Staff Product Designer - Design Systems (TV)

Netflix

88d • $240,000 - $725,000

About The Position

This role is part of the Design Foundations team within Core XD, a horizontal organization whose mission is to enable quality and innovation at scale. Core XD accelerates and partners with product teams, with collaboration and shared success at the heart of what we do. At Netflix, our design system, Hawkins, is the backbone of everything we create. Inspired by our own Stranger Things, Hawkins is a centralized system that supports our Consumer business, and it's rapidly evolving to keep pace with the global needs of our millions of members. We’re looking for a tenured System Designer to take ownership of our expanding TV Design System within Hawkins. Your passion for quality at scale, creative innovation and ability to reimagine how designers and engineers collaborate will be essential to driving success.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience as a Product Designer, including extensive expertise in design systems leadership and cross-functional, system-driven initiatives with 7+ years in design systems.
• Expertise in cross-platform design for Consumer products, including proficiency in Android, iOS, Web, and/or TV platforms.
• Strong expertise in A/B testing and using data insights to iterate and scale design system components.
• A proven track record of governing and contributing to design systems by defining standards, delivering impactful, scalable solutions, and driving adoption across teams and platforms.
• Exceptional collaboration and leadership skills, with a demonstrated ability to align stakeholders and influence decision-making at all levels.
• Confident in your ability to break down and solve complex problems, balancing tactical execution with system-level thinking.
• Recognized as a trusted partner and mentor, fostering growth and collaboration by empowering peers and cross-functional teams to adopt best practices and deliver scalable design solutions.
• Comfortable working with ambiguity and complexity, with a strategic mindset for solving large-scale challenges.
• Deep understanding of design system tooling (e.g., Figma, Storybook, design tokens) and the ability to lead efforts to evolve tools and workflows.
• Strong advocate for accessibility and inclusive design, with experience implementing and promoting industry standards.

Responsibilities

• Embed within key TV business initiatives and/or horizontal initiatives to ensure strong system alignment and meaningful evolutions to Hawkins.
• Own and define the long-term vision and strategy for the TV design system, ensuring it scales effectively to meet evolving organizational needs.
• Own creative extensions or evolutions of the TV design system that support emerging identities and enable differentiated, cohesive experiences.
• Partner closely with cross-functional leadership (Director+) to influence roadmaps, ensuring Hawkins is a core enabler for both design and engineering teams.
• Develop scalable adoption strategies to support the rollout of major changes and new versions of the Hawkins Core libraries across teams.
• Establish and govern TV design system standards, processes, and tooling frameworks, ensuring consistent adoption and alignment across teams and disciplines.
• Champion the design system by advocating best practices and providing real-time support through office hours and Slack.

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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees