Aufgabe
As Head of Design System (m/f/d), you will manage the personnel and technical aspects of a large area of responsibility. You will be the point of contact for complex and particularly difficult issues with strong decision-making and decision-making authority.
- You are responsible for development, implementation and adoption of a unified design-to-code design system that ensures consistent visual language and component scalability across all digital products
- You oversee the integration and continuous improvement of design tokens and reusable UI elements that support rapid iteration and robust user experiences
- You establish and refine advanced tools to streamline cross-functional collaboration between design, engineering, and product teams
- You leverage user feedback and usability testing insights to iteratively enhance the design system, aligning it with evolvingbrand identity, product requirements and technology trends
- You are responsible for selecting new employees, organizing the team, motivating employees, initiating training and furtherdevelopment and promoting talent
- You cascade the overarching strategy into your own area and develop design system strategies, basic regulations and work flow adotions
- You optimize the area of responsibility based on key figures, increase process efficiency and perform budget planning tasks
- You represent work results to the higher management level
- You are involved in projects
Severely disabled applicants with equal qualification will be given particular consideration.
Profil
You have a degree with a focus on User Experience, Service Design or a comparable qualification and already have many years of professional experience in the User Experience and Design System environment.
Furthermore, you are characterized by the following knowledge and skills:
- Many years of experience in architecting and managing scalable design systems that elevate user experience
- Passion for translating complex design challenges into intuitive, cohesive solutions
- Many years of experience in collaborating with cross-functional teams to align design system standards and advanced tools with product development goals
- Passion for driving innovation through emerging design trends in combination with many years of experience of advanced prototyping techniques
- Experience in developing and maintaining detailed design documentation and component libraries
- Many years of experience in combining design craft with deep understanding of frontend standards, native UI patterns, and platform conventions like web and mobile apps
- Many years of experience of user experience and design of high-tech international consumer products
- Many years of experience in mentoring creative teams to foster a culture of design excellence and continuous improvement
- Many years of experience in strategic design projects and related execution to optimize design work flows and processes
- Several years of experience in the independent and binding planning and management of new topics
- Strong experience with a holistic (integrated) perspective
- Strong knowledge of budget and cost management
- Strong knowledge of technical standards around frontends and native user interfaces
- Excellent experience in classic and agile forms of cooperation
This is what we offer
About us
About us
Deutsche Telekom AG
We feel as much at home in Bonn as we do in the 50 other countries around the globe where we provide our services. As one ofthe leading telecommunications providers in Europe, we also have a footprint in the markets in Asia and the United States. We'reon our way to become one of the industry's top service companies and want you to help us to get there.
Hervé Serrette
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