Senior Manager of Design Technology & Systems

📋 Description

• • Lead Strategic Collaboration: Partner with senior leaders across GPD, PM and R&D to strengthen cross-functional alignment and accelerate delivery.
• • Define the Design Technology Vision: Establish and execute a multi-year strategy to scale design through technology, automation, and AI adoption.
• • Build & Scale Design Technology: Lead and grow a high-performing team of design technologists and front-end engineers across four core pillars: Prototyping, Tooling, Front-End Engineering Support, and AI Infrastructure.
• • Drive Operational Excellence: Standardize design artifacts, documentation, and visual quality assurance frameworks; eliminate manual work through automation.
• • Innovate with AI: Lead AI-powered initiatives including single sources of truth (e.g., RAG-based systems), design audit tracking, fidelity validation, and workflow automation.
• • Architect Scalable Solutions: Advance the DexPolaris Design System as a true product language platform through component development, compliance tooling, and automated handoffs.
• • Enable Compliance & Traceability: Implement systems that ensure end-to-end traceability—from product requirements through design decisions to engineering delivery—supporting FDA and global regulatory standards.
• • Improve Design–Dev Collaboration: Reduce friction, rework, and misalignment through shared tooling, prototyping, and integrated workflows.
• • Remove Barriers: Provide strategic direction, resolve obstacles, and align stakeholders across the product development lifecycle.
• • What makes you successful: Design Technology Leadership, Technical Depth (15+ years shipping software in product design), AI & Automation Mindset, Program Leadership, Design Systems Expertise, Operational Excellence, Cross-Platform Expertise, Tool Proficiency (Advanced Figma, Jira, Confluence), Strategic Problem Solving, Communication Excellence.
• • What You’ll Drive (Impact): Faster time-to-market, increased design team capacity, stronger design-development collaboration, improved compliance and traceability, scalable infrastructure for AI adoption, long-term cost efficiency.
• • What you’ll get: Front row seat to life-changing CGM technology, full and comprehensive benefits program, growth opportunities on a global scale, access to career development through in-house learning and tuition reimbursement, exciting and innovative industry-leading organization.
• • Travel Required: 15-25%
• • Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree with 13+ years industry experience, 5-8 years of previous people management experience.