Design Systems Designer

The Opportunity

The
Design System Designer
plays a key role in the Regional Experience Design team, driving consistency and scalability across digital products through a unified visual language. This role focuses on creating reusable components, improving design quality, and reducing design debt by collaborating closely with designers, engineers, and stakeholders.

You will be responsible for developing and maintaining system foundations, patterns, and documentation, while supporting Asia Segment teams in contributing to global standards and establishing localized libraries. Strong visual and interaction design skills, systems thinking, and clear communication are essential.

This position reports to the
Regional UX/UI Lead / Design System Lead

Position Responsibilities:

• Define and evolve Manulife's visual language, including typography, color, iconography, and components, ensuring consistency across platforms.
• Maintain and scale Figma libraries for desktop and mobile, supporting design and development teams.
• Conduct regular audits of UI and design system assets to identify gaps and drive improvements aligned with brand and platform guidelines.
• Develop and manage a contribution model to support scalable component creation across autonomous product teams.
• Establish reusable design foundations and cohesive UX/UI guidelines for mobile and web products.
• Collaborate with designers, engineers, and stakeholders to drive adoption and ensure alignment across teams and products.
• Create interactive prototypes and clear documentation to communicate design rationale and system updates.
• Partner with development teams to ensure accurate implementation of design specifications.
• Advocate for the design system through presentations, best practice sharing, and cross-functional engagement.
• Work effectively with remote and interdisciplinary teams across design, product, engineering, and strategy.
• System Adoption: Drive usage of design system components across teams and platforms.
• Component Quality: Ensure consistency, accessibility, and brand alignment.
• Tool & Library Management: Maintain organized, up-to-date Figma libraries and documentation.
• Asia Segment Contribution: Support Asia teams in contributing to the Global Design Systems and establishing localized Asia libraries.
• Collaboration Impact: Partner effectively with cross-functional teams to implement system standards.
• AI Integration: Apply AI tools to enhance design system workflows and efficiency.
• Continuous Improvement: Iterate based on feedback and usage data to evolve the system
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Required Qualifications:

• Strong systems-thinking and problem-solving skills to address complex design challenges at scale.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining design systems across web and mobile platforms.
• Deep understanding of user-centered design principles and accessibility standards.
• Skilled in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Adobe Creative Cloud, Principle, and AI-powered design tools (e.g., Figma Make, Stitch, Uizard, Midjourney, or similar).
• Familiarity with front-end technologies and mobile platforms (e.g., HTML5, CSS, iOS, Android, React, AEM, Angular) and their impact on design feasibility.
• Experience applying AI in design workflows, such as automating component generation, enhancing accessibility, or streamlining documentation.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills to work effectively with cross-functional teams including engineering, product, and research.
• Strong documentation and presentation abilities to articulate design rationale and system guidelines.
• Highly organized, detail-oriented, and passionate about delivering consistent, scalable, and high-quality user experiences.
• Ability to advocate for design systems and communicate user insights through compelling storytelling.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Works collaboratively and curiously.
• Takes ownership and responsibility for their work.
• Responds professionally to feedback and is able to admit mistakes quickly.
• A self-starter who identifies opportunities and potential problems – addressing them effectively and efficiently.
• Professional, flexible, and able to succeed in a rapidly changing environment.
• Strong organizational, time management skills.
• Able to communicate in a clear, consistent, and transparent manner.
• Passionate and enthusiastic about excellence and attention to detail.
• Seeks out opportunities for self-development and continuing education.
• Develops and maintains open honest and trusting relationships.
• Goes above and beyond prescribed duties as and when required.

When you join our team:

• We'll empower you to learn and grow the career you want.
• We'll recognize and support you in a flexible environment where well-being and inclusion are more than just words.
• As part of our global team, we'll support you in shaping the future you want to see.

About Manulife and John Hancock

Manulife Financial Corporation is a leading international financial services provider, helping people make their decisions easier and lives better. To learn more about us, visit

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Manulife is an Equal Opportunity Employer

At Manulife/John Hancock, we embrace our diversity. We strive to attract, develop and retain a workforce that is as diverse as the customers we serve and to foster an inclusive work environment that embraces the strength of cultures and individuals. We are committed to fair recruitment, retention, advancement and compensation, and we administer all of our practices and programs without discrimination on the basis of race, ancestry, place of origin, colour, ethnic origin, citizenship, religion or religious beliefs, creed, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), sexual orientation, genetic characteristics, veteran status, gender identity, gender expression, age, marital status, family status, disability, or any other ground protected by applicable law.

It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. A Human Resources representative will work with applicants who request a reasonable accommodation during the application process. All information shared during the accommodation request process will be stored and used in a manner that is consistent with applicable laws and Manulife/John Hancock policies. To request a reasonable accommodation in the application process, contact

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Working Arrangement

Hybrid