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Director of Product Design, Avail

Austin, Texas, United States · Director

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 26 days ago

LLMsFigmaDesign SystemsAccessibilityProject ManagementJiraConfluenceLeadershipMentoring

About the role

1 site trusted by real estate professionals, Realtor.com® has been at the forefront of online real estate for over 25 years, connecting buyers, sellers, and renters with trusted insights and expert guidance to find their perfect home.
If you want to expand your professional goals at Avail by Realtor.com®, this is the role for you!
You'll be reviewing and guiding feature work so the experience stays cohesive as the product grows. - Make accessibility the default.

Responsibilities

Own the Avail design system. Define and evolve the components, patterns, and tokens powering Avail's Renter, Landlord, and Public surfaces, and drive their adoption across the design team.
Raise the bar on product and feature design. Set the quality standard for end-to-end product design across Avail. You'll be reviewing and guiding feature work so the experience stays cohesive as the product grows.
Make accessibility the default. Build accessible patterns and tokens into the system itself, and grow the team's fluency so a11y is designed in from the start rather than retrofitted.
Keep design and code in lockstep. Partner with your engineering counterpart to align components across design and code, and advance a connected toolchain between Figma and the codebase.
Document so the system scales. Maintain clear, accessible documentation and contribution processes for every component, so designers and engineers can move without you in the room.
Make the case for the system. Translate the value of design systems and accessibility into language Product, Engineering, and executive partners care about, grounded in business and quality metrics.
Extend the system to the brand. Partner with Brand and Marketing on consistency across external-facing assets, and maintain the icon and illustration libraries.
Run a lean design practice. Partner with wider RDC design leadership on capacity, tooling, and process. You'll be keeping workflows healthy in Jira and Confluence without letting ops become overhead.
Lead as a player-coach. Balance strategic leadership and team management with rolling up your sleeves to actively design, build, and ship components alongside your team.
Architect and implement the system. Own the hands-on execution of moving designs from Figma into production code, drawing on deep past experience of launching and maintaining systems in real-world codebases.

Requirements

10+ years of experience working in the design industry
3+ years of working in a product-led organization
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Experience delivering multiple projects simultaneously with cross-disciplined teams
Experience with capacity planning and workload management
Knowledge of Figma, JIRA, and project management tools

Benefits

Inclusive and Competitive medical, Rx, dental, and vision coverage
Family forming benefits
Flexible Time Off
8 hours of paid Volunteer Time off
Tuition Reimbursement program for degreed and non-degreed programs
Student Debt Retirement Savings Match program
Avail, part of Realtor.com®, is a fast-growing platform transforming how independent landlords and tenants manage the rental experience.

Company info

As part of the Avail team, you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact-shaping the future of this rapidly expanding brand and helping to reimagine the rental industry for millions across the U.S.

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