Design System Lead: Platform Governance & Adoption

BRMi; Vienna (VA); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 91,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Life Insurance

Disability Insurance

401(k) plan

PTO + Holidays

Educational assistance

Job summary

BRMi is seeking a Design System Lead to drive strategy, governance, adoption, and continuous improvement of the design system for an assigned product platform. You will partner with design, engineering, product, accessibility, and enterprise design system teams to enable scalable, accessible, and consistent experiences across the platform.

The role leads the platform design system governance, tokens, components, and documentation, translating enterprise standards into practical guidance while

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years in design systems or related field.
• Experience governing enterprise design systems for large platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead platform design system strategy, roadmap, and governance across the product.
• Drive adoption of design tokens, components, and documentation.
• Partner with product, engineering, UX, accessibility, and enterprise teams to ensure consistent experiences.
• Define and maintain platform governance, contribution models, and implementation standards.
• Evaluate feasibility and collaborate with engineering on reusable, accessible components.
• Support design system delivery through CI/CD, versioning, and release principles.
• Develop guidance, documentation, and training using Storybook and Zeroheight.
• Facilitate handoffs and cross-functional collaboration across the product lifecycle.
• Conduct audits to assess adoption, accessibility, and quality.
• Identify improvements to increase efficiency and delivery speed.
• Monitor trends and propose enhancements to tooling and governance.

Skills

Design systems

UX/UI design

Front-end engineering

HTML/CSS/SCSS

JavaScript/TypeScript

Accessibility

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Documentation

Figma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Design, HCI, CS, IS, or related field

Tools

React

Vue

Storybook

Zeroheight

Git

Job description

BRMi is seeking a Design System Lead to drive strategy, governance, adoption, and continuous improvement of the design system for an assigned product platform. You will partner with design, engineering, product, accessibility, and enterprise design system teams to enable scalable, accessible, and consistent experiences across the platform.

The role leads the platform design system governance, tokens, components, and documentation, translating enterprise standards into practical guidance while