Lead Product Designer - Design Systems & AI Tools

Cox Automotive; Burlington (VT); On-site; USD 112,000 - 186,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Vacation with pay

Seven paid holidays

Paid wellness time off (160 hours)

Bereavement leave

Time off to vote

Jury duty leave

Volunteer time off

Military leave

Parental leave

Job summary

Cox Automotive seeks a Lead Product Designer to own Interstate, our B2B design system and the shared foundation of Cox Automotive's B2B products. You will be the senior voice for Interstate, reporting to the Design Director, shaping system direction across teams.

You'll collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to create tools, components, and infrastructure that accelerate design and development, while advancing AI-assisted design at scale.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field with multiple years of design experience.
• Demonstrated ability to define system-level design and influence product direction.
• Strong craft in visuals, interaction, and accessibility.
• Ability to lead and mentor designers across teams.

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Interstate design system guidelines, tokens, and components.
• Set design direction for ambiguous features tied to product value.
• Maintain high quality, accessibility, and usability standards.
• Create cross-product interaction patterns while preserving consistency.
• Define contribution, versioning, and deprecation rules for rapid evolution.
• Shape the AI tooling facet of Interstate to support machine-readable outputs.
• Proactively identify gaps, communicate changes, and drive adoption.
• Mentor designers to raise design judgment and consistency.

Skills

Systems thinker

Craft and quality

High agency

Influence across teams

Clear communication

AI-assisted design

WCAG accessibility

Outcome driven

Education

Bachelor's degree in related discipline

Tools

Figma

React

Web components

Job description

Cox Automotive seeks a Lead Product Designer to own Interstate, our B2B design system and the shared foundation of Cox Automotive's B2B products. You will be the senior voice for Interstate, reporting to the Design Director, shaping system direction across teams.

You'll collaborate with product managers, designers, and engineers to create tools, components, and infrastructure that accelerate design and development, while advancing AI-assisted design at scale.