Senior Design Systems Lead - Multi-Brand, AI-Driven UX

Jobtailor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior product designer to own and evolve a multi-brand design system across HomeMade and Mable. You will set the system's direction, govern components, and write guidelines in collaboration with engineers and AI platform teams.

With 8+ years in product design and 4-5+ years shaping design systems, you will lead the Design System Guild, champion WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, and drive AI tooling integration to improve workflows and consistency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a product designer, with 4-5+ years shaping a design system.
• Portfolio demonstrating systems thinking, reusable components, and cross-brand usage.
• Advanced Figma skills for components, variants, variables and tokens.
• Experience with multi-brand or multi-product design systems.
• Practical use of AI tools like Claude in design workflows.
• Ability to document decisions and guidelines clearly.
• Strong collaboration with engineering to ship components.
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and WCAG guidance.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the multi-brand design system across HomeMade and Mable.
• Make decisions on the system's structure, priority, and direction.
• Design and maintain design tokens, components, and patterns across brands and web/mobile.
• Establish and evolve the design system's connection to AI tooling.
• Audit component usage, identify inconsistencies, and drive consolidation.
• Write documentation and usage guidelines for designers and engineers.
• Partner with engineers to keep design and code in sync and ensure quality.
• Set and uphold design system governance.
• Lead the cross-functional Design System Guild.
• Champion accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
• Advocate for the design system across the organization and support designers.
• Continuously improve the system using feedback, usage data, and AI-assisted insights.
• Collaborate with product designers, engineering, and AI platform teams.
• Participate in Customer Experience initiatives with design managers and product designers.

Skills

Design System Ownership

Advanced Figma Skills

AI Tool Integration

Accessibility Standards Compliance

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Claude

AI Tooling

Job description

Jobtailor is seeking a senior product designer to own and evolve a multi-brand design system across HomeMade and Mable. You will set the system's direction, govern components, and write guidelines in collaboration with engineers and AI platform teams.

With 8+ years in product design and 4-5+ years shaping design systems, you will lead the Design System Guild, champion WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, and drive AI tooling integration to improve workflows and consistency.