Head of Design System (x/f/m)

2 нед. назад

GermanyFranceEuropeHead

design systemsaiproduct designcross-functional collaboration

Lead and own the design system to ensure consistent, high-quality design across 's healthcare products.

Обязанности

Your responsibilities include but are not limited to:
Set the multi-year vision and roadmap for Oxygen, connecting the dots across engineering, design, and brand teams. Translate system health into business impact and own the investment strategy for the teams, tools, and governance that support it.
Establish cross-functional governance across Design, Product, Engineering, and Brand teams, defining contribution models, change management processes, and the standards other teams are expected to follow.
Own design output quality across the product, ensuring that AI-generated interfaces are coherent, consistent, and on-brand at every touchpoint across the company.
Define and drive cross-organizational adoption, measuring adoption rate, component coverage, and contribution velocity, and connecting those metrics to product team speed and quality.
Manage and grow a team of design system designers and engineers, setting career paths, a high bar for craft, and hiring for the roles the system needs next.

Требования

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Условия

A Deutschlandticket (Germany-wide public transport pass) fully paid for by
28 vacation days + 1 additional day for each full calendar year of employment (up to a maximum of 30 days)
Work from abroad for up to 10 days per year thanks to our flexibility days policy
Company health insurance with great supplementary benefits through our partner Allianz
Company pension scheme (bAV) through Allianz with an employer subsidy of 40% (15% within the probationary period)
The Parent Care program, which includes one month additional parental leave and much more
Enrollment in 's long-term employee value sharing plan called DoctoGrowth
Free mental health and coaching services through our partner Moka.care
Subsidized sports membership through our partner Urban Sports Club
A flexible workplace policy offering both hybrid and office-based mode
Alongside healthy snacks and our regular breakfast buffet, we provide a subsidized meal benefit
For caregivers and workers with disabilities, a package including an adaptation of the remote policy, extra days off for medical reasons, and psychological support
Relocation support in case of international mobility
Access to the best AI tools for coding, development and dedicated training

Как откликнуться

Recruiter Interview
Portfolio Review
Design System Live Case
Behavioral Interview
At least one reference check
We want your experience to be clear, respectful, and transparent. Learn more about our hiring process on our candidate experience page .

Другое

We are looking for a Head of Design Systems to join the Brand and Design team at .
Your mission will be to ensure every product surface is built on a consistent, high-quality design foundation. You will own Oxygen , 's design system - much more than a component library. Oxygen is how we deliver our brand identity consistently throughout the product and the critical infrastructure that ensures design quality at scale across an AI-first development environment. With over 50 designers and engineers building across multiple markets and product surfaces, your work will directly shape the experience of more than 90 million patients and 400,000 healthcare professionals.
Working in the tech team at means building innovative products and features to improve the daily lives of care teams and patients.
 
Have 10+ years of experience in product design or design systems, with a proven track record of scaling a mature, complex system across multiple product teams or lines of business
Bring engineering fluency: you understand the technical architecture of a design system, how platform teams operate, and the latest best practices in AI-first software engineering as it relates to design systems
Have demonstrated senior stakeholder management skills, with the ability to negotiate priorities with leadership at Director level and above across large, distributed organizations, and drive change management at scale
Take a data-informed and outcome-oriented approach: you measure system health in real metrics (adoption rate, handoff defect rate, contribution velocity) and connect those numbers to product quality and business outcomes
Have experience in a regulated, enterprise, or healthcare-adjacent context where accessibility (WCAG), localization (i18n, RTL), and multi-market constraints are critical to design systems
Are fluent in English
 
Have experience owning large-scale change management programs across cross-functional organizations
Speak additional European languages, such as French, German, or Italian
Our solutions are built on a single fully cloud-native platform that supports web and mobile app interfaces, multiple languages, and is adapted to country and healthcare specialty requirements.
Our stack is composed of Rails, TypeScript, Java, Python, Kotlin, Swift, and React Native.
We leverage AI ethically across our products to empower patients and health professionals. Discover our AI vision here .
Want to learn more about our tech culture and environment? Visit the Tech site .
 
Permanent position
Full-time
Paris or Berlin
Hybrid work setup (up to 2 remote days per week)
Start date: as soon as possible
At , we are committed to improving access to healthcare for everyone. This translates into our recruitment process. We evaluate candidates based solely on qualifications and motivation, without any form of discrimination.
The more diverse ideas are heard, the more our product will truly improve healthcare for all. You are welcome to apply to , regardless of your gender, religion, age, sexual orientation, ethnicity, or disability.
To ensure equal opportunities, we invite you to exclude personal information (e.g., pictures, age) from your applications. If you require any accommodation, please let us know for support during the hiring process.
Join us in building the healthcare we all dream of!