Lead Product Designer - Design System & Ops

We're seeking a Lead Product Designer to own the strategy, evolution, and delivery of our Design System while strengthening the operational foundations that enable our design practice to scale. This role blends strategic vision, hands-on design craft, and team leadership, shaping both the system and the processes that support it.

If you're equal parts systems thinker, operational strategist, and pragmatic design leader, we'd love to meet you.

What you will do:

Strategy & Vision

• Define and evolve the long-term vision for our design system.
• Build clear standards, processes, and governance to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Champion the design system across the organisation, creating alignment and advocacy for its future direction.

Leadership, Mentorship & Team Enablement

• Lead and mentor designers, providing guidance, feedback, and opportunities for growth.
• Partner closely with engineering, product, regional, and commercial teams to support smooth adoption and best practices.
• Foster a culture rooted in collaboration, curiosity, and operational excellence.

Hands-On Design Craft

• Contribute directly to the evolution of components, tokens, templates, and documentation.
• Uphold high standards for quality, consistency, accessibility, and scalability.
• Collaborate with engineering to ensure accurate implementation and shared ownership of the system.

Operational Excellence

• Lead initiatives that improve our Designer Experience and strengthen design workflows.
• Refine tools, streamline processes, and track meaningful metrics to support scale and efficiency.
• Help define how our design organisation operates at its best.

Cross-Functional Collaboration

• Facilitate workshops, training, and alignment sessions that bring teams together.
• Act as a bridge between design, engineering, and product to tackle systemic challenges.
• Create opportunities for shared understanding, knowledge-sharing, and smooth collaboration.

Do you have experience in Mentoring?, Design System Expertise

• Proven experience leading design systems in complex or multi-brand environments.
• Strong understanding of governance, contribution models, and cross-team workflows.

Technical Knowledge

• Expert in Figma, including tokens, theming, libraries, version control, and documentation tools (Storybook, Zeroheight).
• Familiar with design-to-code pipelines and front-end implementation; curious and informed about emerging tools.

Process & Operational Excellence

• Ability to design and scale operational foundations that drive adoption, efficiency, and consistency.

Communication & Facilitation

• Skilled at articulating the value of design systems and bringing stakeholders on the journey.
• Confident facilitator of workshops and alignment sessions.

Leadership & Influence

• Experienced in mentoring and guiding teams, with strong influence across disciplines.

Systems Thinking

• Holistic thinker who can anticipate dependencies, spot opportunities, and solve at the systems level.

If you're passionate about building systems, elevating craft, and shaping how design teams operate at scale, this could be the perfect next step in your career. Let's build the future together.

We're Entain. Our vision is to be the world leader in sports betting and gaming entertainment by creating the most exciting and trusted experience for our customers, revolutionising the gambling space as we go. We're home to a global family of more than 45 well-known brands, and with a focus on sustainability and growth, we will transform our sector for our players, for ourselves and for the good of entertainment., At Entain, we know that signing top players requires a great starting package, and plenty of support to inspire peak performance. Join us, and a competitive salary is just the beginning. Depending on your role and location, you can expect to receive benefits like * A regular bonus * Healthcare support * A stake in our success through our ShareSave scheme * Great development opportunities * Wellbeing support, and so much more. And outside of this, you'll have the chance to turn recognition from leaders and colleagues into amazing prizes, join a winning team of talented people and be a part of an inclusive and supporting community where everyone is celebrated for being themselves. Should you need any adjustments or accommodations to the recruitment process, at either application or interview, please contact us. At Entain, we do what's right. It's one of our core values and that's why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated. We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally. At Entain, we do what's right. It's one of our core values and that's why we're taking the lead when it comes to creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive future - for our people, and the wider global sports betting and gaming sector. However you identify, our ambition is to ensure our people across the globe feel valued, respected and their individuality celebrated. We comply with all applicable recruitment regulations and employment laws in the jurisdictions where we operate, ensuring ethical and compliant hiring practices globally.   You must create an Indeed account before continuing to the company website to apply