Lead Product Designer, Design Systems
Bupa đŹđ§ Salford, England, United Kingdom
The role involves leading the evolution of Bupaâs design system as a strategic enabler, driving coherence, accessibility, and scalability across digital experiences. Key objectives include defining the system's architecture, principles, and governance, while acting as a strategic partner to various cross-functional teams.
Responsibilities
- Define, own, and evolve the design system's architecture, taxonomy, principles, and governance
- Champion organisation-wide consistency, accessibility, and usability, acting as the primary custodian of quality and coherence
- Serve as a strategic partner to product, engineering, brand, and accessibility teamsâdriving cross-discipline alignment, adoption, and cross-functional decision-making
- Shape the long-term vision and roadmap for the design system, ensuring it continues to meet real-world delivery needs and future business ambitions
Requirements
- Deep expertise in design systems architecture, scalable component libraries, and multi-platform design tooling
- Advanced technical Figma capability, including components, variants, tokens, and system-level design
- Strong understanding of governance, contribution models, and cross-disciplinary collaboration
- Experience influencing or partnering with senior stakeholders across design, engineering, and product
- Proven ability to operate in scaled agile environments and navigate organisational complexity
Benefits
- 25 days holiday pro rata, increasing through length of service, with option to buy or sell
- Private Medical Health Insurance as a benefit in kind
- An enhanced pension plan and life insurance
- Various other benefits and online discounts
Key Skills
About Bupa
Welcome to Bupa Global. As a leading international private healthcare company for individuals and businesses, we offer an extensive and inclusive range of benefits across our premium health plans, to support you at every stage of life. Our plans provide access to healthcare which focuses on a holistic approach to staying well, as well as being there when you need us most. Plus, our health plans travel with you, providing the same level of cover whether youâre at home or abroad. Our customers are at the heart of what we do. With no shareholders, we reinvest profit back into our business so we can continuously improve the healthcare services and innovative digital health solutions we offer to our customers. Visit bupaglobal.com to learn more.
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