The opportunity
At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
What you'll do
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.
Coach the team on making educated tradeoffs between flexibility, coherency, usability, and efficiency
What they're looking for
- Partner closely with the Design Systems DPM and engineering managers to: maintain system health, sequence work, and unblock teams
- Own the LPL component contribution and review process end-to-end, from intake through release
- Communicate system decisions, adoption expectations, and quality standards: upward and across product, engineering, and marketing
- + years in product or brand design, including 2+ years managing designers
