[Hiring] Senior Associate, Senior System Designer Digital & Performance Marketing @New York Life

Role Description

New York Life is building the next generation of digital experiences for our customers, supported by a scalable, enterprise design system. We are seeking a Design System to join our MADI Design System team. This role is ideal for a senior design systems contributor who leads component architecture and governs system adoption across product areas. You will own workstream-level scope within our MADI Design System, driving design-to-code alignment with engineering and ensuring consistent, accessible UI across a portfolio of products.

• Design Systems & UI
  • Lead component architecture for assigned product areas, defining patterns and structures others build from.
  • Design scalable UI components that support multiple products and use cases.
  • Build and manage components, variants, and documentation in Figma.
  • Apply accessibility best practices (WCAG, ADA) to system components.
  • Lead system adoption governance for assigned product areas, ensuring teams apply components correctly and consistently.
• Design-to-Code & Engineering Collaboration
  • Drive design-to-code alignment with front-end engineers, resolving implementation gaps and maintaining fidelity across products.
  • Apply fluency in React component structures to extend Madi for AI-native patterns (loading states, confidence indicators, conversational UI primitives).
  • Own component handoff documentation and govern implementation quality, conducting QA reviews against design intent.
  • Collaborate on refining component patterns based on engineering and product feedback.
• AI & Continuous Improvement
  • Apply fluency with AI-assisted design-to-code tools to accelerate component development and documentation; govern AI content quality for assigned features.
  • Stay informed on emerging design system, front-end, and AI practices.
  • Contribute ideas to improve how the design system scales and evolves.
• Collaboration & Communication
  • Partner with product designers, product managers, and engineers across teams.
  • Clearly communicate design intent, guidelines, and system usage.
  • Provide thoughtful design feedback and support to system contributors.
  • Help teams understand how and when to use system components effectively.

Qualifications

• 6–9 years of experience in UI or product design for digital products.
• 3+ years of experience leading or making significant contributions to a design system, including component governance and adoption.
• Experience collaborating with front-end engineers on component-based UI.
• Exposure to enterprise, multi-product, or regulated environments is a plus.

Requirements

• Strong proficiency in Figma, including components and shared libraries.
• Working knowledge of HTML, CSS, and responsive design principles.
• Fluency with React-based design systems and component-driven development; able to evaluate implementation quality against design intent.
• Understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG, ADA).
• Experience working in Agile or cross-functional product teams.

Benefits

• We provide a full package of benefits for employees, including leave programs, adoption assistance, and student loan repayment programs.
• Based on feedback from our employees, we continue to refine and add benefits to our offering, so that you can flourish both inside and outside of work.