Key skills
FigmaProduct Management
About this role
Role Overview
- Own the strategy, execution, and measurement of Workiva-wide Design Foundations initiatives.
- Lead the architecture and long-term evolution of Workiva’s enterprise design system, ensuring it remains inclusive and extensible.
- Partner deeply with Product Management and Engineering to prioritize initiatives, align roadmaps, and translate complex, cross-functional needs into actionable plans.
- Guide and support product designers in using design system assets effectively.
- Define the aspirational future-state vision for how Workiva products will mature.
- Establish success metrics for system adoption and use insights to guide prioritization.
- Mentor designers across teams, raising design maturity and systems fluency organization-wide while fostering a strong culture of systems thinking.
Requirements
- 10+ years of experience as an individual contributor in UX, product design, or systems design
- Significant experience leading or evolving a corporate design system in a complex, multi-product organization
- Expert-level proficiency with Figma, including libraries, variables, and scalable system workflows.
- B.A./B.S. degree in Design, HCI, CS, or a related field (or equivalent professional experience)
Benefits
- A discretionary bonus typically paid annually
- Restricted Stock Units granted at time of hire
- 401(k) match and comprehensive employee benefits package