Design System Product Manager

Enterprise Digital Strategy

29-Apr-2024

Ref #: 24569

How you’ll help us Keep Climbing (overview & key responsibilities)

The Design System Product Manager will be a champion for our design system. They will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our design language and ensuring its successful implementation across all customer- and employee-facing digital products. We are looking for someone who is passionate about building a single source of truth for design and development, fostering efficiency, and championing a cohesive user experience.

Responsibilities:

• Partnering with design, product, and engineering teams to define the vision, roadmap, and implementation strategy for the design system.
• Manage the design system backlog, prioritizing features and ensuring alignment with business goals.
• Collaborate with designers and engineers to create and maintain the design system’s core components, UI kits, and documentation.
• Shape and manage the design system governance process.
• Develop and implement a comprehensive communication plan to drive adoption of the design system across the organization.
• Establish metrics to track the success of the design system and measure its impact on design consistency, development efficiency, and overall business objectives.
• Foster a culture of collaboration and feedback around the design system.

Benefits and Perks to Help You Keep Climbing

Our culture is rooted in a shared dedication to living our values – Care, Integrity, Resilience, Servant Leadership, and Teamwork – every day, in everything we do. At Delta, our people are our success. At the heart of what we offer is our focus on Sharing Success with Delta employees. Exploring a career at Delta gives you a chance to see the world while earning great compensation and benefits to help you keep climbing along the way: 

• Competitive salary, industry-leading profit sharing program, and performance incentives  
• 401(k) with generous company contributions up to 9%  
• Paid time off including vacation, holidays, paid personal time, maternity and parental leave 
• Comprehensive health benefits including medical, dental, vision, short/long term disability and life benefits 
• Family care assistance through fertility support, surrogacy and adoption assistance, lactation support, subsidized back-up care, and programs that help with loved ones in all stages 
• Holistic Wellbeing programs to support physical, emotional, social, and financial health, including access to an employee assistance program offering support for you and anyone in your household, free financial coaching, and extensive resources supporting mental health  
• Domestic and International space-available flight privileges for employees and eligible family members 
• Career development programs to achieve your long-term career goals  
• World-wide partnerships to engage in community service and innovative goals created to focus on sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint 
• Business Resource Groups created to connect employees with common interests to promote inclusion, provide perspective and help implement strategies 
• Recognition rewards and awards through the platform Unstoppable Together 
• Access to over 500 discounts, specialty savings and voluntary benefits through Deltaperks such as car and hotel rentals and auto, home, and pet insurance, legal services, and childcare 

What you need to succeed (minimum qualifications)

• Minimum 8 years of experience in product management, design, or a related field.
• Proven experience in building and managing design systems or a strong understanding of design system principles.
• Experience with setting up product management structures.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize effectively and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Experience with design tools (like Figma).
• Excellent communication, collaboration, and interpersonal skills.
• Consistently prioritizes safety and security of self, others, and personal data. 
• Embraces diverse people, thinking, and styles. 
• Possesses a high school diploma, GED, or high school equivalency. 
• Is at least 18 years of age and has authorization to work in the United States.

What will give you a competitive edge (preferred qualifications)

• Experience with design system tooling (like Storybook).
• Proven track record in developing and maintaining design system documentation.
• Degree in design, art, or computer science.