Product Design Manager, Design Systems & AI Platforms

VLEX NETWORKS; Toronto; Hybrid; CAD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Clio, a global leader in legal AI technology, is hiring a Product Design Manager to lead Design Systems. The role supports teams across Canada (excluding Quebec) and the US, with in-office days in hubs like Toronto.

You’ll own the system’s operating model, governance, token architecture and cross‑platform patterns to deliver coherent brand experiences. You’ll also drive onboarding and growth patterns, collaborate with Platform Engineering on APIs, and guide a hands‑on, player‑coach leadership

Qualifications

• Design systems experience preferred.
• Leadership of design teams advantageous.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product, engineering and brand.

Responsibilities

• Own the design system operating model, roadmap, intake rules, versioning and health metrics.
• Lead the move from a design library to a source of truth used by people and agents, with tokens and component specs linked to code.
• Define AI-native platform patterns and work with teams to unify data visualization and conversational UI foundations.
• Extend system governance across web, mobile and desktop apps to ensure coherent brand and behavior.
• Collaborate with Brand, Marketing and Engineering on theming, tokens, and platform parity.
• Prototype and review token pipelines, component APIs in collaboration with Platform Engineering.
• Oversee onboarding and PLG patterns to enable growth experiments across teams.
• Align roadmaps with WCAG, VPAT, and international launches while ensuring customer-centered discovery.
• Lead, coach and grow the Design Systems and PLG design team.

Job description

Clio, a global leader in legal AI technology, is hiring a Product Design Manager to lead Design Systems. The role supports teams across Canada (excluding Quebec) and the US, with in-office days in hubs like Toronto.

You’ll own the system’s operating model, governance, token architecture and cross‑platform patterns to deliver coherent brand experiences. You’ll also drive onboarding and growth patterns, collaborate with Platform Engineering on APIs, and guide a hands‑on, player‑coach leadership