Manager, Design - Systems & Infrastructure
Figma · San Francisco, CA • New York, NY • United States
Posted about 2 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 54 days Figma's roles stay open a median of 66 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of Figma's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Figma
- high 146 stale, 4 reposted of 158 open
- Hiring momentum
- 217 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-08
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Figma's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Figma.
About this role
The Design Manager will lead Figma's internal Design Systems and Infrastructure, overseeing designers across multiple workstreams. This role involves setting a vision for the design system, partnering with cross-functional teams, and ensuring the system evolves to support Figma's product suite. The manager will also focus on hiring and developing a talented design team while navigating organizational changes.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Figma as an employer.
What you need
- 4+ years of design management experience
- Direct people leadership across multiple workstreams
- Strong track record of hiring, coaching, retaining, and developing designers
- Technical fluency with design foundations, tokens and variables, component libraries, internal tooling, and system architecture
- Experience evolving an internal design system at scale
- Deep, hands-on Figma expertise
Nice to have
- Building token pipelines and maintaining reliable synchronization between design foundations and code
- Creating internal tooling and automation that improves system maintenance, contribution, and adoption
- A track record of building shared platform or infrastructure services that other teams depend on
- Leading large-scale system migrations or design-infrastructure transformations across a multi-product organization
What you get
- Equity to employees
- Health, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement benefits with company contributions
- Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
- Mental health and wellness benefits
- Paid time off
Worth weighing
- No specific salary figure listed, but a range is provided
- Role involves significant leadership and cross-functional collaboration, which may require navigating complex organizational dynamics
- Candidates must keep their cameras on during video interviews and attend in-person onboarding if hired
Summarised from Figma's posting. Read the full original.
Listed by Figma on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-08. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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