Workiva

Senior Staff UX Designer – Design System

Workiva

full-time

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Location Type: Remote

Location: United States

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Salary

💰 $151,000 - $242,000 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Own the strategy, execution, and measurement of Workiva-wide Design Foundations initiatives.
  • Lead the architecture and long-term evolution of Workiva’s enterprise design system, ensuring it remains inclusive and extensible.
  • Partner deeply with Product Management and Engineering to prioritize initiatives, align roadmaps, and translate complex, cross-functional needs into actionable plans.
  • Guide and support product designers in using design system assets effectively.
  • Define the aspirational future-state vision for how Workiva products will mature.
  • Establish success metrics for system adoption and use insights to guide prioritization.
  • Mentor designers across teams, raising design maturity and systems fluency organization-wide while fostering a strong culture of systems thinking.

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience as an individual contributor in UX, product design, or systems design
  • Significant experience leading or evolving a corporate design system in a complex, multi-product organization
  • Expert-level proficiency with Figma, including libraries, variables, and scalable system workflows.
  • B.A./B.S. degree in Design, HCI, CS, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
Benefits
  • A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
  • Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
  • 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
UX designproduct designsystems designdesign system architectureFigmascalable system workflowssuccess metricsdesign maturitysystems fluency
Soft Skills
leadershipmentoringcollaborationstrategic thinkingcommunicationcross-functional alignmentorganizational culture
Certifications
B.A. degree in DesignB.S. degree in DesignHCI degreeCS degree