Platform Design Systems Lead

System One; Pensacola (FL); Hybrid; USD 124,000 - 207,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental

Vision

Spending accounts

Life insurance

401(k)

Job summary

System One is seeking a Platform Design Systems Lead to own the platform design-system roadmap, governance, adoption, and documentation across design, front-end engineering, product, and leadership.

Based in Pensacola, FL or remote, this long-term contract role focuses on strategy, governance, and enablement with strong design-system adoption experience, frontend fluency, accessibility WCAG, and collaboration across disciplines.

Qualifications

• Experience implementing design-system governance and adoption.
• Strong front-end technical knowledge.
• Proficient in accessibility standards (WCAG).
• Ability to bridge design and engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the platform design-system roadmap, governance, adoption, and contribution processes.
• Translate enterprise CMD+R design-system standards into practical platform-specific guidance.
• Partner with designers and engineers on components, design tokens, accessibility, implementation feasibility, and handoffs.
• Support CI/CD, release, versioning, dependency, and documentation workflows for design-system assets.
• Maintain documentation using Storybook and Zeroheight and provide training/workshops.
• Conduct design-system, accessibility, code, documentation, and adoption audits to drive improvements.
• Serve as a cross-functional leader who can identify gaps and drive adoption without owning the entire enterprise design system.

Skills

Design-system governance

Front-end fluency

Accessibility / WCAG

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Title: Platform Design Systems Lead
Location: Pensacola, FL (Hybrid/Remote)

Pay Rate: Open W2 ad established 1099 options
Position Type: Contract

This is a long term contracting position located in either Vienna, VA or Winchester, VA or Pensacola, FL or San Diego, CA. This role can also be remote. We are able to work with W2 and established 1099 candidates (no c2c).

This is a platform-level design-system leader who ensures that a product platform consistently adopts and implements enterprise design-system standards. The role sits between design, front-end engineering, product, accessibility, and leadership, focusing more on strategy, governance, adoption, documentation, and enablement than day-to-day coding.

This is more of a design-system strategy/governance and platform enablement leadership role with enough technical knowledge to work credibly with engineers. This role requires someone with actual design-system adoption/governance experience, strong front-end technical fluency, accessibility/WCAG, and the ability to bridge design and engineering – we are not looking for a UI designer or developer.

The person will:

• Own the platform design-system roadmap, governance, adoption, and contribution processes.
• Translate enterprise CMD+R design-system standards into practical platform-specific guidance.
• Partner with designers and engineers on components, design tokens, accessibility, implementation feasibility, and handoffs.
• Support CI/CD, release, versioning, dependency, and documentation workflows for design-system assets.
• Maintain documentation using tools such as Storybook and Zeroheight and provide training/workshops.
• Conduct design-system, accessibility, code, documentation, and adoption audits and use findings to drive improvements.
• Serve as a cross-functional leader who can identify technical/process gaps and drive adoption without owning the entire enterprise design system.

System One, and its subsidiaries including Mountain Ltd., are leaders in delivering outsourced services and workforce solutions across North America. We help clients get work done more efficiently and economically, without compromising quality. System One not only serves as a valued partner for our clients, but we offer eligible employees health and welfare benefits coverage options including medical, dental, vision, spending accounts, life insurance, voluntary plans, as well as participation in a 401(k) plan.

System One is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, family care or medical leave status, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law.

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