Manager, Digital Design System User Experience Designer
Your Opportunity
Your opportunity
At Schwab, you’re empowered to make an impact on your career. Here, innovative thought meets creative problem solving, helping us challenge the status quo and transform the finance industry together. We believe in the importance of in-office collaboration and fully intend for the selected candidate for this role to work on site in the specified location(s).
As a Manager-level UX/UI Designer within Marketing Technology & Enablement, you will play a critical role in shaping and scaling Schwab’s digital design system to drive consistent, intuitive, and high-quality client experiences across web, email, and mobile channels. In this role, you will lead the evolution and governance of design patterns, components, and foundational elements that enable teams to deliver accessible, scalable, and cohesive experiences efficiently.
You will apply strong problem-solving and decision-making skills to advance a modern, AI-ready design system—structuring design assets, documentation, and guidelines in ways that support automation, personalization, and rapid experimentation. By leveraging user research, data insights, and emerging technologies, you will continuously refine the system to meet evolving business and user needs.
Collaboration is central to success in this role. You will partner closely with cross-functional teams including UX research, engineering, brand, and marketing to ensure alignment between design, development, and business outcomes. You will also serve as a trusted consultant to internal stakeholders and external partners, helping drive adoption of the design system through clear guidance, training, and enablement resources.
Your work will directly impact how teams design and deliver experiences across the organization—enabling faster execution, improving quality and accessibility, and establishing a shared design language that supports long-term innovation and scalability.
What you have
Required Qualifications
- 5-7+ years relevant experience as a user experience designer, user interaction designer, or related role
- Expertise working on a Digital Design System, atomic-based design, and with front-end technologies (Tailwind, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (e.g., v0 and similar emerging tools))
- Proficiency in Figma, including the ability to create components and document your work in Figma
- Experience with Jira and working with a product delivery team in agile processes to accomplish work within deadlines
- In-depth knowledge of design principles, including layout, type, color, and composition, as well as current WCAG accessibility standards
General skills & competencies:
- Able to navigate ambiguity and drive a cross-functional team through change management
- Detail-oriented with a clear and polished communication and presentation style to clearly articulate design ideas and rationale verbally and in writing to developers, other designers, marketers, and decision makers
- Be a self-starter who can lead yourself and a team on discovery work on new design patterns and experiences in multiple channels, including web, email, and mobile app experiences
- Accustomed to using data and UX research to inform and iterate on design decisions
- Comfortable working on a distributed team (i.e., DDS team members sit within other teams across Schwab) that operates collaboratively as one team on unified objectives within the same workflow
- Familiarity with content management systems (CMS) and authoring interfaces
- Ability to intake feedback and quickly pivot when needed
This role is ideal for a collaborative, forward-thinking design leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, embraces continuous learning, and is passionate about enabling teams to deliver exceptional digital experiences through a unified design system.
What’s in it for you
At Schwab, you’re empowered to shape your future. We champion your growth through meaningful work, continuous learning, and a culture of trust and collaboration—so you can build the skills to make a lasting impact. Our Hybrid Work and Flexibility approach balances our ongoing commitment to workplace flexibility, serving our clients, and our strong belief in the value of being together in person on a regular basis.
We offer a competitive benefits package that takes care of the whole you – both today and in the future:
- 401(k) with company match and Employee stock purchase plan
- Paid time for vacation, volunteering, and 28-day sabbatical after every 5 years of service for eligible positions
- Paid parental leave and family building benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
What you are good at
What you have
Required Qualifications
- 5-7+ years relevant experience as a user experience designer, user interaction designer, or related role
- Expertise working on a Digital Design System, atomic-based design, and with front-end technologies (Tailwind, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, React, AI-assisted design and prototyping tools (e.g., v0 and similar emerging tools))
- Proficiency in Figma, including the ability to create components and document your work in Figma
- Experience with Jira and working with a product delivery team in agile processes to accomplish work within deadlines
- In-depth knowledge of design principles, including layout, type, color, and composition, as well as current WCAG accessibility standards
General skills & competencies:
- Able to navigate ambiguity and drive a cross-functional team through change management
- Detail-oriented with a clear and polished communication and presentation style to clearly articulate design ideas and rationale verbally and in writing to developers, other designers, marketers, and decision makers
- Be a self-starter who can lead yourself and a team on discovery work on new design patterns and experiences in multiple channels, including web, email, and mobile app experiences
- Accustomed to using data and UX research to inform and iterate on design decisions
- Comfortable working on a distributed team (i.e., DDS team members sit within other teams across Schwab) that operates collaboratively as one team on unified objectives within the same workflow
- Familiarity with content management systems (CMS) and authoring interfaces
- Ability to intake feedback and quickly pivot when needed
This role is ideal for a collaborative, forward-thinking design leader who thrives in fast-paced environments, embraces continuous learning, and is passionate about enabling teams to deliver exceptional digital experiences through a unified design system.
Why Schwab?
At Schwab, “Own Your Tomorrow” embodies everything we do! We are committed to helping our employees unleash their potential and achieve their dreams. Our employees get to play a central role in disrupting a multi-trillion-dollar industry, creating a better, more modern way to build and manage wealth. We’re a modern financial services firm that stands apart from the industry, where you can go as far as your ambition takes you.
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