Design Systems Lead
Yum!Irvine, California, United States
Posted March 3, 2026
Full Time
About the Company
Yum! Brands, Inc., headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky, operates over 60,000 restaurants globally under brands like KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Habit Burger Grill. As a leader in the quick-service restaurant sector, Yum! specializes in chicken, Mexican-style food, pizza, fast food, and burgers. The company is renowned for its commitment to employee development and fostering a culture that values personal and professional growth.
Job Description
The Design Systems Lead is responsible for building, scaling, and governing Taco Bell’s design system as a core product ecosystem, driving impact across the business through consistency, scalability, and cross-platform cohesion.
Requirements
- Lead the architecture, evolution, and governance of Taco Bell’s design system
- Manage cross-functional relationships with Engineering, Product, Merchandising, Marketing, Brand, and Platform teams
- Drive system consistency across mobile, web, kiosk, internal tools, and future platforms
- Partner closely with engineering teams to align design intent with technical implementation
- Define contribution models, lifecycle management, versioning, and system scalability standards
- Lead enablement, adoption, education, and system rollout across the organization
Benefits
- Health insurance
- 401(k) matching
- Paid time off
- Vacation days
- Sick leave
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Disability insurance
- Life insurance
