design
Posted 2 weeks agoProduct Design Manager, Design Systems
at lyft
Toronto, CanadaHybrid
Responsibilities
- Design Systems at Lyft is an integral part of the overall user experience.
- Lead the AI transformation of the system: integrate AI into LPL tooling, adoption workflows, and the day-to-day designer experience at Lyft
- Represent Design Systems in reviews and other senior leadership forums People & Craft
- Manage and develop a team of design systems designers and illustrators working across iOS, Android, web, and brand
- Coach the team on making educated tradeoffs between flexibility, coherency, usability, and efficiency
- Own the LPL component contribution and review process end-to-end, from intake through release
- Strong track record of partnership with engineering on architecture, releases, and quality •
Requirements
- experience leading a design system at scale: components, patterns, guidelines, and shipped-to-code workflows
- Fluency across mobile and web platforms, with a working understanding of how systems are consumed by engineers •
- Experience managing a design systems team
- Familiarity with AI-assisted design tooling (Figma MCP, generative workflows, agentic prototyping) is a strong plus
- Lyft may use artificial intelligence to screen applicants, however, Lyft employees make the ultimate selection and hiring decisions.
Experience
- 7+ years in product or brand design, including 2+ years managing designers Direct
Benefits
- Strategy & Vision
- Extended health and dental coverage options, along with life insurance and disability benefits
- Child care and pet benefits
- Access to a Lyft funded Health Care Savings Account
- In addition to provincial observed holidays, salaried team members are covered under Lyft's flexible paid time off policy.
- Hourly team members get 15 days paid time off, with an additional day for each year of service
- Lyft is proud to support new parents with 18 weeks of paid time off, designed as a top-up plan to complement provincial programs. Biological, adoptive, and foster parents are all eligible. Subsidized commuter
- benefits and Lyft ride credits
- Your recruiter can share more information about the various in-office perks Lyft offers.
- The expected base pay range for this position in the Toronto area is CAD $172,000 - CAD $215,000, not inclusive of potential equity offering, bonus or benefits.
- Salary ranges are dependent on a variety of factors, including qualifications,
- experience and geographic location. Your recruiter can share more information about the salary range specific to your working location and other factors during the hiring process.
Additional details
- At Lyft, our purpose is to serve and connect. We aim to achieve this by cultivating a work environment where all team members belong and have the opportunity to thrive.
- Lyft is looking for a Design Systems Manager to join Design Foundations, the infrastructure layer of Lyft's design organization.
- Our design system spans product surfaces, marketing, and brand, officially known as the Lyft Product Language (LPL) and shipped directly to code.
- You'll own the craft and execution of that system, partner closely with design, engineering, and marketing, and lead Design systems work through a period of active global growth and capability expansion.
- This role reports to the Director of Design Foundations and works alongside a dedicated DPM and Engineering managers, and a tight-knit team of design systems practitioners. Responsibilities:
- Set the strategy and roadmap for Lyft Product Language (LPL) across product, marketing, and brand surfaces, in partnership with the Director of Design Foundations and engineering leadership and the Design Systems team
- Hold the quality bar for system-wide design: cross-platform coherence, accessibility (WCAG), road safety, localization, and brand consistency.
- Partner closely with the Design Systems DPM and engineering managers to maintain system health, sequence work, and unblock teams
- Communicate system decisions, adoption expectations, and quality standards upward and across product, engineering, and marketing Experience:
- Experience setting and defending craft standards across cross-functional stakeholders