Role
In this role, you'll have the opportunity to shape the visual and interaction foundations of our product ecosystem, ensuring consistency, scalability, and a high-quality user experience. You'll collaborate closely with product designers, engineers, and product managers to craft a robust design system that meets the needs of a growing, dynamic organization and upholds Mastercard's high standards for product experiences.

Responsibilities:
• Design and document a library of reusable UI components, patterns, and guidelines that enable product teams to create a cohesive experience for B2B products
• Partner closely with engineering, product management, and other design team members to understand requirements, ensure feasibility, and deliver high-quality outcomes
• Deliver on the design system's roadmap, ensuring alignment with company and product goals for web and native app solutions
• Collaborate with design partners to educate and instruct on design system contribution and adoption models for implementation
• Navigate an agile work environment and perform responsibilities within 2-week sprints, maintaining progress and priorities in Rally/Jira software
• Participate in design reviews, contribute to code reviews, and collaborate on quality assurance to maintain a high standard for visual and interaction design across products
• Keep up-to-date with industry trends and new design tools/techniques, continually refining the system to meet modern UX and design standards
• Rapid prototype new component functionality in Figma Work with developers during design/dev handoffs to ensure components are built to UI spec and QA'd

All About You
• Proficient in Figma and familiar with front-end technologies (HTML, CSS, JavaScript) for seamless collaboration with developers
• Experience in product or UX design, with a strong understanding of atomic design, design systems, tokens, component libraries, or UI kits. 1-2 years of experience working with design systems and software design is preferred.
• Experience designing for native mobile applications and creating standards and patterns across platforms
• Self-starter, autonomous, problem-solver and can execute with minimum support from managers and senior-level peers
• Clear communicator with strong organizational skills
• Detail-oriented, striving for pixel-perfect deliverables
• Knowledge of accessibility guidelines and best practices (e.g., WCAG) to ensure inclusivity in design
• Prototyping skills and comfortable supporting design documentation

Mastercard is an inclusive equal opportunity employer that considers applicants without regard to gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, ethnicity, disabled or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. In the US or Canada, if you require accommodations or assistance to complete the online application process or during the recruitment process, please contact reasonable_accommodation@mastercard.com and identify the type of accommodation or assistance you are requesting. Do not include any medical or health information in this email. The Reasonable Accommodations team will respond to your email promptly.

Corporate Security Responsibility

All activities involving access to Mastercard assets, information, and networks comes with an inherent risk to the organization and, therefore, it is expected that every person working for, or on behalf of, Mastercard is responsible for information security and must:

• Abide by Mastercard's security policies and practices;
• Ensure the confidentiality and integrity of the information being accessed;
• Report any suspected information security violation or breach, and
• Complete all periodic mandatory security trainings in accordance with Mastercard's guidelines.

In line with Mastercard's total compensation philosophy and assuming that the job will be performed in the US, the successful candidate will be offered a competitive base salary based on location, experience and other qualifications for the role and may be eligible for an annual bonus or commissions depending on the role. Mastercard benefits for full time (and certain part time) employees generally include: insurance (including medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, disability, life insurance), flexible spending account and health savings account, paid leaves (including 16 weeks new parent leave, up to 20 paid days bereavement leave), 10 annual paid sick days, 10 or more annual paid vacation days based on level, 5 personal days, 10 annual paid U.S. observed holidays, 401k with a best-in-class company match, deferred compensation for eligible roles, fitness reimbursement or on-site fitness facilities, eligibility for tuition reimbursement, gender-inclusive benefits and many more.