Senior Product Designer, Design System - Tangerine

Requisition ID: 267300

At Tangerine, we’re redefining banking. As Canada’s leading digital bank, we thrive on innovation, agility, and bold thinking, tackling every challenge head-on with leading technology and the unstoppable power of collaboration. 

Our client-obsessed teams deliver flexible, accessible banking solutions, breakthrough products, and award-winning service. Beyond banking, we’re committed to making an impact in the communities we serve and across our organization. We foster a culture built on integrity, inclusion, and fearless ambition – where diverse perspectives are valued, and people are empowered to do their best work. 

Are you ready to disrupt the status quo? Do you crave challenges that push boundaries? If you’re a high performer looking to accelerate your career and reimagine the banking landscape, this is your moment. 

Let’s shape the future of banking together! 

At Tangerine, we're all about redefining what a bank can be. We love rolling up our sleeves to tackle challenges, and we're on a quest for ways to make banking not just better but brilliantly different. Building a career at Tangerine isn't just a job; it's a mission to transform the lives of Canadians.

Role Purpose:

Our design team is expanding, and we're seeking a Senior Product Designer, Design System to join our innovative and collaborative group. We are passionate about UX design and excel at creating exceptional user experiences. If you are skilled at transforming research, principles, and design patterns into scalable solutions that teams love, you are the one we want. As a Product Designer, you will play a crucial role in shaping and evolving the Tangerine Design System, enabling consistent, accessible, and scalable experiences across our digital ecosystem. In support of Tangerine's vision to make experiences more human, honest, and effortless, your mission is to create and maintain design foundations, components, patterns, and guidelines that empower product teams to deliver exceptional client experiences efficiently and consistently at scale. This role is ideal for a designer who is passionate about systems thinking, accessibility, governance, and creating scalable foundations that improve the quality and efficiency of product delivery across the organization.

Is this role right for you?

• You are eager to lead in enhancing the usability, accessibility, and consistency of our internal and external products, ensuring top-notch experiences for users
• You will design based on business requirements and align the creative strategy and client experience across product, design, and development teams
• You will conduct studies on usability, interaction, visual design, directional content, and information architecture
• Your design decisions will be driven by principles, customer insights, data, and business acumen
• Collaboration is second nature to you, whether it's working with business stakeholders, fellow designers, engineers, or functional teams
• You will lead the evolution of the Tangerine Design System, ensuring it remains scalable, accessible, and aligned to business and client needs
• You will define, maintain, and continuously improve design foundations, design tokens, components, patterns, and documentation that support multiple product teams
• You will establish and contribute to design system governance, contribution models, and review frameworks to ensure consistency and quality across channels
• You will partner closely with Engineering to drive design-to-code alignment and ensure component implementation is scalable across Web, iOS, and Android platforms
• You will champion adoption of the Design System through reviews, documentation, education, and stakeholder engagement across the organization
• You will ensure the Design System reflects and reinforces Tangerine's design principles and vision, helping teams create experiences that are more human, honest, and effortless
• You will design with accessibility in mind from the outset, ensuring solutions work for everyone
• You will proactively plan design activities, set expectations for timelines, and balance creativity with constraints
• You will mentor fellow designers, share best practices, and help elevate the craft across the Tangerine Design Chapter
• Your mission is to shape, influence, and nurture the Tangerine design community of practice

Skills You Need to Succeed:

• You have a solid understanding of design thinking methodology and iterative design
• You have completed a program in UX Design, HCI, or a related field
• You possess 5+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, or a related discipline
• Your talent lies in creating intuitive experiences that are both accessible and aesthetically stunning
• Your portfolio demonstrates a strong balance of systems thinking, craft excellence, and business impact, including work that scales across products and platforms
• Your toolbox includes Figma and Miro, and you excel at creating interactive prototypes, defining reusable components, and conducting usability studies to gather user insights
• You also have a love for learning new tools and techniques
• You have experience designing, maintaining, or contributing to a Design System, including components, design tokens, usage guidelines, and governance practices
• You have a strong understanding of atomic design principles, component-based design, and scalable UX frameworks
• You are familiar with standard UI frameworks, best practices, and guidelines for Web, iOS, and Android
• You are comfortable partnering closely with engineers to ensure design system components are implemented accurately and maintained over time
• Quality is your motto; you are a master of annotations and handoffs, and you are meticulous in design QA
• You are skilled at balancing immediate product needs with long-term platform and system thinking
• Your communication skills are top-notch, enabling you to influence stakeholders, facilitate alignment, and work smoothly with developers, product teams, and leadership
• Experience in a financial institution, behavioral science, or a related field is an added bonus
• Experience working with enterprise-scale Design Systems, accessibility standards (WCAG AA), and multi-platform ecosystems is considered a strong asset. 

What’s in it for you:

• You will be part of a diverse and inclusive team of client-focused go-getters who learn from each other in an environment that celebrates and recognizes success!
• You'll work closely with our OMNI-Channel Design team through design jams, studio visits, and socials
• You will have access to hundreds of online courses and in-person support from leads and senior designers to shape your career growth
• This role offers flexibility to work from home; however, in-person collaboration is an important part of how we work. Candidates should expect to work from the office multiple days per week to support team collaboration, workshops, partner engagement, and design activities. Office attendance expectations are subject to change based on business needs
• While we maintain two physical office locations in downtown Toronto and North York, our designers also have the flexibility to work from various Scotia campuses across Canada
• We offer competitive rewards, performance bonuses, a Share Ownership Program, and Pension Plan Matching
• You will receive health benefits from day one
• Work-life balance, team events, and community volunteer opportunities await
• You will enjoy workspace flexibility and all the excitement that comes from working at the official bank of the Toronto Raptors

Location(s):  Canada : Ontario : Toronto

At Tangerine we value the unique skills and experiences each individual brings to the team, and are committed to creating and maintaining an inclusive and accessible environment. If you require accommodation during the recruitment and selection process, please let our Recruitment team know.