Head of Design/ Design Manager

Join to apply for the Head of Design role at Sparta Sparta is the next-generation platform for financial data, information, and insight in trading. Built for traders by traders, our technology brings together real-time market data with actionable insight and advanced analytics, helping commodity professionals make better decisions faster and with more conviction. We’re building a team of talented, ambitious, and mission-driven people—and we’re hiring a Head of Design to shape the user experience of our platform and inspire a growing team of designers. We’re looking for a Head of Design to join a cross-functional group of product designers and frontend engineers responsible for building and evolving our product design system . This is a unique hybrid role for someone who started their career in frontend development and grew into product design or vice versa — someone who understands the nuances of implementation, yet thrives on crafting thoughtful, usable, and elegant design solutions. You’ll be a hands-on individual contributor (IC) leading complex design initiatives across web and mobile while also managing and mentoring product designers . This role blends systems thinking, design craft, leadership, and a deep understanding of how design translates into code. Own and evolve our product design system in close partnership with engineers. # Design, prototype, and validate components, interactions, and patterns that scale across products. # Lead with empathy — manage and support product designers, helping them grow and do their best work. # Collaborate closely with frontend engineers to ensure our system is performant, accessible, and developer-friendly. # Partner closely with customers, market experts, PM and TL to align design with business goals and product strategy. # Introduce AI-driven tools and techniques into the design discipline, accelerating designers and enabling frontend developers. # Build tools, documentation, and guidance that help product teams design and ship consistently. # Bring a UX mindset and design best practices to everything from early exploration to final polish. # Serve as a bridge between design and engineering — understanding implementation constraints, performance implications, and browser behaviour. 6+ years of experience in product design or frontend development, ideally both. # Solid understanding of frontend technologies (Tailwind, JS/React) and tools (Figma, Adobe Creative Suite) and how design gets built. # Experience designing and maintaining design systems at scale. # Experience leading or mentoring other designers — you enjoy helping others level up. # A strong eye for detail and a systems-thinking approach to design challenges. # Comfortable working across the design process, from problem definition to polish. # Bonus Points Contributions to open-source design systems or UI libraries. Experience with design tokens and tooling. At Sparta, our culture is built on innovation, collaboration, and high performance. Market-leading product—we are redefining energy trading intelligence ~ Sparta Commodities is proud to be an equal opportunity employer and promotes diversity within its workforce. We ensure all qualified persons receive fair treatment regardless of gender, age, disability, religion, belief, sexual orientation, marital status, race, veteran status, or other protected grounds. #