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This is an exciting time to join Remote and make an impact in the global employment space as a Staff Product Designer, Design System joining our Product Design team. We’re a 40+ multi-disciplinary team of designers, researchers and creatives passionate about crafting the experiences and touch-points that help Remote scale successfully and help customers attract, hire, manage and pay anyone, anywhere 🌍
As Staff Product Designer, Design System you’ll lead a newly-formed, cross-functional squad dedicated to evolving, implementing and scaling our design system, Norma. You will be responsible for developing the tools, components, documentation, materials and ways of working that enable designers and engineers to create our world-class experiences - and will be required to advocate and collaborate with product designers, engineers, product managers and stakeholders worldwide to help drive adoption our design system.
What you bring- An individual contributor designer who has exemplary experience designing, implementing and evolving a maturing design system - including the tooling, documentation and strategies required to scale effectively.
- An impressive portfolio of both product design and design systems work, including evidence that showcases both an ability to think in scalable systems, and a solid understanding of key visual and interaction design fundamentals.
- You champion the importance of consistency and the impact of building things systematically, but also understand when/where it is necessary to flex or evolve a design system.
- Masterful communication skills that help you build strong narratives around your design work, provide direction and guidance to others, as well as collaborate effectively with peers and stakeholders - with fluent written and spoken English.
- You are comfortable in a high-growth, fast-paced environment with a work history that demonstrates your expert ability to autonomously take ownership of design for complex domains and multiple projects with overlapping organisational lines.
- Strong evidence that you are an effective cross-functional collaborator with your product and engineering counterparts and are able to work effectively to build consensus and resolve debates and drive the business towards impactful outcomes.
- You are a respected voice in an organization whose focus is not only improving the design system and product experience, but influencing quality, culture and ways of working.
- Preference will be given to candidates who have experience designing complex B2B SaaS solutions for industries like HRTech, FinTech etc.
- Candidates that embody and demonstrate our core values at Remote.
- While it is not required to have experience working remotely, it is considered a plus
- Lead design for Remote’s design system, Norma.
- Contribute to nearby product team whose scope overlaps with the design system.
- Collaborate closely with engineering to build scalable, polished components and maintain parity between design and coded artefacts.
- Lead the maintenance, governance and evolution our design system by embedding yourself throughout the organisation and participating in team critiques and discussions.
- Develop the necessary materials and lead internal initiatives that help educate the organisation, drive adoption and improve alignment with the design system.
- Create the required strategies and processes to identify opportunities for improvement, governance and scaling our design system effectively with your engineering counterparts.
- Improve existing design systems components, while also working with the wider design organisation to evolve our visual design language.
- Drive yourself and your peers to deliver the best quality of work, pixel-perfect in every way while embracing and encouraging new methods and ways of working.
- Support the organisation on a daily basis through async troubleshooting and collaboration.
- Champion our experience principles by ensuring usability, scalability and accessibility in all aspects of our design system.
- You'll report to: Design Manager or Senior Design Manager
- Team: Product Design
- Location: Anywhere in the world
- Start date: As soon as possible
Remote's Total Rewards philosophy is to ensure fair, unbiased compensation and fair equity pay, along with competitive benefits, in all locations in which we operate. We do not agree to nor encourage cheap-labor practices, and therefore, we ensure to pay above in-location rates. We hope to inspire other companies to support global talent-hiring and bring local wealth to developing countries.
At first glance our salary bands seem quite wide - but here is some context. At Remote, we have international operations and a globally-distributed workforce. We use geo-ranges to consider geographic pay differentials as part of our global compensation strategy, to remain competitive in various markets we hire in globally.
The base salary range for this full-time position is between USD 107,550 to USD 161,350. Our salary ranges are determined by role, level, location and titles may span more than one career level. The actual base pay for the successful candidate in this role is dependent upon many factors such as location, transferrable or job-related skills, work experience, relevant training, business needs, and market demands. The base salary range may be subject to change.
At Remote, we foster internal mobility as a key element of our culture of employee growth and development, supported by a compensation philosophy that guarantees pay equity and fairness. Therefore, all compensation changes associated with an internal move will be reviewed by the Total Rewards & People Enablement team on a case by case basis.
Application process- Interview with Recruiter
- Interview with Design Manager
- Case study presentation (async)
- Interview with the team
- Interview with a Bar Raiser
- Interview with an Executive
- Offer + Prior employment verification check(s)
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- work from anywhere
- flexible paid time off
- flexible working hours (we are async)
- 16 weeks paid parental leave
- mental health support services
- stock options
- learning budget
- home office budget & IT equipment
- budget for local in-person social events or co-working spaces
We work async at Remote which means you can plan your schedule around your life (and not around meetings). Read more at remote.com/async.
You will be empowered to take ownership and be proactive. When in doubt you will default to action instead of waiting. Your life-work balance is important and you will be encouraged to put yourself and your family first, and fit work around your needs.
If that sounds like something you want, apply now!
How to apply- Please fill out the form below and upload your CV with a PDF format.
- We kindly ask you to submit your application and CV in English, as this is the standardised language we use here at Remote.
- If you don’t have an up to date CV but you are still interested in talking to us, please feel free to add a copy of your LinkedIn profile instead.
We will ask you to voluntarily tell us your pronouns at interview stage, and you will have the option to answer our anonymous demographic questionnaire when you apply below. As an equal employment opportunity employer it’s important to us that our workforce reflects people of all backgrounds, identities, and experiences and this data will help us to stay accountable. We thank you for providing this data, if you chose to.
At Remote, we embrace AI as a valuable tool while prioritizing human creativity and authenticity. We look forward to meeting candidates who balance innovation with genuine expertise and experience. To learn more about Remote's AI guidelines check see here.
Please note we accept applications on an ongoing basis.
