General Motors
Design System Lead - UI Kit
General Motors, Austin, Texas, us, 78716
Job Description
Hybrid:
Reporting to a specific location where work needs to be performed / collaboration should happen (regardless this location is within a hub) and without regard to where a candidate lives (some employees may end up hybrid who live more than 50 miles away but where business needs dictate them to be onsite at a specific location three days per week).
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to GM Austin IT Innovation Center
three times per week, at minimum.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
About the Team:
Innovative design ideas are destined to be a catalyst to transform our automotive software and service experiences. The General Motors Interface Design team is dedicated to inventing, designing, and delivering our core software experiences in our vehicles and across our 1st party apps and branded websites.
About the Role:
Within the General Motors Software & Services Design org, our mission is to help GM employees have a better, more productive workday through the use of internal software. Design Kit ultimately enables more than 160,000 GM employees in the areas of Manufacturing, Engineering, Dealer Services, Vehicle Program Planning, and general staff, to create and deliver vehicles throughout the globe.
Do you have a passion for creating design systems, component libraries, and UI Kits? Are you equal parts Designer, Front-End Developer, and People Leader? Do you have bold opinions, strong convictions, and willingness to balance shaking things up with enabling designers and developers to deliver impeccable interfaces? Then imagine the affect you can have at General Motors helping employees transform the automotive industry.
Our Enterprise Design team is seeking a talented and passionate
Design System Lead- UI Kit
to help elevate the quality of our Design System, Component Library, and UI Kit. As a manager in the Enterprise Design space, you will lead a small but mighty team of front-end developers working alongside a large team of designers, collaborating with teams of full-stack developers and stakeholders to craft highly streamlined, usable, and polished experiences for our internal customers.
The ideal candidate will have strong interaction and front-end development skills, a portfolio of user-centered and design system work, and a passion for user interface.
Key Characteristics:
Empathy
– You are curious about how people work and think. You enjoy meeting users of interfaces you help design and understanding how and why they use them.
Creativity
– You can generate numerous potential solutions to a problem. More importantly, you can screen out bad ideas and identify good ones, without ego or attachment to any one idea.
Design Communication Skills
– You can communicate broad concepts as well as fine detail through written, graphical, and interactive media.
Collaboration Skills
– You are a natural collaborator, welcoming ideas from any source and able to build on them to make the work of your team successful.
Comfortable with Ambiguity
– You are comfortable working in an environment where problems and solutions are often not well defined. You can handle change, shift gears comfortably, and decide and act without having the total picture defined for you.
Proactivity
– You automatically solve for or know when to escalate foreseen problems before they become unmanageable. You speak up without hesitation or fear.
A Keen Eye
– You’re quick to recognize UI patterns and inconsistencies and understand how to connect the dots.
Additional Job Description
Responsibilities:
Lead a small team of UI Developers, collaborating with designers and the broader development network.
Evolve existing Design System, Figma Component Library, and UI Kits be easy for end-users to find and adopt into their design deliverables and final dev code.
Bring forward ideas that improve processes or efficiency, alleviate burden, or allow for innovation.
Understand how and when to roll out Design Kit changes to existing and new applications and how to manage legacy web, mobile, and XR apps that aren’t ready to take on Design Kit changes, or where change would disrupt the production of vehicles.
Requirements:
7+ years of experience creating user interfaces and developing digital design systems within mobile, web, and extended reality interfaces.
BA/BS degree or training in Front-End Development, Interaction Design, or related.
Strong portfolio with work samples showcasing expertise in design systems.
Familiarity with broad programming languages including Angular, React, and React Native.
Deep knowledge of Material Design and a working understanding of Android OS Development.
An understanding of WCAG requirements.
Open to feedback; knowing how to give and receive critique, and how and when to defend decisions.
Proficiency in Figma and FigJam.
Preferred Qualifications:
Automotive or other product engineering/manufacturing experience
Prototyping experience
Do you want to be part of something amazing and come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. We’re a community of designers and developers who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more usable work experience for employees of an iconic company, then this is the right place for you.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statements
GM is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. GM is committed to providing a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and advancing equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, all practices and decisions relating to terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment are made without regard to an individual's protected characteristics. For purposes of this policy, “protected characteristics" include an individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, weight, height, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at Careers.Accommodations@GM.com or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
We are leading the change to make our world better, safer and more equitable for all through our actions and how we behave. Learn more about:
Our Company (https://search-careers.gm.com/en/working-at-gm/)
Our Culture
How we hire (https://search-careers.gm.com/en/how-we-hire/)
Our diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.
Explore our global location
s
The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at Careers.Accommodations@GM.com .In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
Hybrid:
Reporting to a specific location where work needs to be performed / collaboration should happen (regardless this location is within a hub) and without regard to where a candidate lives (some employees may end up hybrid who live more than 50 miles away but where business needs dictate them to be onsite at a specific location three days per week).
This role is categorized as hybrid. This means the successful candidate is expected to report to GM Austin IT Innovation Center
three times per week, at minimum.
This job may be eligible for relocation benefits.
About the Team:
Innovative design ideas are destined to be a catalyst to transform our automotive software and service experiences. The General Motors Interface Design team is dedicated to inventing, designing, and delivering our core software experiences in our vehicles and across our 1st party apps and branded websites.
About the Role:
Within the General Motors Software & Services Design org, our mission is to help GM employees have a better, more productive workday through the use of internal software. Design Kit ultimately enables more than 160,000 GM employees in the areas of Manufacturing, Engineering, Dealer Services, Vehicle Program Planning, and general staff, to create and deliver vehicles throughout the globe.
Do you have a passion for creating design systems, component libraries, and UI Kits? Are you equal parts Designer, Front-End Developer, and People Leader? Do you have bold opinions, strong convictions, and willingness to balance shaking things up with enabling designers and developers to deliver impeccable interfaces? Then imagine the affect you can have at General Motors helping employees transform the automotive industry.
Our Enterprise Design team is seeking a talented and passionate
Design System Lead- UI Kit
to help elevate the quality of our Design System, Component Library, and UI Kit. As a manager in the Enterprise Design space, you will lead a small but mighty team of front-end developers working alongside a large team of designers, collaborating with teams of full-stack developers and stakeholders to craft highly streamlined, usable, and polished experiences for our internal customers.
The ideal candidate will have strong interaction and front-end development skills, a portfolio of user-centered and design system work, and a passion for user interface.
Key Characteristics:
Empathy
– You are curious about how people work and think. You enjoy meeting users of interfaces you help design and understanding how and why they use them.
Creativity
– You can generate numerous potential solutions to a problem. More importantly, you can screen out bad ideas and identify good ones, without ego or attachment to any one idea.
Design Communication Skills
– You can communicate broad concepts as well as fine detail through written, graphical, and interactive media.
Collaboration Skills
– You are a natural collaborator, welcoming ideas from any source and able to build on them to make the work of your team successful.
Comfortable with Ambiguity
– You are comfortable working in an environment where problems and solutions are often not well defined. You can handle change, shift gears comfortably, and decide and act without having the total picture defined for you.
Proactivity
– You automatically solve for or know when to escalate foreseen problems before they become unmanageable. You speak up without hesitation or fear.
A Keen Eye
– You’re quick to recognize UI patterns and inconsistencies and understand how to connect the dots.
Additional Job Description
Responsibilities:
Lead a small team of UI Developers, collaborating with designers and the broader development network.
Evolve existing Design System, Figma Component Library, and UI Kits be easy for end-users to find and adopt into their design deliverables and final dev code.
Bring forward ideas that improve processes or efficiency, alleviate burden, or allow for innovation.
Understand how and when to roll out Design Kit changes to existing and new applications and how to manage legacy web, mobile, and XR apps that aren’t ready to take on Design Kit changes, or where change would disrupt the production of vehicles.
Requirements:
7+ years of experience creating user interfaces and developing digital design systems within mobile, web, and extended reality interfaces.
BA/BS degree or training in Front-End Development, Interaction Design, or related.
Strong portfolio with work samples showcasing expertise in design systems.
Familiarity with broad programming languages including Angular, React, and React Native.
Deep knowledge of Material Design and a working understanding of Android OS Development.
An understanding of WCAG requirements.
Open to feedback; knowing how to give and receive critique, and how and when to defend decisions.
Proficiency in Figma and FigJam.
Preferred Qualifications:
Automotive or other product engineering/manufacturing experience
Prototyping experience
Do you want to be part of something amazing and come work alongside some of the most accomplished minds in the industry. We’re a community of designers and developers who want to make an immediate and significant impact. If you are driven to create a better, more usable work experience for employees of an iconic company, then this is the right place for you.
About GM
Our vision is a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion and we embrace the responsibility to lead the change that will make our world better, safer and more equitable for all.
Why Join Us
We aspire to be the most inclusive company in the world. We believe we all must make a choice every day – individually and collectively – to drive meaningful change through our words, our deeds and our culture. Our Work Appropriately philosophy supports our foundation of inclusion and provides employees the flexibility to work where they can have the greatest impact on achieving our goals, dependent on role needs. Every day, we want every employee, no matter their background, ethnicity, preferences, or location, to feel they belong to one General Motors team.
Benefits Overview
The goal of the General Motors total rewards program is to support the health and well-being of you and your family. Our comprehensive compensation plan incudes, the following benefits, in addition to many others:
• Paid time off including vacation days, holidays, and parental leave for mothers, fathers and adoptive parents;
• Healthcare (including a triple tax advantaged health savings account and wellness incentive), dental, vision and life insurance plans to cover you and your family;
• Company and matching contributions to 401K savings plan to help you save for retirement;
• Global recognition program for peers and leaders to recognize and be recognized for results and behaviors that reflect our company values;
• Tuition assistance and student loan refinancing;
• Discount on GM vehicles for you, your family and friends.
Diversity Information
General Motors is committed to being a workplace that is not only free of discrimination, but one that genuinely fosters inclusion and belonging. We strongly believe that workforce diversity creates an environment in which our employees can thrive and develop better products for our customers. We understand and embrace the variety through which people gain experiences whether through professional, personal, educational, or volunteer opportunities. GM is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
We encourage interested candidates to review the key responsibilities and qualifications and apply for any positions that match your skills and capabilities.
Equal Employment Opportunity Statements
GM is an equal opportunity employer and complies with all applicable federal, state, and local fair employment practices laws. GM is committed to providing a work environment free from unlawful discrimination and advancing equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, all practices and decisions relating to terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, recruiting, hiring, training, promotion, discipline, compensation, benefits, and termination of employment are made without regard to an individual's protected characteristics. For purposes of this policy, “protected characteristics" include an individual's actual or perceived race, color, creed, religion, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, age, sex or gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related medical conditions), gender identity or gender expression, sexual orientation, weight, height, marital status, military service and veteran status, physical or mental disability, protected medical condition as defined by applicable state or local law, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws and ordinances. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at Careers.Accommodations@GM.com or call us at 800-865-7580. In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.
We are leading the change to make our world better, safer and more equitable for all through our actions and how we behave. Learn more about:
Our Company (https://search-careers.gm.com/en/working-at-gm/)
Our Culture
How we hire (https://search-careers.gm.com/en/how-we-hire/)
Our diverse team of employees bring their collective passion for engineering, technology and design to deliver on our vision of a world with Zero Crashes, Zero Emissions and Zero Congestion. We are looking for adventure-seekers and imaginative thought leaders to help us transform mobility.
Explore our global location
s
The policy of General Motors is to extend opportunities to qualified applicants and employees on an equal basis regardless of an individual's age, race, color, sex, religion, national origin, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression or veteran status. Additionally, General Motors is committed to being an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and offers opportunities to all job seekers including individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation to assist with your job search or application for employment, email us at Careers.Accommodations@GM.com .In your email, please include a description of the specific accommodation you are requesting as well as the job title and requisition number of the position for which you are applying.