Staff Product Designer Design Systems Remote US

Cambridge, MA - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: Yesterday

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

1089835

The Trellis Design System team is leading a multi-year modernization of HubSpots core design system at a pivotal moment: interaction paradigms are shifting rapidly with AI.

Todays transitional Trellis library includes 300 components and years of fragmentation across hundreds of downstream platform libraries. Many lack documentation ownership or alignment. Our mission is not just to modernize a library its to rebuild horizontal infrastructure for the entire HubSpot platform.

As a Staff Product Designer focused on Design Systems youll:

Validate our future vision for the platform with users
Reduce the core component footprint from 300 to 60 scalable primitives and reusable components
Establish parity between Figma documentation and React code
Embed accessibility internationalization RTL and model-connected contracts directly into component APIs
Create governance scalable workflows and cross-team decision frameworks to prevent further fragmentation through modernization pilots with key platform teams
Invest heavily in automation and emerging tooling to accelerate us

The goal: deliver a truly self-serve modernized design system by the end of 2026 that product teams trust and adopt by default.

What Youll Be Doing:

Designing cross-platform components and patterns and operationalizing workflows
Partnering with platform teams through modernization pilots
Defining component APIs and architectural boundaries
Creating documentation specs and adoption frameworks
Facilitating workshops and governance rituals
Collaborating closely with engineering on scalable implementation
Driving consolidation and deprecation campaigns across the platform

What Youll Bring

Required Qualifications

Significant experience designing and evolving complex design systems or component libraries at scale.
Deep expertise in UX patterns interaction models and information architecture for enterprise or multi-product platforms.
Proven track record of leading modernization or system-wide initiatives without direct management authority.
Experience partnering closely with engineering teams on implementation details governance models and scalable processes.
Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to influence senior stakeholders across multiple product areas.
Experience turning exploratory pilots into operationalized frameworks playbooks and backlog-ready initiatives.
A systems-thinking mindset with the ability to balance immediate product needs and long-term platform health.
A portfolio demonstrating high-quality craft strategic thinking and measurable impact across complex surfaces.

We Welcome YouWherever You Are in Your Journey

We know great designers come from many backgrounds. If youre unsure if you check all the boxes apply anyway. Impact learning and growth drive our teamhelp us make design stronger for everyone.

Pay & Benefits

The cash compensation below includes base salary on-target commission for employees in eligible roles and annual bonus targets under HubSpots bonus plan for eligible addition to cash compensation some roles are eligible to participate in HubSpots equity plan to receive restricted stock units (RSUs). Some roles may also be eligible for overtime pay. Individual compensation packages are tailored to your skills experience qualifications and other job-related reasons.

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Annual Cash Compensation Range:

$210000$336000 USD

We know the confidence gapand impostor syndrome can get in the way of meeting spectacular candidates so please dont hesitate to apply wed love to hear from you.

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About HubSpot

HubSpot (NYSE: HUBS) is an AI-powered customer platform with all the software integrations and resources customers need to connect marketing sales and service. HubSpots connected platform enables businesses to grow faster by focusing on what matters most: customers.

At HubSpot bold is our baseline. Our employees around the globe move fast stay customer-obsessed and win together. Our culture is grounded in four commitments: Solve for the Customer Be Bold Learn Fast Align Adapt & Go! and Deliver with HEART. These commitments shape how we work lead and grow.

Were building a company where people can do their best work. We focus on brilliant work not badge swipes. By combining clarity ownership and trust we create space for big thinking and meaningful progress. And we know that when our employees grow our customers do too.

Recognized globally for our award-winning culture by Comparably Glassdoor Fortune and more HubSpot is headquartered in Cambridge MA with employees and offices around the world.

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