Senior Design Systems Lead – AI-Driven UX

GetYourGuide Global Services GmbH; Zürich; Hybrid; CHF 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual personal growth budget

Mentorship program

Hybrid work model

Work from anywhere 30 days/year

Transportation and fitness budget

Employee discounts on GetYourGuide

Language reimbursement program

Health and wellness benefits

Job summary

GetYourGuide is seeking a Senior Design Systems Manager to lead and evolve our design language and system across functions. You will drive automation, AI-assisted tooling, and bridge design, engineering, and product strategy to scale experiences for travelers and suppliers worldwide.

You will guide teams through all stages of product development, fostering a culture of system thinking, collaboration, and excellence in craft.

Qualifications

• Outstanding portfolio showing leadership in design systems and scale.
• Proven ability to pivot to shifting business needs and align teams.
• Strong vision and thought leadership impacting large teams.
• Excellent English communication and presentation skills for cross-functional partners.
• Ability to think technically and collaborate with engineering and data science teams on AI/machine learning aspects.
• Strong time management for fast-paced deadlines.

Responsibilities

• Shape, govern, and evolve the design language team across functions for consistency and scalability.
• Lead design systems with automation and AI-assisted tooling, bridging design, engineering, and product strategy.
• Partner with Product Design, Content Design, Product Management, Engineering, and Data teams to elevate the product.
• Deploy design teams across centralized and embedded models to improve processes and outputs.
• Guide all product development stages from requirements to implementation.
• Encourage system thinking and prevent isolated, ad-hoc solutions.
• Embed trends like generative UI and adaptive theming into system roadmaps.
• Ensure team output is pixel-perfect and practically feasible in code and design.

Skills

Design systems leadership

Vision thinking

Pattern design and shipping

AI in design systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Frontend–backend collaboration

Ambiguity tolerance

Org-wide collaboration

Interaction design & prototyping

GenAI mindset

Job description

GetYourGuide is seeking a Senior Design Systems Manager to lead and evolve our design language and system across functions. You will drive automation, AI-assisted tooling, and bridge design, engineering, and product strategy to scale experiences for travelers and suppliers worldwide.

You will guide teams through all stages of product development, fostering a culture of system thinking, collaboration, and excellence in craft.