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Agentic Product Design Lead

Toronto

Sponsorship not specifiedCAD 105k-CAD 150kDetected 49 days ago
Agentic AIFigmaGraphic DesignUI DesignUX DesignDesign SystemsAccessibilityBusiness DevelopmentLeadershipCommunicationMentoringPublic Speaking

About the role

  • As an Agentic Product Design Lead, you will be a hands-on senior design leader at the intersection of craft, systems thinking, and AI-native workflows.
  • Reporting to the Head of Design, you will lead complex client engagements end-to-end - owning design quality across multi-product and multi-platform projects while actively designing alongside AI agents as a core part of how you work.
  • This is a role for a practitioner who leads by doing.

Responsibilities

  • Design Leadership & Quality:
  • Lead and actively contribute to the creation of high-quality screen designs, prototypes, and design systems across multi-product and multi-platform projects, with deep hands-on expertise in foundations, tokens, and atomic design methodology.
  • Define and govern design system standards including token naming conventions, tier structures (global, alias, component), theming strategies, and component documentation ensuring systems are scalable, maintainable, and developer-ready.
  • Establish and champion design frameworks, UX principles, and visual consistency practices across the team, embedding design system thinking at every stage of the project lifecycle.
  • Drive design critique culture and create structured feedback loops that elevate the work, with a sharp eye for system integrity, component reuse, and cross-platform consistency.
  • Champion the integration of agentic design workflows and AI-powered tooling including Claude for design to accelerate design system production, automate token management, and unlock new levels of craft and efficiency across the team.
  • Act as a senior design voice in client relationships, presenting concepts, rationale, and recommendations with confidence and clarity.
  • Lead discovery, alignment, and design review sessions with senior client stakeholders.
  • Build trusted relationships with clients, earning confidence as a strategic partner not just a delivery lead.
  • Collaborate cross-functionally with product, engineering, strategy, and delivery teams to ensure design is integrated throughout the project lifecycle.

Requirements

  • Familiarity with accessibility standards including WCAG 2.1/2.2 and AODA compliance.
  • Accelerate your professional growth with generous training budgets and mentorship, with a specific focus on Agentic AI expertise and the critical human skills required for the future of work.
  • AI & Strategic Upskilling: Accelerate your professional growth with generous training budgets and mentorship, with a specific focus on Agentic AI expertise and the critical human skills required for the future of work.

Nice to have

  • 8+ years of experience in UI/UX design, with at least 3 years in a leadership role.
  • Expert proficiency in Figma, Figma Make and Claude Design as well as industry-standard design tools
  • Excellent communication, facilitation, and storytelling skills.
  • Experience working in cross-functional environments alongside product managers, engineers, and strategists.
  • Comfort with ambiguity, competing priorities, and the pace of a growing consultancy.
  • Eligibility to work in Canada
  • based in or willing to work in Canadian time zones.

Skills

  • Contribute to business development efforts by supporting proposals, pitches, and capability demonstrations.
  • Broaden your skills on a range of engagements with international brands that have a global impact.

Compensation

  • CAD 105k-CAD 150k

Benefits

  • Tailor your extended health and dental plan to your needs, priorities, and preferences.
  • Learn more in our Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) section.
  • We provide you with modern tools, systems and approaches, value your time, safety, and health, and strive to build a work community where you can thrive and grow.
  • Here are a few benefits we offer to support you: Agentic Delivery: Our people work in a modern way to deliver client outcomes.
  • Generous vacation policy: Work-life balance is key to our team's success, so we offer flexible personal time off (PTO); allowing ample time away from work to promote overall well-being.
  • We bring together deep domain expertise across Retail, CPG, Sports, and Media with AI-native delivery capability, designing and delivering agentic solutions that turn CX vision into commercial reality.
  • Flexible work arrangements: We work in a variety of ways, from remote, to in-office, to a blend of both.

Company info

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  • APPLY People are at the core of everything we do at APPLY.

Equal opportunity

  • equal opportunity and fostering a workplace where everyone belongs.
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