Director of Product Design
Core
Lead the multi-year vision for Shipt's design platform, treating it as the operating layer for all product teams to build on, rather than a static library.
Role type
Director of Product Design (Design Platform & Systems)
Builds
A scalable design platform (tokens, components, patterns, pipeline) serving Customer, Shopper, and Partner experiences.
Domain
Retail technology, Design Systems, AI-era design operations
Required skills
Product design leadership, Front-end architecture, Technical governance, AI tools proficiency, Team management, Complex systems thinking, Data schema architecture, Visual infrastructure design, Executive communication
Preferred skills
None explicitly stated
Technologies
GitHub, CI/CD pipelines, Package managers, GenAI tools
Responsibilities
Define the operating model for building, governing, and adopting the design platform; Establish shared component contracts with Engineering; Define metrics to connect platform investment to business outcomes; Lead and mentor a team of systems designers.
Seniority
Director, strategic leadership with hands-on systems expertise