Design System Lead (Fintech)

TL;DR

Design System Lead (Fintech): Leading the evolution of Zopa's design system as a strategic platform to scale delivery and improve consistency with an accent on governance, mobile alignment, and AI-assisted workflows. Focus on bridging the gap between design and code, managing a specialized design team, and optimizing native mobile experiences.

Location: Hybrid (London)

Company

hirify.global is a digital financial institution focused on shaping end-to-end customer experiences across its product suite.

What you will do

• Lead and develop a team consisting of a Design Systems Designer and Motion Designer.
• Define and evolve the governance, processes, and operating model for the design system.
• Partner closely with Mobile Engineering to ensure design and code systems remain aligned.
• Collaborate with Product, Design, and Brand stakeholders on system adoption and evolution.
• Review and prioritize requests for new patterns, components, and system enhancements.
• Shape how AI-enabled workflows can leverage the design system to improve delivery speed and quality.

Requirements

• Experience leading a design system or platform design capability within a product organization.
• Strong systems thinking across tokens, components, patterns, documentation, and governance.
• Proven experience partnering with Engineering to translate design systems into code.
• Comfortable working across native mobile experiences.
• Experience managing and developing designers to build high-performing teams.
• Ability to influence senior stakeholders and bring clarity to ambiguous environments.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with design-to-code pipelines and token architecture.
• Experience embedding accessibility standards within design systems.
• Practical experience using AI tools such as Figma MCP, Claude, or ChatGPT to improve workflows.
• Experience scaling organizations through multiple stages of maturity.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible ways of working.
• Opportunity to own the design system as a strategic platform.
• Collaborative environment working across Product, Engineering, and Brand departments.