The Design System Lead will drive the creation and growth of two critical enablers for our digital ecosystem: our design system and digital accessibility program for Canada. This role will bring structure, governance, and momentum to how we design and build for accessibility, while creating shared standards and components that make it easier for teams to deliver great experiences at scale.
Requirements
- Define the vision, roadmap, and governance model for the design system and accessibility program for Canada.
- Establish frameworks and standards that help teams design and build accessible, consistent and human-centered experiences.
- Manage community feedback and contribution requests to understand needs and integrate into the system.
- Partner with the Experience Design, Engineering, Brand, Compliance and Product teams to drive alignment, adoption and best practices.
- Lead the design and evolution of the Sun Life Canada design system, including design tokens, components, and usage guidelines.
- Partner with Experience Designers and Engineers to ensure the system is scalable, inclusive and efficient to use.
- Define governance processes for how the system is maintained, evolved, and communicated.
- Build and operationalize Sun Life’s digital accessibility program working in partnership with the Accessibility Lead to set policies, standards and best practices.
- Develop and analyze critical metrics that measure effectiveness, customer satisfaction, and business impact.
- Train, onboard and enable teams to fully harness the system, ensuring broad and sustained adoption.
- Lead a small, specialized team focused on accessibility and design system foundations.
- Provide clarity, direction, and coaching to ensure the team delivers high impact, practical outcomes.
- Publish release notes, newsletters, adoption/usage/accessibility guides to the community.
Benefits
- Wellness programs that support the three pillars of your health – mental, physical, and financial
- The opportunity to move along a variety of career paths with amazing networking potential.
- As a hybrid organization, you and your leader use business and Client need to choose where you work, at home or in the office
