Capital One is hiring: Manager Experience Designer, Design Systems in Plano
Capital One, Plano, TX, United States, 75086
Manager Experience Designer, Design Systems
This is a Hybrid position located in Plano, TX. Relocation to Plano, TX is required if you're not located in the Dallas, TX area.
At a Glance
The Manager Experience Designer, Design Systems sets the tone and strategy of our FS Design System from a development perspective. This person will lead as an individual contributor.
Role Focus
The Design System Visual Designer Lead is responsible for setting the tone and strategy of the FS Design System from a development perspective. They will work alongside the Design System Front End Designer Lead, who is responsible for a similar effort from a visual design perspective. Additional responsibilities include:
- Serving as part of the Design Architecture Leadership Team, advocating and representing the collective perspective of Design Architecture’s designers.
- Leading the visual design and implementation of the FS Design System including typography, color, iconography, and componentry, and the tools, resources, and documentation to support the system.
- Supporting the Head of Design Architecture with the Strategic Direction and Impact of FS Design System (design focus).
- Learning about FS Design System needs, development, and adoption as the primary partner to our Design Leads.
- Supporting influence of the Enterprise Design System/Gravity, and driving from a development perspective.
- Ensuring the design feasibility of UI/UX designs.
- Creating and maintaining automated tests to ensure quality while saving time and money.
- Setting design standards and best practices for the Design Architecture team.
- Collaborating with other team members and stakeholders.
- Supporting our Design System customers where they’re at, through working with them to understand issues and challenges and working with the Design Architecture team to resolve those issues and challenges in an expedient manner.
- Reporting team and system progress regularly, with a focus on development.
- Managing the workload and priorities of additional designers under the direction and support of the Head of FS.xd Design Architecture.
- Providing growth and people leadership for Design System designers within FS Design Architecture.
- Providing additional lift for designer support within the team.
What We’re Looking For
Systems Thinker: You have a knack for stepping back and looking beyond the immediate problem to see how it fits into the larger ecosystem.
Intrapreneur: You’ll think about the team, the product, and the customer as parts of your own business.
Data-Driven: You are clear in articulation of intent and goals, and you know how to use data and research to back up your work.
Facilitator: You are at your best when leading stakeholders and partners through brainstorming sessions.
Detail Oriented: You impress your teammates with the ability to pick out small nuances that no one else seems to notice.
Flexible: You know that projects can adjust at the drop of a hat, you are adaptable and welcome change.
What You’ll Bring
- In-depth knowledge and experience with design systems and a desire to challenge the status quo and innovate.
- Deep expertise in design thinking.
- Experience delivering high-quality specifications and documentation for system additions and enhancements.
- A cross-disciplinary mindset and an ability to work directly with a design team to facilitate the building of components, patterns, and templates.
- A passion for creating design solutions that are inclusive and accessible to provide a great experience for all users.
- An educational mindset and desire to support system adopters through onboarding sessions, 1:1 troubleshooting, and ongoing training support.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor’s Degree.
- At least 4 years of experience with FIGMA (or Design System Tool).
- At least 4 years of experience with Design System components and responsive layouts.
- At least 4 years of experience with User Experience design.
- At least 2 years of experience working on a design system.
- At least 2 years of experience in a visual design leadership role overseeing strategic projects.
- At least 2 years working with W3C standards to enable accessibility best practices for the web and applications.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience in Agile or Kanban software development methodologies.
- 6+ years of designing digital products and experiences.
- 4+ years of experience with design system technologies (FIGMA).
- 4+ years of experience with translating complex business requirements into manageable building blocks.
- 4+ years of experience in responsive, adaptive, and intrinsic design capabilities.
- 4+ years of experience with architecture patterns including microservices, layered and event-driven architecture.
- 4+ years of experience with UI application architecture and design patterns.
- 2+ years of experience building digital products where compliance with accessibility standards is part of the “definition of done.”
- 2+ years of experience with semantic and accessible HTML to meet accessibility requirements (WCAG 2.1 AA, ADA, Section 508).
- 1+ year of experience improving load time performance through bundle size analysis or resource optimization.
- Experience in native mobile development frameworks and environments.
At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.
The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location.
Plano, TX: $144,000 - $164,400 for Manager, Design.
This role is also eligible to earn performance-based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long-term incentives (LTI).
Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial, and other benefits that support your total well-being.
This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days. No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity and inclusion in the workplace.
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