Principal Product Designer, Design Systems
$148,000–$195,000 year
RemoteUnited States
Job Summary
Define component architecture and compositional philosophy across the system, leading review of component work to elevate quality and brand consistency org-wide. Design token architecture (primitive → semantic → component) that scales to new themes and brand variants, identifying and remediating structural token debt along the way. Build documentation and governance infrastructure that scales independent of your day-to-day involvement, using adoption data to close gaps before they surface as one-off requests. Partner directly with engineering to build the tooling and working norms that keep design and engineering roadmaps in sync, not siloed. Scale accessibility so it's a structural default — not a manual check — across new themes and components, partnering with our Accessibility Specialist on org-level investment. Own and articulate the system's roadmap, define how its effectiveness is measured, and maintain a data-backed business case that directly influences prioritization and resourcing. This role requires 10+ years of experience in product design with a focus on design systems at a B2B SaaS company. Applicants located within 45 miles of the Westlake/Dallas, TX office should expect to work on-site Tuesday through Thursday.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in product design
- substantial portion of experience focused on design systems work
- demonstrated track record defining component and token architecture for an entire system at a B2B SaaS company
- Experience designing, governing, and scaling a comparable enterprise-scale design system
- Experience with component libraries
- Experience with token architecture
- Experience with governance models
- Working knowledge of front-end implementation (HTML/CSS, Code Connect or equivalent)
- Experience defining and communicating a design system roadmap
- Experience articulating metrics that prove a design system is working (adoption, coverage, defect rate, time-to-implement, or similar)
- Experience establishing accessibility as infrastructure
- Experience with token-level governance
- Experience with component-level governance
- WCAG expertise
- Proven ability to build a data-backed business case that has changed what got prioritized or staffed
- A university degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience
- Applicants located within 45 miles of the Westlake/Dallas, TX office should expect to work on-site Tuesday through Thursday
Desired Qualifications
- Comfort using AI to streamline your own workflow and help your work ship on time
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