Design Systems Lead - AI SaaS Product Designer

Ivo AI Inc; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Compensation

Equity

Relocation and Visa Support

Health & Wellness

Flexible Spending & Insurance

401(k) Program

Commuter Benefits

Unlimited PTO

Office Perks

Job summary

Ivo in San Francisco is seeking an exceptional designer to join our team and guide the vision, strategy, and execution of Ivo’s design system while managing a small team of designers. You will work across Product and Engineering to build a system that elevates product teams, enabling rapid iteration without sacrificing coherence, taste, or craft.

Bring 4+ years of product design experience, a strong SaaS design systems background, deep Figma expertise, and a portfolio that demonstrates scalable

Qualifications

• 4+ years of experience in product design.
• Experience building design systems for SaaS platforms.
• Deep expertise in Figma, component libraries, tokens, variants, and systematic file organization.
• Constantly learning and adapting to the rapid changes AI brings to UI/UX.
• A proclivity to adopting and experimenting intelligently with AI tools.
• Strong communication and documentation skills, with the ability to clearly articulate system rationale and implementation guidance.
• Experience operating in a fast-paced environment with multiple priorities and high expectations for craft.
• A portfolio that demonstrates how you’ve shaped scalable design patterns, systematized complex UI challenges, and delivered cohesive experiences.

Responsibilities

• Create, maintain, and scale component libraries, design tokens, interaction patterns, and accessibility standards.
• Define and own the vision, strategy, and roadmap for Ivo’s design system.
• Partner closely with Engineering to ensure system adoption, alignment, and implementation quality of the design system.
• Develop workflows that improve designer and developer collaboration, such as Figma libraries, documentation, and quality checks.
• Shape internal best practices for design documentation, guidelines, and cross-team collaboration.
• Constantly raise the bar for design craft and execution.

Skills

4+ years of product design

Design systems for SaaS platforms

Figma, component libraries, tokens, &�

AI-driven UI changes

Strong communication & documentation

Startup environment experience

Portfolio demonstrating scalable UI

Tools

Figma

Job description

Ivo in San Francisco is seeking an exceptional designer to join our team and guide the vision, strategy, and execution of Ivo’s design system while managing a small team of designers. You will work across Product and Engineering to build a system that elevates product teams, enabling rapid iteration without sacrificing coherence, taste, or craft.

Bring 4+ years of product design experience, a strong SaaS design systems background, deep Figma expertise, and a portfolio that demonstrates scalable