Lead UX & Design Systems Architect — Hybrid

Citigroup; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 102,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work up to 2 days from home per

Private medical care and lifeinsurance

27 days annual leave + holidays

Job summary

Citigroup in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is seeking a VP Product Designer to design and scale enterprise design systems and AI-powered product experiences. You will own tokens, components, and developer handoff while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Research teams.

The role emphasizes strong Figma proficiency, accessibility, and a hands-on approach to design-to-code workflows, with hybrid working options and a competitive package.

Qualifications

• Significant commercial experience in Product Design, UX, or Design Systems.
• Proven experience building and scaling enterprise design systems.
• Strong expertise in Figma, including components, variants, variables, tokens, and handoff.
• Experience designing AI-powered products, copilots, or conversational interfaces.
• Knowledge of WCAG/ADA accessibility and user-centered design principles.
• Strong collaboration across Product, Engineering, Research, and business teams.
• Working knowledge of HTML/CSS and design-to-code workflows.
• Portfolio showing component-level design thinking with handoff artifacts.
• Hands-on experience building a design system in Figma with tokens and boolean properties.
• Familiarity with Style Dictionary or Tokens Studio.
• Understanding of design tokens translating to code (CSS vars, JSON).
• Proficiency in Figma advanced prototyping and dev handoff.
• Ability to review front-end implementations and flag design drift.
• Experience in startup or fast-paced product teams.
• Exposure to motion design or micro-interactions.

Responsibilities

• Design and iterate on product experiences rapidly in an agile environment.
• Build and maintain scalable design system components from ground up, including tokens.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to translate requirements into polished designs.
• Own developer handoff with clean Figma files, specs, redlines, and docs.
• Partner with QA during implementation reviews to catch drift.
• Contribute to and evolve the component library with clear naming and states.
• Leverage AI-powered design tools to accelerate ideation and prototyping.
• Participate in design critiques to raise craft and usability.
• Maintain meticulous attention to spacing, typography, color, and accessibility.

Skills

Product design

Figma

Design systems

AI design

Accessibility

Collaboration

HTML/CSS

Prototyping

Tools

Storybook

JSON

Tokens Studio

Job description

Citigroup in Belfast, Northern Ireland, is seeking a VP Product Designer to design and scale enterprise design systems and AI-powered product experiences. You will own tokens, components, and developer handoff while collaborating with Product, Engineering, and Research teams.

The role emphasizes strong Figma proficiency, accessibility, and a hands-on approach to design-to-code workflows, with hybrid working options and a competitive package.