Principal Product Designer

Jobtailor

Sydney

On-site

AUD 130,000 - 180,000

Full time

14 days+
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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
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