Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence

Design Systems Lead

Yum! Center for Global Franchise Excellence

full-time

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: Irvine • California • United States

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Salary

💰 $121,600 - $150,045 per year

Job Level

Senior

About the role

  • Lead the architecture, evolution, and governance of Taco Bell’s design system across foundations, tokens, components, patterns, modules, and documentation
  • Manage cross-functional relationships with Engineering, Product, Merchandising, Marketing, Brand, and Platform teams
  • Drive system consistency across mobile, web, kiosk, internal tools, and future platforms
  • Partner closely with engineering teams to align design intent with technical implementation
  • Define contribution models, lifecycle management, versioning, and system scalability standards
  • Lead enablement, adoption, education, and system rollout across the organization

Requirements

  • 8+ years of experience in design, with deep specialization in design systems
  • Proven experience building and scaling enterprise design systems
  • Expert proficiency in Figma, design tokens, component libraries, and system architecture
  • Deep understanding of multi-surface platforms (mobile, web, kiosk, internal tools)
  • Strong experience partnering directly with engineering teams on system implementation
  • Ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels within complex organizations.
Benefits
  • Hybrid work schedule and year-round flex day Friday
  • Onsite childcare through Bright Horizons
  • Onsite dining center and game room (yes, there is a Taco Bell inside the building)
  • Onsite dry cleaning, laundry services, carwash
  • Onsite gym with fitness classes and personal trainer sessions
  • Up to 4 weeks of vacation per year plus holidays and time off for volunteering
  • Tuition reimbursement and education benefits
  • Generous parental leave for all new parents and adoption assistance program
  • 401(k) with a 6% matching contribution from Yum! Brands with immediate vesting
  • Comprehensive medical & dental including prescription drug benefits and 100% preventive care
  • Discounts, free food, swag and… honestly, too many good benefits to name
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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

Hard Skills & Tools
design systemsFigmadesign tokenscomponent librariessystem architecturelifecycle managementversioningsystem scalability
Soft Skills
cross-functional collaborationstrategic thinkingexecution skillseducation and enablement