Senior Product Design Manager, Design Systems

Summary

Gusto is hiring a Design Systems Leader to join their team in Denver, San Francisco, or New York. The role involves leading design for Workbench, Gusto's design system, and managing a team of designers. Responsibilities include contributing to strategic decisions, establishing design standards, providing feedback, shipping with speed and consistency, coaching and developing team members, and collaborating with other teams.

Requirements

• 8+ years' experience with at least 3 years focused on design systems
• Interest in and ability to work in a combination role: people management and contributing as an IC designer
• Strong, inclusive design background with a track record of shipping high quality products and the systems that power them
• Ability to be pragmatic and solutions-oriented to ship iterative improvements to the system while balancing long term system integrity
• Strategic thinker who has experience working at different altitudes, across the entire customer journey
• Excellent communication and storytelling skills with the ability to rationalize the ‘why’ behind design decisions
• Expertise collaborating with – and speaking the language of – product design, accessibility, engineering, brand design, and product management within the context of a design system

Responsibilities

• Contribute to high-level strategic decisions around product design and development
• Establish and articulate design systems standards, usage guidelines and best practices
• Provide design feedback to internal stakeholders
• Ship with speed and consistency
• Coach, manage, and develop your team of designers
• Partner with PM and Engineering Leads to create a holistic system
• Collaborate with senior design leadership to set the overall design direction of the product
• Inspire and educate the greater product design organization at Gusto

Benefits

• Competitive compensation packages with a strong emphasis on equity based compensation
• Physical office spaces in Denver, San Francisco, and New York City. Employees who are based in those locations will be expected to work from the office on designated days approximately 2-3 days per week