Director of Product Design, Avail
Core
Lead the design system and product design strategy for Avail, a platform helping landlords and tenants manage rentals, ensuring cohesive, accessible, and scalable user experiences across multiple products.
Role type
Director of Product Design (Design Systems & Team Leadership)
Builds
Design systems, accessible UI components, and product features for Avail's Renter, Landlord, and Public surfaces.
Domain
Real Estate Technology / PropTech
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work
Required skills
Design systems architecture, product design leadership, accessibility (a11y) strategy, Figma, engineering collaboration, team management, roadmap planning, AI tooling for design ops
Preferred skills
Hands-on component implementation in codebases, capacity planning, cross-functional stakeholder management, brand consistency, AI-assisted design workflows
Technologies
Figma, JIRA, Confluence, AI design tools
Responsibilities
Own and evolve the design system components and tokens; set quality standards for end-to-end product design; build accessible patterns into the system; align design and code via toolchain integration; document system contributions; translate design value to business metrics; sequence systems work into engineering release pipelines; partner with Brand on external assets; mentor and manage product designers; run lean design practices and tooling; architect and implement system components in production code; pilot AI tools to optimize design workflows.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on execution
