Design Lead - Design Systems for Remote Work

About the Role

We are seeking a talented Design Lead - Design Systems remote to join our Anywhere UX team at Lensa. As a Design Lead, you will play a pivotal role in guiding the evolution of our design system, ensuring consistency, scalability, and quality across our products. This is an exciting opportunity to work hands-on in Figma, collaborating closely with product designers and engineers to refine our system’s structure and improve the connection between design and code.

What You’ll Do

• Advance our design system foundations by evolving and maintaining components, patterns, and tokens to support a consistent, scalable design language across products.
• Collaborate across disciplines, partnering with product design and engineering to ensure the system meets both product and technical needs.
• Bridge design and code by working closely with front-end engineers to improve component quality, naming, and handoff, ensuring parity between design and development.
• Support contribution and feedback loops by shaping a healthy contribution model that allows teams to propose updates, share learnings, and continuously improve the design system.
• Document and communicate effectively, maintaining clear documentation in tools like Zeroheight and Confluence to enable easy adoption and alignment.
• Ensure quality and usability by reviewing implementations, gathering feedback, and ensuring components maintain design integrity, adaptability, and alignment with system standards.
• Support system governance by defining lightweight processes that keep updates organized and maintain clarity across teams and products.
• Mentor designers by influencing their use and contribution to the design system, fostering consistency and thoughtful flexibility in our design approach.
• Explore new tools and workflows, experimenting with automation and AI-assisted solutions that enhance documentation, asset creation, and system management.

Requirements

• 8–12 years of experience in product design, with at least 5 years focused on design systems.
• 3–5+ years in a senior/lead role with experience mentoring or managing designers, strongly preferred.
• A portfolio demonstrating strong visual and interaction design, component thinking, and scalable system work.
• Deep knowledge of Figma, including component architecture, variables, tokens, and shared libraries.
• Experience working closely with engineering and understanding component architecture, design tokens, Storybook (or similar), and how design maps to code.
• Familiarity with documentation and collaboration tools such as Zeroheight, Jira, Confluence, and GitHub to support clear communication and system alignment.
• Working knowledge of accessibility best practices and WCAG guidelines, ensuring components and patterns support inclusive experiences.
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills, with the ability to influence partners and executives.

Nice to Have

• Familiarity with content design principles and the ability to apply clear, concise language within components, patterns, and documentation.
• A mindset for continuous improvement, curiosity, and finding smarter ways to scale design quality.

What We Offer

• Competitive salary range of $120,000 - $150,000 annually.
• Remote work flexibility, allowing you to work from anywhere in the United States.
• Opportunities for professional growth and development within a dynamic team.
• A supportive and collaborative work environment that values innovation and creativity.
• Access to cutting-edge tools and technologies to enhance your work experience.