Sr. Associate - UX Designer - Design Systems

About the Role:

As a UX Designer supporting the Amgen Design System, you will contribute to the creation, evolution, and adoption of scalable UI components and patterns across multiple brands. Youll work within Figma and partner closely with engineering to ensure design intent translates cleanly into implementation. This role blends hands-on design systems work with cross-brand support, ensuring consistency, accessibility, and usability across the ecosystem.

Key Responsibilities:

Contributing to Strategic Initiatives:

• Design and maintain components, patterns, and templates in the Amgen Design System.
• Create and manage Figma libraries, including variants, tokens, and documentation.
• Translate brand-specific requirements into scalable, reusable system solutions.
• Partner with engineering to ensure alignment between Figma, Storybook, and production (AEM) .
• Support design QA and audits to ensure correct system usage across products.
• Contribute to documentation and usage guidelines for components and patterns.
• Participate in office hours and support channels to guide product teams.

Team Delivery:

• Collaborate closely with product managers, developers, and content specialists based in India to ensure smooth project execution and cross-functional alignment.
• Contribute to a collaborative team environment by promoting open communication, knowledge sharing, and a commitment to continuous improvement.
• Support day-to-day operations by participating in sprint planning sessions, tracking tasks, and coordinating with vendors and cross-functional teams as needed.

Driving Operational Excellence :

• Establish robust workflows for development, testing, deployment, and maintenance within Adobe Experience Manager and other Adobe tools.
• Monitor performance metrics, manage A/B testing efforts, and champion data-driven decision-making.
• Ensure SEO best practices, accessibility standards, and compliance guidelines are consistently implemented.

Collaboration Communication:

• Partner with global marketing, product, and digital technology teams to deliver integrated, impactful experiences.
• Support clear and timely communication of project updates, key metrics, and progress to global stakeholders across time zones, ensuring alignment and transparency.
• Collaborate with other offshore/onshore development teams, ensuring smooth and effective execution.

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of experience in web development, content management, or digital product leadership, with at least 3 years in a managerial role.
• Over all 5-9 years of experience to the related field
• Proven expertise with Adobe Experience Cloud, including Adobe Assets, Sites, Creative Suite, Content Analytics, and Workfront.
• Proficient knowledge of the end-to-end content lifecycle, web content management, content publishing/deployment, and delivery processes.
• Knowledge of Cloud-native approaches and platforms including AWS or Azure, or GCP.
• Understanding of AEM as Cloud Service.
• Strong proficiency in Figma (components, variants, auto layout) .
• Understanding of frontend technologies like Bootstrap, ReactJS, Handlebars, Angular, CSS3, and HTML 5.
• Experience working on a team of developers .
• Strong understanding of digital compliance, web accessibility, and regulated industry standards.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and project delivery skills.

Preferred Experience:

• Familiarity with Storybook or component libraries.
• Exposure to AEM (Adobe Experience Manager) or similar CMS platforms.
• Experience collaborating closely with frontend developers.
• Understanding of design tokens and handoff workflows.