CIBC

Lead, Design Systems & Design Operations

CIBC • $102K — $133K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years in Product Design, UX/UI, Design Systems, or related fields.
  • Experience in enterprise design systems and design operations.
  • Familiarity with design tokens, component architecture, and theming.
  • Experience with Flutter-based design systems is a plus.
  • Background in financial services or fintech environments is an asset.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and evolve the Wealth design system strategy and governance.
  • Define reusable components and design tokens for web and mobile platforms.
  • Establish scalable design operations for improved team effectiveness.
  • Collaborate with Technology and Product teams for design implementation.
  • Promote AI-assisted workflows and accessibility standards.

Benefits

  • Competitive salary and incentive pay options.
  • Comprehensive banking benefits and a benefits program.
  • Defined benefit pension plan and employee share purchase plan.
  • Generous vacation offerings alongside wellbeing support.
  • Purpose Day: a paid day off for personal growth and development.
Full Job Description
What you'll be doing

The Digital Wealth team is focused on creating intuitive, consistent and scalable experiences that help clients manage their financial goals with confidence. As the Lead, Design Systems & Design Operations, you'll shape and evolve design systems and design operations across CIBC Investor's Edge and broader Wealth digital experiences. You'll work closely with Design, Product and Technology partners to establish standards, governance and ways of working that support consistency across web and mobile platforms. In this role, you'll lead the adoption of reusable components, patterns and design tokens, while strengthening accessibility, quality and contribution standards. You'll also help advance modern design practices, including artificial intelligence (AI)-assisted workflows and design-to-code approaches that improve speed, quality and consistency across teams

At CIBC we enable the work environment most optimal for you to thrive in your role. Details on your work arrangement (proportion of on-site and remote work) will be discussed at the time of your interview

The expected annualized base salary range for this role is $102,700 to $133,200.

The base salary is determined by a variety of factors, including the candidate's skills, experience, and job-related knowledge, as well as geographic location and specific business needs. Our compensation philosophy supports ongoing growth and development, enabling progression within the salary range as team members advance in their roles.

In addition to base pay, compensation for this role includes participation in an annual discretionary incentive or bonus program.

We are committed to providing fair, equitable, and competitive compensation opportunities for all employees and we encourage open conversations about compensation throughout the recruitment process.

How you'll succeed

  • Design system strategy and governance - Lead the strategy, roadmap, governance and continuous evolution of the Wealth design system to support scalable, consistent digital experiences across products and platforms.
  • Standards and platform foundations - Define and maintain reusable components, patterns, design tokens, theming approaches and cross-platform specifications that enable strong parity across web and mobile.
  • Design operations excellence - Establish scalable design operations across planning, documentation, reviews and delivery to improve team effectiveness and create clear, repeatable ways of working.
  • Partnership and implementation - Partner closely with Technology and Product teams to translate design standards into scalable implementation and shared delivery practices
  • Innovation and continuous improvement - Advance AI-assisted and design-to-code workflows, while promoting accessibility, quality and contribution standards that strengthen reuse across Wealth teams.


Who you are

  • You can demonstrate experience in enterprise design systems, design operations, cross-platform design, design tokens, component architecture, theming and governance. It's an asset if you have experience with Flutter-based design systems, financial services or fintech environments, and modern design-to-code workflows.You have 8+ years of experiencein Product Design, UX/UI, Design Systems or related digital product disciplines.
  • You're a caring and accountable leader. You have experience developing and implementing strategic team goals. You have experience coaching employees and inspiring successful team performance.
  • Your influence makes a difference. You know that relationships and networks are essential to success. You inspire outcomes by sharing your expertise.
  • You're digitally savvy. You seek out innovative solutions and embrace evolving technologies. You can easily adapt to new tools and trends.
  • You know that details matter. You notice things that others don't. Your critical thinking skills help to inform your decision making.
  • Values matter to you. You bring your real self to work, and you live our values - trust, teamwork, and accountability.

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What CIBC Offers

At CIBC, your goals are a priority. We start with your strengths and ambitions as an employee and strive to create opportunities to tap into your potential. We aspire to give you a career, rather than just a paycheck.
  • We work to recognize you in meaningful, personalized ways including a competitive salary, incentive pay, banking benefits, a benefits program*, defined benefit pension plan*, an employee share purchase plan, a vacation offering, wellbeing support, and MomentMakers, our social, points-based recognition program.
  • Our spaces and technological toolkit will make it simple to bring together great minds to create innovative solutions that make a difference for our clients.
  • We cultivate a culture where you can express your ambition through initiatives like Purpose Day; a paid day off dedicated for you to use to invest in your growth and development.


*Subject to plan and program terms and conditions

Job Location
Toronto-81 Bay, 16th Floor

Employment Type
Regular

Weekly Hours
37.5

Skills
Analytical Thinking, Creativity, Data Analysis, Deliverables Management, Group Problem Solving, Human-Centered Design, Innovation, Project Management, User Experience (UX)

About CIBC

The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce is a Canadian multinational banking and financial services corporation headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. The bank is headquartered at Commerce Court in the city's Financial District. CIBC's Institution Number is 010, and its SWIFT code is CIBCCATT. It is one of two Big Five banks founded in Toronto, the other being the Toronto-Dominion Bank. The Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce was formed through the June 1, 1961, merger of the Canadian Bank of Commerce and the Imperial Bank of Canada, the largest merger between chartered banks in Canadian history. The bank has four strategic business units: Canadian Personal and Business Banking, Canadian Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, U.S. Commercial Banking and Wealth Management, and Capital Markets. It has international operations in the United States, the Caribbean, Asia, and United Kingdom; Globally. CIBC serves more than eleven million clients, and has over 40,000 employees. The company ranks at number 172 on the Forbes Global 2000 listing.
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Market Cap
$43.5 billion
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Founded
1867
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