Design System Lead

1 week ago

Sandton, South Africa Absa Bank Limited Full time

Empowering Africa’s tomorrow, together one story at a time.
- With over 100 years of rich history and strongly positioned as a local bank with regional and international expertise, a career with our family offers the opportunity to be part of this exciting growth journey, to reset our future and shape our destiny as a proudly African group. Job Summary

Are you a visionary with a systems mindset and a passion for creating exceptional digital experiences? Absa CIB is seeking a dynamic Design System Lead to drive the vision, strategy, roadmap, build, and implementation of our comprehensive Design System. This role will encompass UI components, icons, language, and interaction patterns across both mobile and desktop platforms.

Job Description

Your key responsibilities will include;
- Leading the design and development of Absa CIB’s Design System throughout its maturity stages for both desktop and mobile environments.
- Enhancing and maintaining contributions to the Design System.
- Managing feature and enhancement requests to streamline the process for multiple product teams building systematized components.
- Presenting the system's mission, library, and processes to varied groups including product managers, content specialists, QA, and other design and development teams across the organization.
- Ensuring ongoing tracking and monitoring of the usage of design system elements, conducting audits, and reporting progress to key stakeholders and the broader organization.

Be a part of transforming digital experiences for our colleagues and clients. Join Absa CIB and lead the way in innovative design system development.

We look forward to receiving it
- Bachelor’s degree in Design, Digital Media, or a related field. Engineering degrees in built environment, process engineering, or architecture are also welcome.
- Proven experience in designing, developing, and rolling out design systems within large corporate environments.
- Ability to translate business requirements into day-to-day design system initiatives supporting the digital experience strategy.

Education

Bachelor's Degrees and Advanced Diplomas: Physical, Mathematical, Computer and Life Sciences (required)
- Absa Bank Limited reserves the right not to make an appointment to the post as advertised_

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