Design Systems Designer- JPM Personal Investing- Mid Level

Behind every investment is a person with ambitions, motivations and values. While we know that every client is unique, they come to J.P. Morgan Personal Investing for the same reason: our straightforward and transparent approach to investing, and the trust that 150 years of J.P. Morgan heritage brings. J.P. Morgan Personal Investing offers award‑winning investments, products and digital wealth management services to over 275,000 investors in the UK. We built the business with innovation as a core part of our ethos to give consumers the confidence and clarity to make informed investment decisions and achieve their financial goals.

As a Design System Designer at J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, you are a creative and technically skilled professional with outstanding aesthetic judgment and a strong commitment to collaboration. Your craftsmanship, approach, and ability to build team spirit set a high bar for others. Your work not only delights customers but also inspires your peers, and you excel in environments where vision and execution are closely aligned. Your expertise in design systems, talent for elevating the work of others, and ability to tackle complex design and technical challenges will play a key role in driving J.P. Morgan Personal Investing DS next evolution. Our UX design team is at the heart of this venture, focused on getting smart ideas into the hands of our clients. We're looking for people who have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative teams, and are passionate about customer experience. By their nature, our people are solution‑oriented, commercially savvy and have a head for fintech. We work in cross-disciplinary teams to focus on specific products, projects and client journeys – and you’ll have the opportunity to move between them.

Job responsibilities:

• Shape the strategy of our Design System for native mobile (iOS and Android) and native desktop, ensuring coherence, adaptability, and long‑term sustainability.
• Collaborate across design, engineering, and product to translate emerging needs and design best practices into scalable system improvements.
• Co‑own delivery roadmaps and collaborate with the engineering to enable teams to drive both design and engineering forward, bridging the gap between both fields.
• Foster community contribution, integrating feedback, and enable successful adoption of J.P. Morgan Personal Investing Design System.
• Inspire visionary thinking by exploring what’s possible with J.P. Morgan Personal Investing, stretching the system thoughtfully to empower designers to elevate craft and create with confidence and speed.
• Uphold inclusive and accessible design as a non‑negotiable foundation.
• Cultivate a team culture rooted in curiosity, mentorship, and shared ambition.

Required qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Prior experience in managing a multi‑platform design system and a track record of solving complex design problems at scale.
• Proven experience and a track record of solving creative design challenges across products or platforms.
• A collaborative and open‑minded outlook, and a high degree of comfort working in a fast‑paced environment.
• Creative and analytical skills to facilitate workshops and communicate insights that inspire design opportunities.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Mentoring and encouraging an inclusive, empowering environment for other designers to do innovative and impactful work.
• Familiarity with some of the various engineering platforms and ecosystems (e.g. Android, SwiftUI, AppKit/UIKit, etc.).
• Familiarity with programming languages (Swift, HTML, CSS, etc.) and coding practices (git etc.).

Preferred qualifications, capabilities and skills:

• Experience designing accessible and inclusive interfaces for people with disabilities.
• Understanding of applying WCAG conformance criteria in design, specifically testing comps, wireframes, and prototypes for accessibility standards.