Manager, Product Design – Design Systems

Capital One

Manager of Product Design overseeing Design Systems for Capital One's Premium Products and Travel Design team. Responsible for building and maintaining scalable design components and systems.

Posted 6/13/2026full-timeNew York City • New York, Virginia • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $164,800 - $188,100 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

React

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Build, govern, and maintain scalable component libraries.
Act as the long-term guardian of components across design files and code repositories by collaborating directly inside the repo with engineering.
Establish the system logic, prompt criteria, and UX frameworks necessary to guide AI-generated patterns.
Navigate complex tech ecosystems, mapping disparate data schemas into structurally sound user flows.
Perform rigorous heuristic evaluations of live experiences.
Act as a player/coach and technical mentor for the design team.
Lead workshops, facilitate onboarding for new product teams, and coach traditional product designers on scaling their systemic thinking.

Requirements

What you’ll need

At least 6 years of experience in a Product Design, Systems Design, or Design Engineering role.
At least 5 years building and scaling multi-level design systems.
Strong portfolio demonstrating complex systems problem-solving, UI engineering artifacts, and documentation of automated or dynamic layouts.
Deep code literacy with the ability to navigate, review, and collaborate within front-end code repositories (e.g. React, HTML/CSS, or token pipelines).
Experience leveraging AI-assisted development tools to accelerate front-end implementation and prototyping is highly valued.
Experience utilizing advanced AI tooling or LLM workflows (e.g. Claude, automated code generation) within design or development pipelines.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Comprehensive and competitive health benefits
Health insurance
Performance-based incentive compensation (cash bonuses and/or long-term incentives)
Paid time off
Flexible working arrangements
Professional development opportunities
Inclusive work environment

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Hard Skills & Tools

component librariesdesign systemsUI engineeringHTMLCSSReactAI-assisted development toolsautomated code generationdynamic layoutsheuristic evaluations

Soft Skills

collaborationmentorshipworkshop facilitationonboardingcoachingsystemic thinkingproblem-solvingcommunicationleadershiptechnical guidance