UI Design System Lead

Into Design Systems; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

SharkNinja, based in Leeds (UK), is seeking a UX Design System Lead to build and evolve a scalable UI design system across its DTC and ecommerce digital presence. The role blends design, technology and product work, with a focus on crafting high-quality interfaces and tokens, while aligning with engineering to enable fast, consistent delivery.

The successful candidate will lead design system governance, collaborate with product and marketing teams, and drive accessibility standards across

Qualifications

• Hands-on design leader with deep UI craft and systems thinking.
• Proven ability to collaborate across engineering, product, and marketing teams.
• Experience building scalable design systems and tokens.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the UI design system, ensuring scalability and documentation.
• Define and maintain design tokens, component libraries, patterns, and guidelines.
• Audit and improve the design system based on product needs and accessibility standards.
• Balance consistency with flexibility, setting standards while allowing market judgment.
• Build and maintain a library of reusable UI components for web and digital touchpoints.
• Provide a single source of truth to multiply output and streamline development.
• Keep shared standards to help designers and engineers ship better work.

Skills

UI design

Design systems

Systems thinking

Cross-functional collaboration

Tools

Figma

Storybook

Job description

SharkNinja is hiring a UX Design System Lead to build, maintain and evolve the company's design system across the DTC and ecommerce digital estate. The role sits at the intersection of design, technology and product and is intended to ensure a consistent, scalable and high-quality user interface across digital touchpoints. The position is based in Leeds or London with an expectation of 3 days per week in the office. The job emphasizes remaining close to craft while helping set the UX standard for a growing global ecommerce business.

What you'll do

• Own and evolve SharkNinja's UI design system, ensuring it is scalable, well-documented and adopted consistently across DTC digital properties.
• Define and maintain design tokens, component libraries, patterns and guidelines that enable teams to build with speed and consistency.
• Continuously audit and improve the design system based on product needs, accessibility standards and emerging best practices.
• Balance consistency with flexibility, establishing clear standards while leaving appropriate room for product and market judgment.
• Design, build and maintain a comprehensive library of reusable UI components that can be deployed across web and digital touchpoints.
• Empower designers and engineers with a single source of truth that multiplies output and streamlines the development lifecycle.
• Act as the keeper of shared standards to make it easier for every designer and engineer to ship better work.

What they're looking for

• Hands-on design leader combining deep UI craft, a systems thinking mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product and marketing teams.