Senior Manager, Design Systems & Foundations
Instacart
Senior Manager, Design Systems & Foundations
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Shape the future of IDS: Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and vision for the Instacart Design System across web, iOS, and Android, ensuring a scalable, accessible, and brand-aligned experience everywhere.
- Lead and inspire a high-performing, multidisciplinary team: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 8 designers and design technologists, fostering a culture of craft, inclusion, learning, and operational excellence.
- Continuously evolve the system: Anticipate trends and proactively adapt IDS to meet emerging business, technology, and user needs while ensuring the system remains robust, engaging, and aligned with Instacart’s brand identity.
- Refine and iterate on scalable systems and processes: Continuously improve established frameworks for governance, contribution, and adoption, ensuring they are robust, efficient, and aligned with the current and future needs of teams across Instacart.
- Collaborate across disciplines: Build deep partnerships with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to ensure IDS integrates seamlessly into workflows, tools, and design approaches across the company.
- Elevate design craft and consistency: Champion design excellence and ensure IDS is a foundation for accessible, cutting-edge, and user-first experiences that align with Instacart’s broader mission.
- Communicate and support adoption: Provide transparency and education to stakeholders and teams through office hours, release notes, and community engagements that encourage broad adoption and trust in IDS.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in digital product design, with a track record of delivering user-first solutions, differentiated design language, and strong utility for engineering organizations.
- 3+ years of experience leading teams, with demonstrated success managing both design systems designers and design technologists.
- A proven track record of evolving design systems at scale, ensuring adaptability to both user and organizational needs.
- Expertise in Figma, design tokens, multi-platform systems, and governance processes that facilitate reliable and scalable design operations.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and experience building inclusive systems by default.
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines and clearly articulate the value of systems design within a larger organizational context.
- Ability to balance functional design with visionary thinking, inspiring teams to explore bold new approaches while driving measurable business value.
- Passion for fostering a community of practice and elevating design culture within an organization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep curiosity and comfort identifying and pursuing opportunities to work with emerging tools, technologies, and workflows that advance design system capabilities.
- Experience defining and implementing motion design principles, with a track record of creating animations that enhance digital interfaces and align with system guidelines.
- Knowledge of how to integrate motion patterns into a design system while balancing brand identity, usability, and performance considerations.
Required Skills
- digital product design
- design systems
- Figma
- design tokens
- multi-platform systems
- governance processes
- accessibility standards (WCAG)
- collaboration and communication
- team leadership
- motion design principles
Benefits
- Flex First remote work policy
- Highly market-competitive compensation
- New hire equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
Salary Range
$183000 - $245000 USD
Locations
- United States, United States (Remote)
Salary
183,000 - 245,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- digital product designintermediate
- design systemsintermediate
- Figmaintermediate
- design tokensintermediate
- multi-platform systemsintermediate
- governance processesintermediate
- accessibility standards (WCAG)intermediate
- collaboration and communicationintermediate
- team leadershipintermediate
- motion design principlesintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in digital product design, with a track record of delivering user-first solutions, differentiated design language, and strong utility for engineering organizations. (experience)
- 3+ years of experience leading teams, with demonstrated success managing both design systems designers and design technologists. (experience)
- A proven track record of evolving design systems at scale, ensuring adaptability to both user and organizational needs. (experience)
- Expertise in Figma, design tokens, multi-platform systems, and governance processes that facilitate reliable and scalable design operations. (experience)
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and experience building inclusive systems by default. (experience)
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines and clearly articulate the value of systems design within a larger organizational context. (experience)
- Ability to balance functional design with visionary thinking, inspiring teams to explore bold new approaches while driving measurable business value. (experience)
- Passion for fostering a community of practice and elevating design culture within an organization. (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep curiosity and comfort identifying and pursuing opportunities to work with emerging tools, technologies, and workflows that advance design system capabilities. (experience)
- Experience defining and implementing motion design principles, with a track record of creating animations that enhance digital interfaces and align with system guidelines. (experience)
- Knowledge of how to integrate motion patterns into a design system while balancing brand identity, usability, and performance considerations. (experience)
Responsibilities
- Shape the future of IDS: Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and vision for the Instacart Design System across web, iOS, and Android, ensuring a scalable, accessible, and brand-aligned experience everywhere.
- Lead and inspire a high-performing, multidisciplinary team: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 8 designers and design technologists, fostering a culture of craft, inclusion, learning, and operational excellence.
- Continuously evolve the system: Anticipate trends and proactively adapt IDS to meet emerging business, technology, and user needs while ensuring the system remains robust, engaging, and aligned with Instacart’s brand identity.
- Refine and iterate on scalable systems and processes: Continuously improve established frameworks for governance, contribution, and adoption, ensuring they are robust, efficient, and aligned with the current and future needs of teams across Instacart.
- Collaborate across disciplines: Build deep partnerships with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to ensure IDS integrates seamlessly into workflows, tools, and design approaches across the company.
- Elevate design craft and consistency: Champion design excellence and ensure IDS is a foundation for accessible, cutting-edge, and user-first experiences that align with Instacart’s broader mission.
- Communicate and support adoption: Provide transparency and education to stakeholders and teams through office hours, release notes, and community engagements that encourage broad adoption and trust in IDS.
Benefits
- general: Flex First remote work policy
- general: Highly market-competitive compensation
- general: New hire equity grant
- general: Annual refresh grants
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Senior Manager, Design Systems & Foundations
Instacart
Senior Manager, Design Systems & Foundations
Job Description
Responsibilities
- Shape the future of IDS: Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and vision for the Instacart Design System across web, iOS, and Android, ensuring a scalable, accessible, and brand-aligned experience everywhere.
- Lead and inspire a high-performing, multidisciplinary team: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 8 designers and design technologists, fostering a culture of craft, inclusion, learning, and operational excellence.
- Continuously evolve the system: Anticipate trends and proactively adapt IDS to meet emerging business, technology, and user needs while ensuring the system remains robust, engaging, and aligned with Instacart’s brand identity.
- Refine and iterate on scalable systems and processes: Continuously improve established frameworks for governance, contribution, and adoption, ensuring they are robust, efficient, and aligned with the current and future needs of teams across Instacart.
- Collaborate across disciplines: Build deep partnerships with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to ensure IDS integrates seamlessly into workflows, tools, and design approaches across the company.
- Elevate design craft and consistency: Champion design excellence and ensure IDS is a foundation for accessible, cutting-edge, and user-first experiences that align with Instacart’s broader mission.
- Communicate and support adoption: Provide transparency and education to stakeholders and teams through office hours, release notes, and community engagements that encourage broad adoption and trust in IDS.
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in digital product design, with a track record of delivering user-first solutions, differentiated design language, and strong utility for engineering organizations.
- 3+ years of experience leading teams, with demonstrated success managing both design systems designers and design technologists.
- A proven track record of evolving design systems at scale, ensuring adaptability to both user and organizational needs.
- Expertise in Figma, design tokens, multi-platform systems, and governance processes that facilitate reliable and scalable design operations.
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and experience building inclusive systems by default.
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines and clearly articulate the value of systems design within a larger organizational context.
- Ability to balance functional design with visionary thinking, inspiring teams to explore bold new approaches while driving measurable business value.
- Passion for fostering a community of practice and elevating design culture within an organization.
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep curiosity and comfort identifying and pursuing opportunities to work with emerging tools, technologies, and workflows that advance design system capabilities.
- Experience defining and implementing motion design principles, with a track record of creating animations that enhance digital interfaces and align with system guidelines.
- Knowledge of how to integrate motion patterns into a design system while balancing brand identity, usability, and performance considerations.
Required Skills
- digital product design
- design systems
- Figma
- design tokens
- multi-platform systems
- governance processes
- accessibility standards (WCAG)
- collaboration and communication
- team leadership
- motion design principles
Benefits
- Flex First remote work policy
- Highly market-competitive compensation
- New hire equity grant
- Annual refresh grants
Salary Range
$183000 - $245000 USD
Locations
- United States, United States (Remote)
Salary
183,000 - 245,000 USD / yearly
Skills Required
- digital product designintermediate
- design systemsintermediate
- Figmaintermediate
- design tokensintermediate
- multi-platform systemsintermediate
- governance processesintermediate
- accessibility standards (WCAG)intermediate
- collaboration and communicationintermediate
- team leadershipintermediate
- motion design principlesintermediate
Required Qualifications
- 10+ years of experience in digital product design, with a track record of delivering user-first solutions, differentiated design language, and strong utility for engineering organizations. (experience)
- 3+ years of experience leading teams, with demonstrated success managing both design systems designers and design technologists. (experience)
- A proven track record of evolving design systems at scale, ensuring adaptability to both user and organizational needs. (experience)
- Expertise in Figma, design tokens, multi-platform systems, and governance processes that facilitate reliable and scalable design operations. (experience)
- Strong understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and experience building inclusive systems by default. (experience)
- Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to influence across disciplines and clearly articulate the value of systems design within a larger organizational context. (experience)
- Ability to balance functional design with visionary thinking, inspiring teams to explore bold new approaches while driving measurable business value. (experience)
- Passion for fostering a community of practice and elevating design culture within an organization. (experience)
Preferred Qualifications
- Deep curiosity and comfort identifying and pursuing opportunities to work with emerging tools, technologies, and workflows that advance design system capabilities. (experience)
- Experience defining and implementing motion design principles, with a track record of creating animations that enhance digital interfaces and align with system guidelines. (experience)
- Knowledge of how to integrate motion patterns into a design system while balancing brand identity, usability, and performance considerations. (experience)
Responsibilities
- Shape the future of IDS: Own the end-to-end strategy, roadmap, and vision for the Instacart Design System across web, iOS, and Android, ensuring a scalable, accessible, and brand-aligned experience everywhere.
- Lead and inspire a high-performing, multidisciplinary team: Lead, mentor, and grow a team of 8 designers and design technologists, fostering a culture of craft, inclusion, learning, and operational excellence.
- Continuously evolve the system: Anticipate trends and proactively adapt IDS to meet emerging business, technology, and user needs while ensuring the system remains robust, engaging, and aligned with Instacart’s brand identity.
- Refine and iterate on scalable systems and processes: Continuously improve established frameworks for governance, contribution, and adoption, ensuring they are robust, efficient, and aligned with the current and future needs of teams across Instacart.
- Collaborate across disciplines: Build deep partnerships with Product, Engineering, and Brand teams to ensure IDS integrates seamlessly into workflows, tools, and design approaches across the company.
- Elevate design craft and consistency: Champion design excellence and ensure IDS is a foundation for accessible, cutting-edge, and user-first experiences that align with Instacart’s broader mission.
- Communicate and support adoption: Provide transparency and education to stakeholders and teams through office hours, release notes, and community engagements that encourage broad adoption and trust in IDS.
Benefits
- general: Flex First remote work policy
- general: Highly market-competitive compensation
- general: New hire equity grant
- general: Annual refresh grants
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