Lead Product Designer - Design Foundations, Interstate
Core
Own and evolve the Interstate B2B design system, setting design direction, quality standards, and AI-assisted design patterns for Cox Automotive's B2B products.
Role type
Lead Product Designer (Design Systems & AI)
Builds
Design system components, tokens, patterns, and AI tooling for UI composition
Domain
B2B SaaS / Design Systems / AI-assisted Design
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Systems thinking, design system architecture, AI-assisted design workflows, accessibility (WCAG), stakeholder influence, design judgment mentorship, outcome-driven decision making
Preferred skills
Figma variables/theming, token pipelines (Style Dictionary), AI tooling creation (agents/MCP), code implementation (React/HTML/CSS)
Technologies
Figma, Style Dictionary, MCP, React, HTML/CSS
Responsibilities
Define contribution, versioning, and deprecation models for the design system; shape the design side of AI tooling to make the system machine-readable; set the quality bar for accessibility and usability; grow other designers' judgment through critique and pairing; identify and fix gaps in the system proactively
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with high agency
