Principal Product Designer

Jobtailor; Sydney; On-site; AUD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Jobtailor is seeking a senior product designer to own and evolve a multi-brand design system across HomeMade and Mable. You will set the system's direction, govern components, and write guidelines in collaboration with engineers and AI platform teams.

With 8+ years in product design and 4-5+ years shaping design systems, you will lead the Design System Guild, champion WCAG 2.2 AA accessibility, and drive AI tooling integration to improve workflows and consistency.

Qualifications

• 8+ years as a product designer, with 4-5+ years shaping a design system.
• Portfolio demonstrating systems thinking, reusable components, and cross-brand usage.
• Advanced Figma skills for components, variants, variables and tokens.
• Experience with multi-brand or multi-product design systems.
• Practical use of AI tools like Claude in design workflows.
• Ability to document decisions and guidelines clearly.
• Strong collaboration with engineering to ship components.
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and WCAG guidance.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the multi-brand design system across HomeMade and Mable.
• Make decisions on the system's structure, priority, and direction.
• Design and maintain design tokens, components, and patterns across brands and web/mobile.
• Establish and evolve the design system's connection to AI tooling.
• Audit component usage, identify inconsistencies, and drive consolidation.
• Write documentation and usage guidelines for designers and engineers.
• Partner with engineers to keep design and code in sync and ensure quality.
• Set and uphold design system governance.
• Lead the cross-functional Design System Guild.
• Champion accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA standards.
• Advocate for the design system across the organization and support designers.
• Continuously improve the system using feedback, usage data, and AI-assisted insights.
• Collaborate with product designers, engineering, and AI platform teams.
• Participate in Customer Experience initiatives with design managers and product designers.

Skills

Design System Ownership

Advanced Figma Skills

AI Tool Integration

Accessibility Standards Compliance

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Tools

Figma

Claude

AI Tooling

Job description

• Own and evolve the multi-brand design system across HomeMade and Mable
• Make decisions on the system's structure, priority, and direction
• Design and maintain design tokens, components, and patterns across both brands and web and mobile
• Establish and evolve the design system's connection to AI tooling, including Claude and Claude Code
• Audit component usage, identify inconsistencies, and drive consolidation
• Write documentation and usage guidelines for designers and engineers
• Partner with engineers to keep design and code in sync and ensure components are implemented and quality checked
• Set and uphold design system governance
• Lead the cross-functional Design System Guild
• Champion accessibility to WCAG 2.2 AA standards
• Advocate for the design system across the organisation and support designers in using and contributing to it
• Continuously improve the system using feedback, usage data, and AI-assisted workflow insights
• Work with product designers across HomeMade and Mable, engineering teams, and the AI platform team
• Participate in the Customer Experience team with support from design managers and product designers

Requirements

• 8+ years as a product designer, with 4-5+ years specifically owning or heavily shaping a design system
• Portfolio demonstrating strong systems thinking, reusable components, and systems across multiple products
• Advanced Figma skills, including component libraries, variants, variables, and design tokens
• Experience working with a multi-brand or multi-product design system
• Practical experience using AI tools like Claude in a design workflow
• Curiosity about how design systems and AI tooling should work together
• Strong collaboration experience with engineering, including getting components built and shipped
• Solid understanding of accessibility standards and practical application
• Clear written communication for documenting decisions and guidelines
• Confidence making and owning system-level decisions
• Demonstrated autonomy in setting direction and making system-level decisions

Core Competencies

Demonstrates expertise in managing and evolving design systems across multiple brands, with a strong focus on accessibility standards and collaboration with engineering teams. Proficient in utilizing AI tools to enhance design workflows and ensure quality implementation of components.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Design System Ownership
• Advanced Figma Skills
• AI Tool Integration
• Accessibility Standards Compliance
• Cross-Functional Collaboration

Hard Skills

• Design Tokens
• Component Libraries
• Reusable Components
• Systems Thinking
• Documentation Writing
• Component Auditing
• Design Patterns
• Multi-Brand Design Systems
• Quality Assurance
• Governance of Design Systems

Soft Skills

• Clear Written Communication
• Curiosity
• Confidence in Decision-Making
• Autonomy
• Collaboration

Industry Keywords

• WCAG 2.2 AA Standards
• Customer Experience
• Design Workflow
• Product Design

Tools & Technologies

• Figma
• Claude
• AI Tooling
• Design System Guild