Staff Product Designer - Design Systems - Remote US
About The Position
The Trellis Design System team is leading a multi-year modernization of HubSpot’s core design system at a pivotal moment: interaction paradigms are shifting rapidly with AI. Today’s transitional Trellis library includes 300+ components and years of fragmentation across hundreds of downstream platform libraries. Many lack documentation, ownership, or alignment. Our mission is not just to modernize a library — it’s to rebuild horizontal infrastructure for the entire HubSpot platform. As a Staff Product Designer focused on Design Systems, you’ll: Validate our future vision for the platform with users Reduce the core component footprint from 300+ to ~60 scalable primitives and reusable components Establish parity between Figma, documentation, and React code Embed accessibility, internationalization, RTL, and model-connected contracts directly into component APIs Create governance, scalable workflows and cross-team decision frameworks to prevent further fragmentation through modernization pilots with key platform teams Invest heavily in automation and emerging tooling to accelerate us The goal: deliver a truly self-serve, modernized design system by the end of 2026 that product teams trust and adopt by default.
Requirements
- Significant experience designing and evolving complex design systems or component libraries at scale.
- Deep expertise in UX patterns, interaction models, and information architecture for enterprise or multi-product platforms.
- Proven track record of leading modernization or system-wide initiatives without direct management authority.
- Experience partnering closely with engineering teams on implementation details, governance models, and scalable processes.
- Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across multiple product areas.
- Experience turning exploratory pilots into operationalized frameworks, playbooks, and backlog-ready initiatives.
- A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to balance immediate product needs and long-term platform health.
- A portfolio demonstrating high-quality craft, strategic thinking, and measurable impact across complex surfaces.
Responsibilities
- Designing cross-platform components and patterns and operationalizing workflows
- Partnering with platform teams through modernization pilots
- Defining component APIs and architectural boundaries
- Creating documentation, specs, and adoption frameworks
- Facilitating workshops and governance rituals
- Collaborating closely with engineering on scalable implementation
- Driving consolidation and deprecation campaigns across the platform
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
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