Staff Product Designer - Design Systems

This position is posted by Jobgether on behalf of a partner company. We are currently looking for a Staff Product Designer - Design Systems in Italy.

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced product designer to shape and scale a world-class design system within a fast-growing, AI-driven technology environment. In this role, you will lead the vision and evolution of a platform-wide design system that powers consistency, efficiency, and innovation across complex digital products. You’ll collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, influence both strategic and operational decisions, and help bridge the gap between design and engineering. The position offers significant ownership, creative freedom, and the chance to pioneer AI-enhanced workflows that improve scalability and product quality. Working within a fully remote and globally distributed team, you’ll contribute to products used by thousands of businesses worldwide while mentoring others and driving design excellence across the organization.

Accountabilities:

• Lead the strategy, roadmap, and continuous evolution of the organization’s design system, ensuring scalability, usability, and consistency across products and teams.

  • Design, build, and maintain reusable UI components, design patterns, documentation, and workflows using modern design system methodologies and atomic design principles.

  • Collaborate closely with product designers, engineers, and stakeholders to establish efficient cross-functional workflows and improve the integration between design and front-end development.

  • Drive adoption of the design system throughout the organization by providing guidance, training, and advocacy for consistent design practices.

  • Contribute directly to end-to-end product feature development through research, wireframing, prototyping, and high-fidelity interface design.

  • Explore, test, and implement AI-powered tools and workflows to enhance design efficiency, documentation, scalability, and collaboration practices.

  • Influence product and design direction by promoting systems thinking, mentoring peers, and fostering a culture of innovation and continuous improvement.

    Requirements:

    • 8+ years of experience in product design, including significant experience building, scaling, and maintaining enterprise-level design systems.

    • Strong expertise in user-centered design, systems thinking, interaction design, and end-to-end product design processes.

    • Proven leadership experience defining design system strategies and driving adoption across cross-functional product organizations.

    • Solid understanding of front-end technologies such as HTML, CSS, JavaScript, and React, with experience collaborating closely with engineering teams.

    • Familiarity with component-based architectures and modern design tools such as Figma.

    • Demonstrated curiosity and enthusiasm for AI technologies and their application within design systems and product workflows.

    • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and presentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex design concepts and strategic value.

    • Ability to thrive in remote, fast-paced, and evolving environments while balancing long-term vision with practical execution.

      Benefits:

      • Competitive compensation aligned with local market rates.
      • Valuable equity options within a high-growth and profitable company.
      • 100% remote work flexibility across the EMEA region.
      • Home office freedom with support for productive remote work environments.
      • Professional growth and career advancement opportunities in a rapidly scaling organization.
      • Annual paid leave aligned with country-specific norms and contracts.
      • Country-specific healthcare, pension, and additional employment benefits where applicable.
      • Access to a highly collaborative, international, and diverse remote-first culture spanning more than 40 countries.
      • Opportunity to work on innovative AI-powered products and cutting-edge design initiatives.

How Jobgether works:

We use an AI-powered matching process to ensure your application is reviewed quickly, objectively, and fairly against the role's core requirements. Our system identifies the top-fitting candidates, and this shortlist is then shared directly with the hiring company. The final decision and next steps (interviews, assessments) are managed by their internal team.

We appreciate your interest and wish you the best!

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