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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.

Our read on this posting3.0out of 5
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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