UI Design System Lead

Shark Ninja is hiring a UX Design System Lead to build, maintain and evolve the company's design system across the DTC and ecommerce digital estate. The role sits at the intersection of design, technology and product and is intended to ensure a consistent, scalable and high-quality user interface across digital touchpoints. The position is based in Leeds or London with an expectation of 3 days per week in the office.

The job emphasizes remaining close to craft while helping set the UX standard for a growing global ecommerce business.

• Own and evolve Shark Ninja's UI design system, ensuring it is scalable, well-documented and adopted consistently across DTC digital properties.
• Define and maintain design tokens, component libraries, patterns and guidelines that enable teams to build with speed and consistency.
• Continuously audit and improve the design system based on product needs, accessibility standards and emerging best practices.
• Balance consistency with flexibility, establishing clear standards while leaving appropriate room for product and market judgment.
• Design, build and maintain a comprehensive library of reusable UI components that can be deployed across web and digital touchpoints.
• Empower designers and engineers with a single source of truth that multiplies output and streamlines the development lifecycle.
• Act as the keeper of shared standards to make it easier for every designer and engineer to ship better work.

• Hands-on design leader combining deep UI craft, a systems thinking mindset, and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product and marketing teams.