# Senior Manager, Product Design - Design Platform

**Company:** [Upstart](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/upstart)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $183k – $275k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Design Systems, Component Architecture, Design Tokens, Web Design, Native Mobile Design, iOS, Android, Component Apis, Design-To-Code, Ai-Assisted Design, Prototyping, Build Tooling, Multi-Platform Theming, Data Analytics, Design Governance
**Posted:** 2026-08-20

> Leads the Design Platform team, shaping Upstart’s cross-platform design system, AI-enabled workflows, and operating model while remaining hands-on with design work. Requires 8+ years of product design experience, people-management experience, and a history of scaling systems across multiple product teams.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Shape Upstart’s design system, including component architecture, token strategy, and visual language.
- Define platform strategy across web and native mobile, balancing shared foundations with distinct experiences.
- Develop AI-enabled design-system workflows, machine-readable standards, and design-to-code tools.
- Define impact metrics and use data to guide priorities and build leadership support.
- Establish ownership, governance, and contribution models across platform and product teams.
- Develop two senior designers as leaders and builders through context, feedback, and coaching.
- Partner with engineering and product design leaders to make the Design Platform the foundation for moving products from idea to production.

## Requirements
- 8+ years of product design experience, including 2+ years of direct people management.
- Experience building or substantially scaling a design system adopted across multiple product teams.
- Experience defining design patterns or platform strategy across web and native mobile.
- Experience owning components, tokens, documentation, governance, and visual design direction.
- Experience partnering with engineering on design-system implementation, including component APIs and token architecture.

## Nice-to-haves
- Ability to prototype or contribute to component implementation.
- Experience with AI-assisted design, prototyping, build tooling, or design-to-code workflows.
- Knowledge of multi-platform theming and native mobile design systems across iOS and Android.
- Analytical skills for measuring impact and informing decisions.
- Business judgment for prioritization, tradeoffs, and leadership alignment.
- Experience developing senior individual contributors and facilitating design critique.

## Compensation and benefits
- United States anticipated base salary: **$198,700–$275,000 USD**.
- Canada anticipated base salary: **$182,800–$230,000 CAD**.
- Target bonuses, equity compensation, and annual equity grants.
- Retirement benefits with company matching.
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan for eligible US employees.
- Medical, dental, vision, wellness, and supplemental health coverage.
- Health Savings Account contributions for eligible US plans.
- Life insurance, disability coverage, paid time off, and sick leave.

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