Hybrid Design Systems Manager – Lead & Scale UI

Allegion plc; Golden (CO); Hybrid; USD 118,000 - 187,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental and vision insurance

Unlimited PTO

401K with 6% match

HSA / FSA

Tuition Reimbursement

Wellness program

Job summary

Allegion’s User Experience team in Golden, CO is seeking a Manager, Design Systems to own the technical operation of the design system and lead 1–3 direct reports of designers and engineers.

You will drive governance, accessibility, and AI-assisted workflows while collaborating with product, engineering, and design partners to keep components healthy and in sync with Figma and GitHub processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent practical experience in a related field.
• 8+ years of experience in design systems, design engineering, UX, or front-end development.
• Experience working in a shared code repository on GitHub: branching, PRs, reviews, releases.
• Figma proficiency (components, variables, auto layout).
• Experience with design token tooling and native mobile guidelines.
• Front-end proficiency (HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, React).
• Technical proficiency in component-based UI development across web and/or mobile.

Responsibilities

• Own the shared design system repository, including GitHub workflows, PRs, reviews, and releases.
• Coordinate with engineering to build, review, and release coded components; set contributor expectations.
• Keep the Figma library and coded components in sync.
• Define and maintain contribution standards, versioning, and deprecation practices.
• Run the defect resolution process with named owners; establish review guardrails for AI-generated code.
• Train designers and engineers to use workflows and review AI output.
• Create documentation, onboarding, and demos; advocate for the design system across products.
• Define and report metrics on system health, adoption, and reuse.

Skills

GitHub workflows

Code reviews

Figma proficiency

HTML/CSS/JS

React

WCAG 2.2 AA

Design systems governance

Jira

Stakeholder collaboration

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HCI/CS or related field

Tools

GitHub

Figma

Design tokens

React

Job description

Allegion’s User Experience team in Golden, CO is seeking a Manager, Design Systems to own the technical operation of the design system and lead 1–3 direct reports of designers and engineers.

You will drive governance, accessibility, and AI-assisted workflows while collaborating with product, engineering, and design partners to keep components healthy and in sync with Figma and GitHub processes.