Manager, Design Systems
About The Position
Allegion’s User Experience team is seeking a Manager, Design Systems to own the technical operation of its design system and lead the people who build and maintain it. As part of the Global Software Solutions UX team, this role works with product managers, software developers, designers, and researchers to provide a dependable design-system foundation for mobile and web software. This is a people-management role within UX, leading one to three direct reports, who may be designers and/or engineers depending on team needs. The manager operationalizes and maintains the system rather than building every component personally. Product designers contribute components under the governance established by this role, while engineering partners review and approve code. The role provides dedicated ownership for maintaining coded components, clear standards, a reliable defect process, and AI-assisted workflows that help designers and engineers work efficiently and consistently. The position is based in Golden, Colorado, with a hybrid work model combining in-person collaboration and remote work. Specific hybrid arrangements may vary according to individual, team, and business needs and may be changed at the company’s discretion. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States; Allegion does not intend to sponsor employment visas for this position.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Interaction Design, Human-Computer Interaction, Computer Science, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
- At least 8 years of experience in design systems, design engineering, UX, or front-end development, including at least 2 years leading people or teams.
- Experience working in a shared GitHub code repository, including branching, pull requests, code review, and releases.
- Figma proficiency, including components, variables, and auto layout.
- Experience with design-token tooling and native mobile guidelines such as Apple Human Interface Guidelines and Material Design.
- Front-end proficiency in HTML, CSS, JavaScript/TypeScript, and a component framework such as React, sufficient to build components and review others’ code.
- Technical proficiency in component-based UI development across web and/or native mobile platforms, with the ability to collaborate with engineers, evaluate implementation quality, and guide reusable component architecture.
- Experience defining design-system governance, including contribution, versioning, defect handling, and deprecation.
- Working fluency with Jira.
- Working knowledge of accessibility standards (WCAG 2.2 AA).
- Strong communication and stakeholder-collaboration skills, including the ability to influence engineering and product partners without direct authority.
- Legal authorization to be employed in the United States; employment visa sponsorship is not intended for this position.
Nice To Haves
- Experience implementing AI coding agents, reusable agent skills, or automated design-to-code workflows.
- Experience managing contractors or vendors.
- Experience in connected-device, security, or access-control software.
Responsibilities
- Own the shared design system repository, including GitHub workflows, pull requests, reviews, and component releases.
- Coordinate with engineering on building, reviewing, and releasing coded components, and set clear expectations for contributors.
- Keep the Figma library and coded components synchronized.
- Define and maintain contribution standards, versioning, and deprecation practices.
- Run the defect-resolution process, including issue reporting, triage, fixes, reviews, releases, and assigning owners.
- Build accessibility (WCAG 2.2 AA) into component standards and reviews.
- Build and maintain reusable agent skills, such as those used in Claude Code, to generate, check, and document components to established standards.
- Establish code-review practices and guardrails for AI-generated code.
- Train designers and engineers to use workflows and review AI output.
- Create documentation, onboarding materials, and demos, and advocate for the design system across products.
- Define and report system-health metrics, including adoption, reuse, and duplicated work.
- Manage and coach one to three direct reports, and manage external contractors where used.
- Partner with UX leadership, product, and engineering to align design-system priorities with product roadmaps.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Unlimited paid time off
- 401(k) plan with a 6% company match and no vesting period
- Health Savings Accounts and Flexible Spending Accounts for healthcare and/or dependent daycare expenses
- Short-term and long-term disability insurance paid for by Allegion
- Term life insurance, with an option to purchase supplemental coverage
- Tuition reimbursement
- Voluntary wellness program with monetary rewards for completing wellness activities
- Employee discounts through Perks at Work
- Community involvement and opportunities to give back
- CliftonStrengths assessment and coaching
- Professional development investment
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
