Design System Lead

Title: Design System Lead Location: Merrifield, VA Employment Type: Contract Compensation Pay Range;$65.00-$71.00 Per Hr Description Lead the design-system experience for a product platform ensuring alignment with broader enterprise direction. Bridge design, engineering, product, and accessibility to maintain usability, scalability, and consistency. Focus on strategic development, governance, and adoption of design-system practices. Collaborate with cross-functional teams to improve quality, consistency, and delivery speed. Translate enterprise standards into practical platform implementation and documentation. Ensure platform solutions meet user, business, and accessibility needs. Support CI/CD and release-process improvements for design-system assets. Key Responsibilities Define and evolve the platform design-system roadmap in alignment with product goals and enterprise guidance. Champion design-system adoption within the platform, driving consistent use of approved patterns and components. Provide leadership-level recommendations on platform design-system priorities and technical gaps. Partner with stakeholders to ensure platform solutions meet user and business needs. Facilitate conversations to align expectations and improve design-to-development handoff. Qualifications 5 years of experience in design systems, product design, or related digital product discipline. Proven track record of contributing to design-system adoption for a product area or platform. Working knowledge of front-end technologies and ability to collaborate with engineers. Understanding of CI/CD concepts relevant to design-system delivery. Strong understanding of design principles, UI/UX best practices, and accessibility standards. Core Technologies HTML | CSS/SCSS | JavaScript/TypeScript | React | Vue | Figma | Storybook | Zeroheight Contact Authorization By applying for this job, you agree to receive AI-generated calls, text messages, and/or emails from Mitchell Martin Inc and its affiliates and contracted partners at various frequency through traditional and automated methods. Message and data rates may apply for texts. Carriers are not liable for delayed or undelivered messages. You can access our privacy policy here https://www.mitchellmartin.com/privacy-policy. Onboarding Expectations Learn more about our Onboarding Process here https://youtu.be/rjV_NFYjyY4 EEO Statement Learn more about our EEO policy here https://www.mitchellmartin.com/eoe-statement