Senior Design System Lead

Senior Design System Lead Company: The Boeing Company We are looking for a Design System Lead  to own the strategy, evolution, and governance of our design systems shared design language and UI component library in Seattle, WA or Denver, CO . In this role, you will bridge the gap between design and engineering, ensuring our product experiences are scalable, accessible, and cohesive. You will act as a champion for the system(s), driving adoption across cross-functional teams and accelerating our product development lifecycle.

Responsibilities: AI-Driven Design Operations:  Integrate AI tools and workflows into the design system lifecycle to automate asset creation, code generation, and documentation. Ecosystem Strategy:  Oversee and scale the entire design system ecosystem, ensuring seamless integration across various platforms (Web, iOS, Android), sub-brands, and business units. Strategy & Roadmap:  Define the vision, governance model, and long-term roadmap for the design system to support multi-platform growth. Documentation & Standards:  Create and maintain clear usage guidelines, contribution rules, and component documentation to support consistent adoption of the design system. Governance & Component Lifecycle:  Establish standard processes for proposing, creating, testing, versioning, approving exceptions, and deprecating system assets to ensure new components and patterns align with system standards. Cross-Functional Collaboration:  Partner with Product Designers, Engineers, and Product Managers to align design assets, support adoption, and maintain design system standards across teams. System Maintenance:  Manage design libraries in Figma  and collaborate with engineering to maintain corresponding front-end code repositories. Adoption & Enablement:  Promote system adoption, run training workshops, write documentation, and support onboarding for new team members. Metrics & Reporting:  Define, track, and share design system success metrics, such as adoption rates and design/development velocity gains. Industry Fluency (or Emerging Practices):  Brings genuine curiosity and enthusiasm for the craft by staying at the forefront of design systems thinking through conferences, community engagement, and self-driven learning, then translating those insights into shared knowledge that raises the bar for the whole team.

(Required Skills/Experience): 1+ years hands-on experience leveraging AI plugins, LLMs/ML, or prompt engineering to generate code tokens, automate Figma workflows, or draft system documentation 3+ years experience managing complex design system ecosystems, including handling cross-platform synchronization, multi-brand themes, and token management systems (e.g., Tokens Studio, Figma Variables) 3+ years in Product Design, UI Engineering, or Design Operations 3+ years expertise in Figma including variables, auto-layout, component properties, strong naming conventions, file structure, version control practices, and library management. 3+ years of front-end code and technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript, token architecture, and frameworks like Angular, React and SwiftUI) Preferred Qualifications (Desired Skills/Experience): Systems Thinking:  Expert ability to conceptualize complex, scalable UI patterns and understand how individual components impact the entire ecosystem Operational Skills:  Strong organization and program management skills, including prioritization, release coordination, and tracking system work Leadership:  Proven ability to influence without authority, manage multiple stakeholders, and advocate for system-level changes Accessibility:  Strong knowledge of WCAG standards and how to build accessible design components. Conflict of Interest : Successful candidates for this job must satisfy the Company's Conflict of Interest (COI) assessment process. Drug Free Workplace: Boeing is a Drug Free Workplace where