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About the Role

This role will partner closely with senior leaders in Product and Engineering to create and execute against our bold vision for transforming the real estate industry. You will be responsible for design decisions and patterns for multiple products and ensuring the adoption thereof by product designers who work in those areas. You’ll also build on the design system foundation by enhancing toolchain connections between design files and code, promoting education and advocacy, and collaborating closely with cross-functional teams across all platforms. A team of designers will report to this role, and you will closely partner with a sibling engineering team. You will also collaborate with cross functional leaders on team capacity and skills. You will work with other design leaders to drive the strategy and execution of Design Ops tools and processes to create a more scalable and efficient design practice. This role reports to the Head of Avail.

Responsibilities

Own the Avail design system. Define and evolve the components, patterns, and tokens powering Avail's Renter, Landlord, and Public surfaces, and drive their adoption across the design team.
Raise the bar on product and feature design. Set the quality standard for end-to-end product design across Avail. You’ll be reviewing and guiding feature work so the experience stays cohesive as the product grows.
Make accessibility the default. Build accessible patterns and tokens into the system itself, and grow the team's fluency so a11y is designed in from the start rather than retrofitted.
Keep design and code in lockstep. Partner with your engineering counterpart to align components across design and code, and advance a connected toolchain between Figma and the codebase.
Document so the system scales. Maintain clear, accessible documentation and contribution processes for every component, so designers and engineers can move without you in the room.
Make the case for the system. Translate the value of design systems and accessibility into language Product, Engineering, and executive partners care about, grounded in business and quality metrics.
Plan a roadmap that ships. Sequence systems and accessibility work into a prioritized roadmap that maps to engineering's release pipeline and Avail's product timelines.
Extend the system to the brand. Partner with Brand and Marketing on consistency across external-facing assets, and maintain the icon and illustration libraries.
Grow the team. Mentor and manage a team of product designers, supporting their craft and career development and ensuring healthy coverage across projects.
Run a lean design practice. Partner with wider RDC design leadership on capacity, tooling, and process. You’ll be keeping workflows healthy in Jira and Confluence without letting ops become overhead.
Lead as a player-coach. Balance strategic leadership and team management with rolling up your sleeves to actively design, build, and ship components alongside your team.
Architect and implement the system. Own the hands-on execution of moving designs from Figma into production code, drawing on deep past experience of launching and maintaining systems in real-world codebases.
Incorporate AI into the design workflow. Explore, pilot, and implement AI-assisted design tooling and workflows to automate routine documentation, optimize component handoff, and accelerate the design-to-code pipeline.

Requirements

10+ years of experience working in the design industry
3+ years of working in a product-led organization
5+ years of providing design direction and mentoring to colleagues in a leadership role
5+ years leading a design systems and product design team
Proven implementation track record: Deep, hands-on experience not just designing systems, but successfully deploying and maintaining them inside active engineering codebases and production environments.
A "doing" mindset: A rich portfolio proving you are just as comfortable designing individual design tokens and complex components as you are managing a team roadmap.
Practical AI experience: Familiarity with leveraging AI design tools, LLMs, or automation workflows to optimize design operations and scaling efficiency.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience
A strong visual aesthetic and design point of view
Experience delivering multiple projects simultaneously with cross-disciplined teams
Experience with capacity planning and workload management
Knowledge of Figma, JIRA, and project management tools
Informed and strong opinions, loosely held
A practitioner of user-centric processes and design thinking principles
Exemplifies a "We, Not Me" attitude

Skills

Design Systems
Product Design
Accessibility
Figma
JIRA
AI Design Tools
LLMs
Automation Workflows
Capacity Planning
Workload Management

Location

Remote

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

10+ years of experience
3+ years of experience
5+ years of experience

Education Level

Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience

Benefits

Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
Family forming benefits
13 Paid Holidays
Flexible Time Off
8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
Immediate eligibility into Company 401(k) plan with 3.5% company match
Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
1:1 personalized Financial Planning Sessions
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
Free snacks and refreshments in each office location

About the Company

Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home.
Avail, part of Realtor.com®, is a fast-growing platform transforming how independent landlords and tenants manage the rental experience.
Built with the spirit of a startup and backed by the scale and stability of a leading digital real estate company, Avail provides a complete suite of tools, resources, and education to help 1M+ landlords manage their properties with confidence and professionalism.

Equal Opportunity

Diversity is important to us, therefore, Realtor.com® is an Equal Opportunity Employer regardless of age, color, national origin, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital status, status as a disabled veteran and/or veteran of the Vietnam Era or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, Realtor.com® will provide reasonable accommodations for otherwise qualified disabled individuals.