Design Systems Group Lead: Craft, Code & Scale

Adobe; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 203,000 - 294,000; Full time

Job summary

Adobe is seeking a Group Design Manager, Systems, to lead the design system program across design and creative technology. You’ll own the strategy, grow the team, and drive adoption so reusable libraries, tokens, and components accelerate product development.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and research to translate craft into scalable assets, ensuring quality and performance across surfaces. A strong balance of design and front-end instincts is required.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in design, including experience leading and growing teams.
• Strong front-end literacy and ability to translate designs into production-ready UI.
• Experience creating and maintaining component libraries, tokens, and guidelines.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the design system strategy across design and creative technology.
• Lead a team to deliver reusable libraries, tokens, specs, and accessibility standards.
• Partner with product management, engineering, and research on prioritization and staffing.
• Shape the system's adoption through education and narrative that ties work to business impact.
• Balance design craft with scalable, maintainable code handoff across org.

Skills

Design leadership

Design systems

Front-end understanding

TypeScript

React

CSS

Accessibility

Storybook

Tools

Storybook

Job description

Adobe is seeking a Group Design Manager, Systems, to lead the design system program across design and creative technology. You’ll own the strategy, grow the team, and drive adoption so reusable libraries, tokens, and components accelerate product development.

You will collaborate with product, engineering, and research to translate craft into scalable assets, ensuring quality and performance across surfaces. A strong balance of design and front-end instincts is required.