Product Owner - Design Systems & Component Strategy

Overview

We are seeking an experienced Product Owner to lead a strategic initiative focused on building and scaling a modern design system across a portfolio of digital products. This role will partner with product, UX, engineering, analytics, and business teams to create a cohesive framework for reusable components, consistent user experiences, and scalable product development practices.

This is an excellent opportunity for someone who thrives in ambiguous environments, enjoys bringing structure to complex product ecosystems, and has experience driving cross-functional alignment around shared design and product standards.

Responsibilities

Evaluate existing digital products, user experiences, interface patterns, and prior design system efforts to identify opportunities for standardization. Collaborate with product managers, UX designers, engineers, analysts, and business stakeholders to understand current experiences, challenges, and overlapping functionality. Identify common user journeys and define reusable UI components, patterns, and shared capabilities that can be leveraged across multiple products. Partner closely with UX leadership to translate design principles into scalable product requirements and component definitions. Develop a prioritization framework that balances business value, user impact, implementation effort, and reusability. Create and maintain a roadmap for component development, including scope, sequencing, and implementation priorities. Drive alignment across multiple product teams to reduce duplication and improve consistency throughout the digital portfolio. Explore opportunities to leverage AI-assisted approaches for pattern identification, documentation, and design system optimization. Identify opportunities to improve product analytics, usability measurement, and ongoing performance monitoring.

Required Skills

5+ years of product management or product ownership experience. Experience working with design systems, platform products, shared services, or reusable component libraries. Strong ability to transform complex or ambiguous business needs into clear product requirements and execution plans. Experience collaborating across multiple product teams and functional disciplines to build alignment and consensus. Knowledge of reusable UI components and design patterns across web, mobile, and other digital platforms. Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills. Experience partnering closely with UX and engineering teams throughout the product development lifecycle. Ability to work independently, prioritize effectively, and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience scaling enterprise design systems across multiple digital products. Familiarity with AI-enabled product management workflows, automation, or systemization initiatives. Experience improving product analytics, user behavior measurement, or usability reporting. Background working within large, cross-functional digital product organizations.

How to Apply

If you're passionate about creating scalable digital experiences and building the foundation for consistent, user-centered products, we'd love to hear from you. Please submit your resume for confidential consideration. Qualified candidates will be contacted with additional details about this opportunity.