Product Design Manager, Design Systems

7+ years in product or brand design, including 2+ years managing designers

Direct experience leading a design system at scale: components, patterns, guidelines, and shipped-to-code workflows

Fluency across mobile and web platforms, with a working understanding of how systems are consumed by engineers

Experience managing a design systems team

Strong track record of partnership with engineering on architecture, releases, and quality

Experience setting and defending craft standards across cross-functional stakeholders

Great medical, dental, and vision insurance options with additional programs available when enrolled

Mental health benefits

Family building benefits

Child care and pet benefits

401(k) plan with company match to help save for your future

In addition to 12 observed holidays, salaried team members have discretionary paid time off, hourly team members have 15 days paid time off

Set the strategy and roadmap for Lyft Product Language (LPL) across product, marketing, and brand surfaces, in partnership with the Director of Design Foundations and engineering leadership and the Design Systems team

Lead the AI transformation of the system: integrate AI into LPL tooling, adoption workflows, and the day-to-day designer experience at Lyft

Represent Design Systems in reviews and other senior leadership forums

Manage and develop a team of design systems designers and illustrators working across iOS, Android, web, and brand

Hold the quality bar for system-wide design: cross-platform coherence, accessibility (WCAG), road safety, localization, and brand consistency.

Execution & Partnership