Design System Manager (m/f/d)
HybridParis, Île-de-France, France
Job Summary
Own and evolve Tempo, Deezer's design system, by bringing Figma libraries to a stable, well-structured, fully documented state and establishing governance foundations including office hours and DS champions. Define and track health metrics for adoption and system coverage while re-aligning the design team around shared conventions and best practices. Scale the system by connecting Tempo to Brand, CRM, and Marketing, and set up onboarding and ongoing education for contributors through training, office hours, and playground files. Automate processes using the Figma API to handle release notes, doc sync, and parity checks, and build a Content System for copy and tone-of-voice patterns. Enable AI-assisted prototyping with clean Tempo components and explore tools like Dust AI and Code Connect to reduce manual overhead.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years in design systems, product design, or design engineering
- Deep Figma expertise — variables, auto-layout, component architecture, library management, Code Connect
- Experience writing clear, structured component documentation
- Familiarity with Figma API, webhooks, or automation scripting
- Ability to understand technical aspects (design tokens, Compose/Swift/React)
- Sharing a portfolio or case studies that could demonstrate your impact is mandatory to apply
- Strategic thinker: you can establish a vision for the design system, translate it into a short and mid-term roadmap, and get stakeholders to buy into it
- Strong cross-functional communicator — fluent in both design and engineering conversations
- Autonomous and ownership-oriented: you drive subjects without waiting to be told what to do
- Clear and proactive communicator: you bring structure and clarity to ambiguous topics, share regular updates, and know how to get stakeholders aligned and bought in
- Rigorous and structured — you build processes that scale, not just components
- Pedagogue: you write docs people actually read, and you bring teams along with you
- Comfortable operating without direct reports while having influence
Desired Qualifications
- Experience with AI prototyping or LLM-assisted design workflows is a strong plus
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