Senior Product Designer, Architecture and Systems

Role Overview

• Architect the strategy for platform systems and design scaling to ensure cross-squad resilience and durability.
• Unblock vertical product squads by identifying architectural bottlenecks and providing scalable design solutions that reduce technical and design debt.
• Lead the UX strategy and execution for foundational platform features, including universal navigation, notification frameworks, task management, and high-density data interfaces.
• Partner with engineering to maintain a shared repository of standardized components, ensuring pixel-perfect alignment between platform designs and production code.
• Serve as a strategic ambassador to the central Hawkins design team, influencing global standards to support complex Ads use cases while building deep credibility for Ads as a vital design partner.
• Evangelize documentation and paved-path frameworks that empower designers to adopt platform standards with velocity and autonomy.
• Operationalize AI-driven agentic workflows and intelligent UI patterns in partnership with the AI pillar to scale these frameworks across the Ads ecosystem.
• Ground platform decisions in research regarding human and agentic archetypes to ensure infrastructure remains future-proof.
• Audit the ecosystem to identify UI discrepancies and prioritize the foundational work needed to move the Ads Suite toward a unified experience layer.
• Influence Product and Engineering leadership to ensure platform infrastructure is both technically feasible and vision-aligned.
• Up-level the organization's craft through expert guidance, accelerating the speed of the entire design organization.

Requirements

• 5-7+ years of experience in product design, with a focus on platform systems, design scaling, or foundational infrastructure in complex B2B environments.
• Expert-level proficiency in Figma and a deep understanding of how platform systems scale across diverse, high-density interfaces.
• A portfolio demonstrating the ability to simplify high-complexity platform workflows, such as technical dashboards or multi-state state machines.
• Familiarity with front-end constraints and a history of successful collaboration with engineering to implement scalable systems.
• Proven ability to present platform-wide strategies to senior leadership and influence cross-functional roadmaps.
• Experience in the Advertising ecosystem (e.g. Ad Tech, programmatic buying, campaign management tools, etc.).
• Proficiency in high-fidelity prototyping to validate and demo system-level interactions.
• Knowledge of Accessibility (A11y) standards and how to embed them into the platform core.

Benefits

• Health Plans
• Mental Health support
• 401(k) Retirement Plan with employer match
• Stock Option Program
• Disability Programs
• Health Savings and Flexible Spending Accounts
• Family-forming benefits
• Life and Serious Injury Benefits
• Paid leave of absence programs
• Full-time hourly employees accrue 35 days annually for paid time off to be used for vacation, holidays, and sick paid time off
• Full-time salaried employees are immediately entitled to flexible time off