Principal UX Designer, Design Systems — Hybrid Remote

Into Design Systems; Charlotte (NC); Híbrido; USD 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

The Design Systems and Practices Team at Vanguard seeks a Principal/Lead UX Designer to provide hands‑on design leadership for the Advisor Experience System (AXS). You’ll set technical direction and craft quality standards for the shared design system.

Collaborating with product and engineering, you translate complex needs into reusable, accessible solutions, define component architecture, and guide documentation, tokens, and templates to scale across platforms.

Formación

• Significant UX and product design experience in enterprise design systems or scaled pattern ecosystems.
• Expert knowledge of reusable system design including components, variants, tokens, patterns, and documentation.
• Strong visual and interaction design craft across typography, layout, hierarchy, and responsive behavior.

Responsabilidades

• Lead the technical design and evolution of AXS components, patterns, tokens, templates, and system foundations.
• Translate complex product needs into reusable, accessible, scalable solutions.
• Own component and pattern architecture including states, behavior, and responsive considerations.
• Set a high bar for interaction and systems design quality across the library.
• Lead design reviews and help decisions when requirements or constraints clash.
• Partner with front-end engineers to ensure design and code alignment in production.
• Create and maintain clear documentation, usage guidance, and examples for designers and developers.
• Identify gaps and opportunities to simplify the system before they become problems.

Conocimientos

Design system leadership

UX design integration

Figma proficiency

Component architecture

Accessibility in system design

Cross-functional collaboration

Herramientas

Figma

Design tokens

Documentation tooling

Descripción del empleo

The Design Systems and Practices Team at Vanguard seeks a Principal/Lead UX Designer to provide hands‑on design leadership for the Advisor Experience System (AXS). You’ll set technical direction and craft quality standards for the shared design system.

Collaborating with product and engineering, you translate complex needs into reusable, accessible solutions, define component architecture, and guide documentation, tokens, and templates to scale across platforms.