Gender affirmation leave

Employee Assistance Program

Learning and development reimbursement

Hybrid and flexible working

Work-from-home equipment reimbursement

Job summary

Macquarie Group is seeking a Design Lead – Design Systems to own the vision, strategy, and operations of our system. You will directly manage the Design system lead and core systems team, shaping career growth and prioritisation while driving multi-year strategy across iOS, Android, and web.

You will partner with brand, marketing, and product design leadership to establish a unified visual language and governance model that enables safe contribution by product squads.

Qualifications

• 8-10+ years in digital product design, building design systems at scale.
• Proven people management and mentoring experience.
• Expert in modern design system tooling, including Figma and design tokens.
• Strong ability to align brand and product priorities with engineering.
• Fluent in accessibility and performance for web/mobile.

Responsibilities

• Define multi-year strategy and roadmap for the Macquarie Design System.
• Lead and mentor Design System team and collaborate with engineering.
• Establish governance model and contribution framework.
• Partner with brand, marketing, and product design leaders to unify visual language.
• Ensure parity between tokens, libraries, and production code.

Skills

Digital product design

Design systems

People management

Figma architectures

Design tokens

Git workflows

Cross-functional leadership

Tools

Figma

Git

Job description

Macquarie Group is seeking a Design Lead – Design Systems to own the vision, strategy, and operations of our system. You will directly manage the Design system lead and core systems team, shaping career growth and prioritisation while driving multi-year strategy across iOS, Android, and web.

You will partner with brand, marketing, and product design leadership to establish a unified visual language and governance model that enables safe contribution by product squads.