UI Design System Lead

About this role

About Us SharkNinja is a global product design and technology company, with a diversified portfolio of 5-star rated lifestyle solutions that positively impact people’s lives in homes around the world. Powered by two trusted, global brands, Shark and Ninja , the company has a proven track record of bringing disruptive innovation to market and developing one consumer product after another has allowed SharkNinja to enter multiple product categories, driving significant growth and market share gains.

Headquartered in Needham, Massachusetts with more than 4,100 associates, the company’s products are sold at key retailers, online and offline, and through distributors around the world. AI at SharkNinja At SharkNinja, we’re building an AI-native culture. We’re not waiting for the future; we’re creating it. Our people are expected to experiment boldly, adopt new tools, and continuously raise what’s possible to create meaningful impact for our consumers.

If you believe the best way to do your job hasn’t been invented yet, you’ll fit right in. U I D esign System Lead , DTC Leeds or London (3 days/week in office) About the role SharkNinja is a seeking a highly skilled UX Design System Lead that will be responsible for building, maintaining and evolving SharkNinja's design system across the DTC and ecommerce digital estate. This role sits at the intersection of design, technology and product, ensuring a consistent, scalable and high-quality user interface across all digital touchpoints.

The ideal candidate is a hands-on design leader who combines deep UI craft with a systems thinking mindset and the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering, product and marketing teams. This is an opportunity to help set the UX standard for a growing global ecommerce business while remaining close to the craft and measurable customer experience. Ultimately, you will empower our designers and engineers with a high-leverage single source of truth that multiplies output and streamlines the entire development lifecycle.

You are the keeper of shared standards, the person who makes it easier for every designer and engineer to ship better work. RESPONSIBILITIES Design System Ownership Own and evolve SharkNinja's UI design system, ensuring it is scalable, well-documented and adopted consistently across DTC digital properties. Define and maintain design tokens, component libraries, patterns and guidelines that enable teams to build with speed and consistency.