Remote: Senior Design Systems & Operations Lead

Zohorecruit; United States; Remote; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

CoorB is seeking a Senior Design Operations Manager to establish and maintain design systems, governance, and tooling for large-scale digital banking engagements. You will own the design-system roadmap, manage tokens, libraries, and their relationships with platforms like Backbase.

This role requires 6–10 years in design operations, advanced Figma administration, and strong accessibility knowledge. You will drive QA, documentation, and governance while coordinating bilingual (Arabic/English)

Qualifications

• 6–10 years of relevant experience, including 3+ years in design operations or design systems roles.
• Proven experience managing design systems and standards across large design teams.
• Advanced Figma administration, including workspace, libraries, permissions, branching, and plugins.
• Strong knowledge of design tokens and component-library management.
• Experience with design-system governance, versioning, and controlled releases.
• Strong WCAG 2.2 AA knowledge and accessibility auditing.
• Experience performing design QA against build specifications and managing issue resolution.
• Strong documentation, knowledge-management, and process-management skills.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills in English.
• Experience with Backbase or other digital banking platforms is an advantage.
• Arabic/RTL and bilingual design experience is an advantage.
• Banking, fintech, or other regulated-industry experience is a plus.
• Experience with design automation, Figma plugins, research operations, or accessibility certifications is an advantage.
• Degree or diploma in Design, Information Management, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.

Responsibilities

• Assess and enhance enterprise design systems, identifying gaps, improvements, and consolidation opportunities.
• Own the design-system roadmap, versioning, contribution process, and controlled adoption.
• Manage design tokens, libraries, components, and their relationship with digital banking platforms such as Backbase.
• Maintain custom-component registers and governance documentation.
• Define and govern WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility standards and acceptance criteria.
• Conduct accessibility reviews and track findings through resolution.
• Establish documentation standards for journeys, components, design decisions, and developer handover.
• Own design handover standards covering responsive behaviour, accessibility, Arabic RTL, content, motion, and usability requirements.
• Run design QA to validate implemented journeys against approved designs and specifications.
• Define quality gates, triage issues, and ensure high-severity findings are resolved and retested.
• Manage design tooling, workspace structure, permissions, libraries, naming conventions, and licences.
• Maintain bilingual design structures supporting Arabic RTL and English LTR.
• Track design operations metrics such as reuse, rework, throughput, and cycle time.
• Support onboarding, team workflow, capacity planning, and knowledge transfer.
• Ensure design assets and repositories follow client security requirements.
• Support transition of design systems, tools, and knowledge to client teams.

Skills

Design operations

Design systems

Figma administration

WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility

Accessibility auditing

Documentation

Process governance

Backbase or banking platforms

Design tokens

English communication

Education

Degree or diploma in Design, Information Management, or related field

Equivalent practical experience

Tools

Backbase

Figma plugins

Design tooling

Versioning systems

Job description

CoorB is seeking a Senior Design Operations Manager to establish and maintain design systems, governance, and tooling for large-scale digital banking engagements. You will own the design-system roadmap, manage tokens, libraries, and their relationships with platforms like Backbase.

This role requires 6–10 years in design operations, advanced Figma administration, and strong accessibility knowledge. You will drive QA, documentation, and governance while coordinating bilingual (Arabic/English)