Sponsorship is not available for this position including anyone on an F-1 student visa including those eligible for CPT/OPT or the Stem OPT extension.

Overview

The Currency Design System team at M&T Bank is creating the foundation for our digital experiences across the enterprise. We are a diverse and passionate group of 8, (encompassing design, engineering, and research) and are dedicated to crafting scalable, cohesive, and accessible design solutions that effectively serve multiple brands, business lines, and more. Our mission is to enable teams to work more efficiently while delivering exceptional digital experiences to our customers.

We are seeking a Sr. Design Producer who will be responsible for strategically driving Currency’s design and development by being incredibly detail oriented, an excellent communicator, highly collaborative and goal driven. This role is responsible for driving the team’s day-to-day work, ensuring accountability to delivery timelines, quality standards and more. 

Key Team Priorities for the Coming Year

• Building out core set of components and design patterns to reach system maturity, while catering to unique team needs and requirements.
• Expanding system adoption across multiple product teams while maintaining quality and alignment with business needs.
• Developing a robust system of measurement to track the impact of design system adoption.
• Partnering with cross-functional teams to integrate tools, processes, and systems that elevate collaboration and delivery.
• Championing design/engineering excellence through effective prioritization, stakeholder alignment, and project management.
• Establishing clear workflows for both internal team operations as well as governance for external contributions to the Currency Design System.

What You Bring

You are detail oriented, incredibly organized, a strong communicator, and have background in program and project management within creative or design-focused environments. You thrive in collaborative settings, have a talent for building relationships across teams, and have expertise with Atlassian tools (Jira / Confluence, etc).  You have a natural ability to orchestrate the multiple workstreams within the team, and ensure design initiatives are delivered on schedule, and at the highest level of quality.

In return, you’ll work alongside a kind, fun, passionate, and talented team (no egos here), dedicated to pushing the boundaries of what a design system can achieve. You’ll have the autonomy to shape your role while receiving support to meet your professional goals.

Primary Responsibilities

Leadership & Collaboration

Take ownership of medium to large-scale objectives, ensuring successful delivery with limited oversight.

Build and maintain strong relationships with designers, developers, and business stakeholders, fostering a culture of collaboration and trust.

Partner with Marketing and Product teams to ensure that the design system effectively delivers brand consistency and cohesiveness across all digital experiences.

Process Optimization

Define and refine workflows, governance models, and documentation to support the ongoing evolution of the design system.

Lead efforts to improve alignment between design and development teams, ensuring seamless handoffs and consistent implementation of system components.

Project Management

Plan and manage roadmaps, ensuring objectives and goals are completed on time and aligned with team priorities.

Track progress and impact of initiatives, leveraging tools to visualize key metrics and communicate outcomes effectively.

Schedule and facilitate team meetings, ceremonies (such as reviews, retros, standups, syncs, and office hours), and manage team calendars, ensuring clear documentation of notes, decisions, and action items.

Maintain organized meeting records and follow up on action items to drive accountability and project momentum.

Advocacy & Communication

Drive internal communications and serve as the primary point of contact between the Currency Design System team and users/stakeholders, ensuring clear and consistent messaging across all channels and initiatives.

Act as an ambassador for the Currency Design System, evangelizing its value across the organization.

Create compelling presentations and communications that highlight the team’s achievements and contributions.

Documentation & Knowledge

Collabor