Product Owner - Design Systems & Component Strategy

NexTech Solutions; Memphis (TN); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

NexTech Solutions is seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead a strategic initiative building and scaling a modern design system across a portfolio of digital products. You will partner with product, UX, engineering, analytics, and business teams to create a cohesive framework for reusable components and scalable development practices.

This role thrives in ambiguous environments, bringing structure to complex ecosystems and driving cross‑functional alignment around shared design and product

Qualifications

• 5+ years of product management or product ownership experience.
• Experience with design systems, platform products, or reusable component libraries.
• Ability to translate complex needs into clear product requirements and plans.
• Experience aligning multiple product teams and disciplines.
• Knowledge of reusable UI components and design patterns across web/mobile.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing products to identify opportunities for standardization.
• Collaborate with product, UX, engineering, analytics, and business teams.
• Define reusable UI components and shared capabilities across products.
• Translate design principles into scalable product requirements and components.
• Develop a prioritization framework balancing value, impact, effort and reuse.
• Maintain a roadmap for component development and sequencing.
• Drive alignment across product teams to reduce duplication and improve consistency.
• Explore AI-assisted approaches for pattern identification and documentation.
• Identify opportunities to improve product analytics and usability metrics.

Skills

Product management

Design systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Requirements translation

Stakeholder management

Clear communication

Job description

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead a strategic initiative focused on building and scaling a modern design system across a portfolio of digital products. This role will partner with product, UX, engineering, analytics, and business teams to create a cohesive framework for reusable components, consistent user experiences, and scalable product development practices.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in ambiguous environments, enjoys bringing structure to complex product ecosystems, and has experience driving cross‑functional alignment around shared design and product standards.

Responsibilities

• Evaluate existing digital products, user experiences, interface patterns, and prior design system efforts to identify opportunities for standardization.
• Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand current experiences, challenges, and overlapping functionality.
• Identify common user journeys and define reusable UI components, patterns, and shared capabilities that can be leveraged across multiple products.
• Partner closely with UX leadership to translate design principles into scalable product requirements and component definitions.
• Develop a prioritization framework that balances business value, user impact, implementation effort, and reusability.
• Create and maintain a roadmap for component development, including scope, sequencing, and implementation priorities.
• Drive alignment across multiple product teams to reduce duplication and improve consistency throughout the digital portfolio.
• Explore opportunities to leverage AI‑assisted approaches for pattern identification, documentation, and design system optimization.
• Identify opportunities to improve product analytics, usability measurement, and ongoing performance monitoring.

Required Skills

• 5+ years of product management or product ownership experience.
• Experience working with design systems, platform products, shared services, or reusable component libraries.
• Strong ability to transform complex or ambiguous business needs into clear product requirements and execution plans.
• Experience collaborating across multiple product teams and functional disciplines to build alignment and consensus.
• Knowledge of reusable UI components and design patterns across web, mobile, and other digital platforms.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience partnering closely with UX and engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and deliver results in a fast‑paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with AI‑enabled product management workflows, automation, or systemization initiatives.
• Experience improving product analytics, user behavior measurement, or usability reporting.
• Background working within large, cross‑functional digital product organizations.