Lead Design Systems (m/f/d)
Pubblicato il 18-09-2026 - Deutsche Telekom in Milano
Deutsche Telekom connects millions of people around the world.
We are a leading telecommunications company and a trusted companion in a connected world, at home, at work, everywhere.
We believe technology should serve people and the planet. We balance innovation with responsibility, combining business success with social and ecological impact. Our goal is simple: connect everyone to the opportunities of now while shaping a sustainable tomorrow.
at Deutsche Telekom
For people who want to build more than products: real impact.
At Deutsche Telekom, we develop digital products, services and platforms used by millions of people across Europe every day. Within our . department, we bring together product management, engineering, design, data and AI to build experiences that are simple, intelligent and relevant at scale.
We are looking for a Lead Design Systems (m/f/d) to join our Design & Customer Experience team and drive the evolution of a shared design foundation that enables quality, consistency and scale across Telekom’s products and services.
What We Provide
- Value-based innovation culture that unites creativity, responsibility and purpose.
- International and diverse team collaborating across domains and locations.
- Meaningful projects with global customer impact.
- Creative environment that encourages experimentation and collaboration.
- Continuous learning and career development opportunities.
- Flexible hybrid setup based in Milan/Barcelona (up to 50% onsite, up to 20% travel).
What You'll Do
- Define and evolve the vision and strategy for Telekom’s design system together with Design,
Engineering and Product leadership.
- Drive design system initiatives across cross-functional teams while providing expert design leadership.
- Own and evolve components, tokens, patterns and guidelines to ensure consistency, quality and accessibility.
- Enable designers, engineers and product teams to adopt, contribute to and continuously improve the design system.
- Balance standardization with flexibility, enabling innovation within shared foundations.
- Champion accessibility and inclusive design as core principles.
- Identify opportunities to improve tooling, governance and workflows while integrating emerging technologies.
- Mentor designers and foster excellence through coaching and knowledge sharing without direct disciplinary responsibility.
Your Skills
- Proven experience leading enterprise-scale design systems.
- Strong design leadership with the ability to influence without formal authority.
- Excellent interaction, visual and systems design skills.
- Technical fluency with design tokens, front-end frameworks and design tooling.
- Deep knowledge of accessibility and inclusive design.
- Strategic thinking aligned with business and product goals.
- Outstanding communication, facilitation and stakeholder management.
- Cross-functional leadership and change management capabilities.
Your Profile
- Degree in Design or a related discipline.
- Several years of experience leading large-scale design systems in complex product organizations.
- Experience influencing multidisciplinary teams across Design, Engineering and Product.
- Fluent English; German is a plus.