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Expert-level skills with component libraries, token structures, and conditional prototyping for scalable systems. Mastery in accessibility to create inclusive experiences, using user research methods to understand customer problems and behaviours, and analytics tools (Usertesting, Adobe Analytics) to interpret user behaviour and analyse performance Proven experience partnering with developers on component implementation, governance pipelines, and code alignment. Strong storytelling, stakeholder influence, and resilience in fast-paced, evolving environments. We'd love to see examples of your work. If you have a portfolio, or any selection of project artefacts, please share pieces that demonstrate your strengths in the following areas: People - How you've built, supported, or enabled high-performing teams. Process - How you apply scalable user-centred design methods to deliver measurable outcomes. Position - How you influence strategy and champion design across an organisation. Product - How your work has shaped world-class, app-first digital experiences, with clear outcomes and impact ## Description As a Design System Design Manager in our digital customer experience team, you'll own the creation of world-class customer experiences and deliver transformative solutions across sky.com and the My Sky app via our design system. You'll lead Agile teams, drive design strategy, and be accountable for outcomes that reflect our brand and meet customer needs. Sitting within the Customer Experience Centre of Excellence, you'll support CX strategy, design excellence, and performance across product roadmaps for the UK & Ireland. From joining Sky to engaging with our latest services, we're driven by one purpose: to create better experiences for our customers. What you'll do: Lead a small team of product designers to deliver world-class, innovative, and intuitive evidence-based user experiences across web and native platforms. Own the Sky design system strategic direction, ensuring scalability, governance, and alignment with product strategy and business goals. Partner with engineering, product, research, and analytics to ensure system usability, performance, and brand consistency across platforms. Be responsible for system architecture, tokenisation, documentation quality, and design-engineering parity, while using AI tools and engaging with Design Ops to improve efficiency. Champion inclusive design and embed WCAG 2.2 accessibility standards across all components, patterns, and motion principles. 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