Design System PO/Design Lead 80-100% (f/m/d) at Julius Baer International Limited

Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland -

Full Time

Start Date

Immediate

Expiry Date

03 Aug, 26

Salary

0.0

Posted On

05 May, 26

Experience

10 year(s) or above

Remote Job

Yes

Telecommute

Yes

Sponsor Visa

Skills

Design System Leadership, Product Ownership, Figma, Storybook, Angular, React, Backlog Management, Jira, Accessibility, Mobile Design, Stakeholder Management, Agile Methodology, Design Tokens, Atomic Design, Frontify, UI Design

Industry

Banking

Description

At Julius Baer, we celebrate and value the individual qualities you bring, enabling you to be impactful, to be entrepreneurial, to be empowered, and to create value beyond wealth. Let’s shape the future of wealth management together. Are you passionate about systematic design? Are you eager to dive deep into UI foundations, atomic design, design tokens, and more? Our Design System is the enabling engine that empowers countless UX designers and front‑end developers across the bank. Our enterprise design system—Zafire—is a core enabler for all Digital Delivery teams. We are looking for an experienced Design System Lead who can act both as Product Owner and Design Lead, driving and facilitating design decisions. You will help guide our dedicated design system team consisting of UI Designers and Front-End developers, primarily based in Singapore. In this role, you will lead, orchestrate, and facilitate key decisions with clarity and confidence. You know when—and how—to involve management with decision‑ready proposals. Our Design System philosophy: Perfection matters. Every strength (and every weakness) of the design system is amplified across the many applications that rely on it. Are you fit for this challenge? YOUR CHALLENGE Proven experience leading complex enterprise-grade design systems, including both design libraries (Figma) and code libraries (Storybook) supporting Angular and React Strong leadership experience with cross-disciplinary design-system teams, with the ability to facilitate seamless collaboration between designers and developers 100% ownership of operational excellence, ensuring robust release management, quality assurance, and ongoing reduction of design and technical debt Masterful backlog management, including prioritizing competing requests across multiple product teams and managing Jira workflows effectively Ability to drive the strategic evolution of the design system, defining the next wave of features, capabilities, tools, and frameworks that bring value to consuming teams Great understanding of agile ways of working and design-system-specific workflows, including release governance, contribution processes, and iterative delivery aligned with product teams Knowledge of Accessibility and Mobile Design (both web and native) is required Passion for operational and organizational efficiency, with a strong focus on improving processes, governance, and collaboration models Understanding of how AI-enablement can support design-system operations, from automation in documentation to design-token governance and code generation Deep passion for documentation, ensuring that every improvement or change is fully reflected in documentation (e.g., Frontify) with the same level of rigor and quality Strong stakeholder management skills, able to navigate organizational complexity and work effectively with technical teams, branding, accessibility, governance, and consuming product teams Strong communication skills, capable of engaging in expert-level discussions with the team while also translating complex design-system topics into clear, actionable insights for management Be a brand ambassador, ensuring alignment between the design system and the bank’s overarching brand and visual identity guidelines Minimum 8–10 years of dedicated experience working with design systems in large-scale or enterprise environments YOUR PROFILE Degree from university or applied sciences with above-average grades in Service Interaction Design, UX Design or similar Passion for wealth management and a desire to create value beyond wealth Being easy to work with, pragmatic A global mindset, excellent interpersonal skills, and a strong appetite for learning Fluency in English is a must, fluency in German is a plus. Eligibility to work in the country where you apply for the position We are looking forward to receiving your full job application through our online application tool. Further interesting job opportunities can be found on our Career site. Is this not quite what you are looking for? Set up a job alert by creating a candidate account here. The international reference in wealth management Julius Baer is the leading Swiss wealth management group. We focus on servicing and advising sophisticated private clients from around the world, taking into account what truly matters to them – in their business and personal life, today and for future generations. Headquartered in Zurich, we are present in around 60 locations worldwide, including Bangkok, Dubai, Dublin, Frankfurt, Geneva, Hong Kong, London, Luxembourg, Madrid, Mexico City, Milan, Monaco, Mumbai, Santiago de Chile, Shanghai, Singapore, Tel Aviv, and Tokyo. Why join Julius Baer? At Julius Baer our employees enjoy the benefits of a global company with the support and collegiality of a much smaller one. We are growing quickly, but we remain dedicated to maintaining our accessible structure with flat hierarchies, and approachable and supportive leaders. With offices around the world, we offer an international and stimulating work environment and the opportunity to work with a diverse team of highly motivated colleagues, bringing the best of the bank to our clients. Our core values of Care, Passion, and Excellence define the tone of how we interact with each other and our partners. Committed to your success Whether nurturing young talent with our renowned apprentice scheme, enabling ambitious university graduates to put theory into practice with our Graduate Programme, or providing first-class opportunities for experienced professionals, we look after our employees. We believe in continuous learning as a company and as individuals, which is why we put a focus on the health and well-being of our employees and offer flexible working options, a wide array of benefits, and extensive career development programmes. For more information visit www.juliusbaer.com or contact us via the Contact Form. For recruiting agents, please see the additional information here.

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Responsibilities

Lead and orchestrate the Zafire enterprise design system, acting as both Product Owner and Design Lead to guide a cross-disciplinary team of designers and developers. Drive strategic evolution, manage the product backlog, and ensure operational excellence across design and code libraries.