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Design Systems Director

Accenture Uk & Ireland 🇬🇧 City of London, London, United Kingdom

Full-time Director

Lead the creation, evolution, and adoption of a design systems practice to deliver consistent digital experiences at scale. Bridge the gap between design and engineering through rigorous component thinking and governance across client engagements.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the creation, evolution, and adoption of a design systems practice to deliver consistent digital experiences at scale. Bridge the gap between design and engineering through rigorous component thinking and governance across client engagements.

Requirements

  • Requires 10-14 years of experience with at least 4 years focused on scaling design systems for large organizations. A bachelor's degree in Design or a related field and a professional portfolio are mandatory.

Benefits

  • 25 Days' Annual Leave
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • 3 Additional Days' Leave For Charitable Work

Key Skills

Design systems leadership Component library creation Design system governance Digital experience consistency Collaboration with engineering Design ops Scalable design practices Stakeholder management Enterprise design strategy User interface standards Cross‑functional team leadership Agile methodology Design thinking Mentoring designers Strategic planning

About Accenture Uk & Ireland

Accenture helps the world’s leading enterprises reinvent by building their digital core and unleashing the power of AI to create value at speed for organisations across industries. Our strategy is to be the reinvention partner of choice for our clients and lead in the safe, widespread adoption of AI, and to be the most client-focused, AI-enabled, great place to work in the world. We bring together the talent of our approximately 799,000 people with proprietary assets and platforms, deep process and industry expertise, and leading ecosystem relationships to deliver end-to-end solutions and measurable outcomes at scale. Through our Reinvention Services, we offer broad expertise across Cybersecurity, Digital Core, Finance, Industry and Enterprise, Song, Supply Chain and Engineering, and Talent, with advanced capabilities in AI and Data, Industry and Process, and Technology. We serve approximately 9,000 clients and generated approximately $70 billion in FY25 revenue.

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