Product Owner / Lead Design Systems

NES Fircroft; Paris; Hybrid; EUR 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

NES Fircroft is seeking a Product Owner / Lead Design Systems for a 12-month contract in Paris. The role focuses on owning the Design System with an Atomic Design approach, coordinating design and frontend teams, and ensuring scalability and consistency across 50+ internal products.

The candidate should have 3–5 years of experience in design systems, strong UI/UX knowledge, and proficiency in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript to communicate with developers.

Qualifications

• Proven experience (3–5 years) in design systems design and management.
• Background as a UI Designer or front-end developer.
• Strong knowledge of UI/UX principles and accessibility standards.

Responsibilities

• Define the long-term design system vision and a clear product roadmap.
• Manage backlog and evolution of components and patterns.
• Coordinate the design and development teams (2 Angular developers) for component integration.
• Align with users (designers and developers) during design phases to ensure real needs are met.
• Work with UI designers to maintain and update the Design Kit.

Skills

Design Systems

UI Design

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Tools

Figma

Storybook

Git/GitHub

Jira

Confluence

Miro

Figjam

Figma Make

Supernova

Job description

Product Owner / Lead Design Systems – 12 Months Contract – Paris, France

Must be able to speak fluent French with a good command of English

Hybrid – 3 days on site 2 days remote

CV’s must be in English for submission

Start Date – Late October 2026

Required:

Proven experience (minimum 3 to 5 years) in the design & management of large-scale Design Systems, with a significant background as a UI Designer or front-end developer. In-depth knowledge of UI/UX principles & digital accessibility standards. Detailed understanding of front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) to communicate on an equal footing with developers. Ability to federate multidisciplinary teams, convince stakeholders & defend decisions without dogmatism. As Product Owner of the Design System, you carry the product vision & orchestrate its evolution in an Atomic Design logic (Atoms, Molecules, Organisms) to ensure modularity & perfect coherence. Your role is the pivotal point between design, technology & business

Tools

• Design & Specifications: Expert proficiency in Figma (variables, auto-layout, shared libraries), Figma Make (behaviour testing), Storybook, & Supernova (or equivalents).
• Collaboration & Research: Figma, Miro or Figjam for ideation, as well as user research & evaluation tools (usage tests, analytics).
• Product management: Daily use of Jira (backlog), Confluence as a living document database.
• Tech culture: Familiarity with versioning tools (Gitlab/GitHub) to dialogue with development teams.

Project context

Looking for a consultant to manage the evolution of the “internal products” (they have around 50 products in constant development) within the Design Studio (20 designers). Ensure scalability, visual consistency & operational excellent for my client’s 30+ squads.

Your responsibilities:

• Carry the vision of the Design System, define the long-term strategy & deliver a clear product roadmap, respecting the governance & delivery standards of my client as well as the DNA of the Energies brand.
• Ensure the sustainability of the system by managing the backlog of new components & updates of existing patterns.
• Coordinate the development team dedicated to the integration of components (2 full-time Angular developers) & ensure the synchronization between the design & the code.
• Implement alignment rituals with a panel of users (designers & devs) during the design phases to ensure that the system meets the real needs of the field.
• Work hand in hand with the UI Designers to ensure that the associated Design Kit is perfectly maintained & updated.

Cross-cutting contributions

Work closely with Lead Design Ops, UX/UI teams & developers to integrate feedback & anticipate future needs. Promote the adoption of the Design System within the Factory & support the change with the business teams (demos, release orchestration, after-sales service). Collect & analyse system usage data. Implement performance indicators (KPIs) & metrics to measure the real impact of the Design System on product velocity & quality. Rigorously document design rules, components, & patterns to make them fluid & unambiguous for developers.

With over 90 years' combined experience, NES Fircroft (NES) is proud to be the world's leading engineering staffing provider spanning the Oil & Gas, Power & Renewables, Chemicals, Construction & Infrastructure, Life Sciences, Mining andManufacturingsectors worldwide. With more than 80 offices in 45 countries, we are able to provide our clients with the engineering and technical expertise they need, wherever and whenever it is needed. We offer contractors far more than a traditional recruitment service, supporting with everything from securing visas and work permits, to providing market-leading benefits packages and accommodation, ensuring they are safely and compliantly able to support our clients.