Moniepoint - Product Design Lead - Design System
Requirements
• A strong portfolio demonstrating your ability to lead design teams and deliver end-to-end product design solutions across platforms, backed by user research and measurable impact. • Experience leading and developing design teams, fostering collaboration, mentorship, and performance-driven growth. • Expertise in UX/UI principles, interaction design, and user research methodologies, with a proven track record of delivering results-driven digital products. • Strong communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence cross-functional teams and advocate for design at all levels. • Strategic mindset, with the ability to translate product goals into scalable, flexible, and user-centric design solutions. • Experience managing design workflows, tools, and operational processes to improve team efficiency and output. • Ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment, effectively balancing multiple priorities while maintaining design excellence. • Experience in fintech or SaaS, with a strong understanding of financial products, compliance, security, and designing for trust. • What you’ll get • What you’ll get • A leadership role in shaping the future of fintech - your work will influence design strategy and impact millions of users. • Opportunities for career growth - mentorship, leadership development, and the ability to scale and shape a high-performing design team. • Autonomy and influence - own design decisions, drive cross-functional collaboration, and define best practices. • A high-performing and collaborative team - work alongside talented designers, engineers, and product managers in a culture that values design excellence. • A culture of experimentation - we encourage bold ideas, rapid iteration, and data-driven design improvements. • Competitive compensation and benefits. • Remote-friendly work culture with support for professional development and engagement with the design community. • What to expect in the hiring process • Application & portfolio review: we assess your experience, leadership impact, and UX case studies that demonstrate strategic thinking, process, and measurable outcomes. • Preliminary phone call with recruiter: a brief conversation to discuss your background, leadership experience, and expectations. • Interview with senior leadership: a deep dive into your leadership approach, design philosophy, and ability to drive impact. This includes a discussion on past projects and collaboration with cross-functional teams. • Design leadership challenge: a scenario-based assessment to assess both strategic thinking and leadership skills while balancing UX/UI expertise. • Final executive conversation: a discussion with senior leadership to assess alignment with our vision, strategic thinking, and team-building philosophy. • How to apply: • Submit your resume and portfolio showcasing your leadership in managing design teams, driving strategy, and delivering user-centred solutions with measurable business impact. We want to see case studies that demonstrate how you have led and developed designers, prioritised and managed projects, and fostered a high-performing team culture. Your portfolio should highlight how you have used research, data, and experimentation to inform decisions, optimise workflows, and drive success metrics.
Responsibilities
• UI Craft & Visual Excellence: Maintain an exceptionally high standard for layout, typography, colour, spacing, visual hierarchy, and overall digital finish across all reusable elements. • UI Craft & Visual Excellence: • Component Architecture: Design, build, and maintain robust component libraries (buttons, inputs, cards, navigation, forms, tables, etc.) that scale seamlessly across products. • Component Architecture • Interaction & Motion Design: Define interactive behaviors and state transitions (e.g., hover, focus, disabled, loading, and mobile behaviors) to ensure components feel alive and intuitive. • Interaction & Motion Design: • Design Token Management: Structure and maintain design tokens (colours, spacing, typography, border-radius, shadows) to drive consistency between design environments and code. • Design Token Management: • Figma Library Architecture: Organize complex variants, properties, and components within Figma to empower other product designers to build quickly and accurately. • Figma Library Architecture: • Engineering Collaboration: Partner closely with engineering teams to navigate technical constraints across Web, React, Flutter, Android, and iOS/Native app environments. • Engineering Collaboration: • Documentation & Governance: Create clear, comprehensive usage guidelines and documentation outlining when, why, and how components should (and should not) be used. • Documentation & Governance: • High Adoption & Efficiency: Design and engineering teams actively use the system, resulting in significantly accelerated product shipping cycles. • Flawless Cross-Platform Consistency: A unified look, feel, and interactive behavior across all customer-facing touchpoints (Web, Android, iOS). • Best-in-Class Documentation: A central, living source of truth that leaves no ambiguity regarding design tokens, component rules, or brand compliance. • Scalable Architecture: A foundational library that handles future product expansions, rebrands, or theme changes with minimal friction.
Benefits
• Competitive compensation, benefits, and career growth opportunities. • Fully remote work culture and support for professional development. • What to expect in the hiring process • Application & portfolio review: we assess your experience, leadership impact, and Design System case studies that demonstrate strategic thinking, process, and measurable outcomes. • Preliminary phone call with recruiter: a brief conversation to discuss your background, leadership experience, and expectations. • Interview with senior leadership: a deep dive into your leadership approach, design philosophy, and ability to drive impact. This includes a discussion on past projects and collaboration with cross-functional teams. • Design leadership challenge: a scenario-based assessment to assess both strategic thinking and leadership skills while balancing UX/UI expertise. • Final executive conversation: a discussion with senior leadership to assess alignment with our vision, strategic thinking, and team-building philosophy. • How to apply: • Submit your resume and portfolio showcasing your leadership in managing design teams, driving strategy, and delivering user-centred solutions with measurable business impact. We want to see case studies that demonstrate how you have led and developed designers, prioritised and managed projects, and fostered a high-performing team culture. Your portfolio should highlight how you have used research, data, and experimentation to inform decisions, optimise workflows, and drive success metrics.
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