Manager, Design Systems & Infrastructure

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figmas platform helps teams bring ideas to lifewhether youre brainstorming creating a prototype translating designs into code or iterating with AI. From idea to product Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows move faster and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If youre excited to shape the future of design and collaboration join us!

Were looking for a Design Manager to lead Figmas internal Design Systems and Design Infrastructure as the company transforms and expands. This is a rare opportunity to become the steward of the system behind how Figma designs and builds Figma: the foundations tokens and variables component libraries tooling governance and shared infrastructure that help our teams create with quality and coherence at scale. The work will shape every Figma product and through them the experience of millions of people.

This is a senior people leadership role with meaningful scope. Youll lead designers across multiple Design work streams set direction through a complex transformation and partner deeply with Design Product and Engineering to turn strong foundations into greater quality speed and leverage across Figma. If you believe the best systems create coherence without limiting the autonomy teams need to do exceptional work this is the role for you.

This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

• Lead and grow designers across Figmas internal Design Systems foundations tokens and variables component libraries internal tooling governance and adoption
• Set an ambitious vision and quality bar for how Figmas internal design system evolves translating the companys transformation into coherent durable foundations for the product suite
• Partner with Design Product and Engineering leaders on strategy resourcing technical direction adoption and execution across a complex organization
• Bring clarity and momentum to ambiguous cross-functional work balancing system coherence with the autonomy product teams need to solve distinct problems well
• Evolve the Design Systems operating model including governance contribution paths critiques and reviews documentation feedback loops and adoption practices
• Hire coach retain and develop an exceptional team helping designers grow their craft judgment and leadership across multiple workstreams
• Represent the Design Systems perspective in broader organizational decisions and ensure Figmas design infrastructure evolves with its expanding product suite

At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts experiences and opinions allows our employees our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race color ancestry religion sex national origin sexual orientation age citizenship marital status disability gender identity/expression veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories consistent with legal requirements.

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