Director, UX Platform & Design Systems

Etsy; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 240,000 - 324,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity package

Annual performance bonus

Competitive benefits

Job summary

Etsy seeks a Director of Product Management to lead UX Platform, the team that builds the foundation every Etsy experience relies on. You will set strategy across design systems, prototyping, frontend infrastructure, and developer tooling, while coaching PMs and ensuring accessibility.

This role reports to the Senior Director of Product Management, Foundation, and requires turning broad remit into a focused roadmap with measurable outcomes, balancing engineering and design priorities.

Qualifications

• Experience leading platform/infrastructure or developer-experience products.
• Strong systems thinking linking design systems to frontend architecture.
• Ability to turn ambiguity into a clear roadmap and structure.
• Owns problems and outcomes within a product operating model.
• Uses data to prioritize developer experience and UX quality.

Responsibilities

• Set and drive strategy across web frontend developer experience, infrastructure, design systems, and prototyping.
• Build a portfolio of metrics to measure experience quality and invest based on evidence.
• Define multi-year investment strategy for AI-enabled capabilities across design, product, and engineering workflows.
• Lead and grow a team of product managers, mentoring their careers.
• Champion platform health, accessibility, and design-system best practices as core requirements.
• Collaborate with product teams to translate needs into clear priorities and roadmaps.
• Present roadmap progress to senior leadership and justify investment.

Skills

Platform product leadership

Systems thinking

Ambiguity to clarity

Ownership mindset

Data-driven prioritization

Communication with technical/design

Coaching PMs

Job description

Etsy seeks a Director of Product Management to lead UX Platform, the team that builds the foundation every Etsy experience relies on. You will set strategy across design systems, prototyping, frontend infrastructure, and developer tooling, while coaching PMs and ensuring accessibility.

This role reports to the Senior Director of Product Management, Foundation, and requires turning broad remit into a focused roadmap with measurable outcomes, balancing engineering and design priorities.