Sr. System Designer II - Design Systems – Digital Ordering & Smart Ops

We are hiring a Sr. System Designer II to drive the system architecture and strategic evolution across Yum!’s two foundational platforms:

- Digital Ordering Design System – powering customer-facing commerce across web, mobile app, kiosk, and loyalty
- Smart Ops Design System – supporting operator-facing tools including menu management, POS, KDS, and in-restaurant operational workflows

This is a senior individual contributor role focused on design system architecture, scalable component strategy, token frameworks, governance, and multi-brand enablement.

Unlike traditional product design roles, this position is centered on building and evolving design infrastructure, the shared foundations that enable product teams and brands to ship consistent, scalable, production-ready experiences globally.

You will shape the system that supports millions of guest transactions and thousands of restaurant operators across brands including KFC, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut, and Habit Burger.

Role Overview

As a Sr. System Designer II, you will:
•    Architect and evolve enterprise-scale design systems across consumer and operator platforms
•    Define scalable component and token strategies across multiple brands and environments
•    Establish contribution, governance, and release models
•    Partner deeply with Engineering to ensure production-aligned system implementation
•    Enable brands onboarding to shared systems while supporting intentional differentiation
•    Leverage AI as an accelerator to improve system velocity, quality, and operational efficiency