Staff Product Designer, Design Systems

Job Description

As a Staff Product Designer, you'll lead the next evolution of our multi-brand design system, serving our users and supporting product teams across Lending, Enterprise, and Debt Relief to drive operational efficiency across our ecosystem. This is a high-impact role that directly contributes to strengthening our brand presence, improving cross-product consistency, and enabling AI-powered design capabilities.

As the design lead for our design system team, you'll partner closely with cross functional partners in Product, Engineering, Design, Brand, and Marketing. You'll be responsible for establishing strategic direction, creating cohesive design patterns, enabling and driving adoption of the design system, and supporting teams across multiple business units.

What you'll do:

• Lead the strategic vision and roadmap for the design system, aligning with organizational goals around brand strength, consistency, efficiency, and AI enablement.
  
• Partner with Product Management and Engineering to prioritize design system initiatives based on team requests, business impact, and technical feasibility.
  
• Drive adoption metrics and measure the design system's impact on team velocity, consistency, and cost reduction.
  
• Establish and maintain design tokens, components, patterns, and best practices that scale across brands and products.
  
• Create comprehensive usage guidelines, design principles, and implementation details that enable teams and AI tools to leverage the design system effectively.
  
• Establish and evolve governance frameworks that balance consistency with product team velocity.
  
• Build strong relationships with designers, product managers, and engineers across all business units and facilitate contribution from product teams through clear processes.
  
• Ensure accessibility and performance standards are baked into components.
  
• Advocate for systems thinking across the organization.
  
• Mentor other designers and support their growth through guidance, feedback, and setting an example of best practices.
  

Qualifications

What you'll bring:

• 7+ years of product design experience with at least 2 years focused on design systems.
  
• Proven track record of building and scaling design systems in organizations with multiple products or brands.
  
• Experience managing design system adoption, measuring impact, and driving organizational change.
  
• Expert knowledge of design system principles, component architecture, and design tokens.
  
• Strong proficiency in Figma, including variables, components, and organizational best practices.
  
• Deep understanding of accessibility standards and inclusive design practices.
  
• Demonstrate a high bar of quality in both interaction & visual design and strong technical skills.
  
• Experience collaborating with engineers on component development and an understanding of HTML, CSS, and component frameworks.
  
• Knowledgeable about new technologies and processes within the field of design.
  
• Track-record of success working with a variety of cross-functional stakeholders and partners.
  
• Excellent communication, presentation, interpersonal, and analytical skills. Ability to communicate complex interaction concepts clearly and persuasively across different audiences across the organization.
  

Nice to have:

• Experience with financial services, fintech, or regulated industries.
  
• Knowledge of AI-powered design tools and how to optimize design systems for AI integrations
  
• Experience in evangelizing consumer-centered thinking across all levels, creating a vision, and aligning teams to execute it.
  
• Background in brand management or multi-brand design systems
  
• Front end coding skills
  

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Achieve well-being with:

• 401 (k) with employer match
• Medical, dental, and vision with HSA and FSA options
• Competitive vacation and sick time off, as well as dedicated volunteer days
• Access to wellness support through Employee Assistance Program, physical and mental health wellness programs
• Pet care discounts for your furry family members
• Financial support in times of hardship with our Achieve Care Fund
• A safe place to connect and a commitment to diversity and inclusion through our six employee resource groups

We are proudly offering hybrid options in the San Mateo, CA and Phoenix, AZ metro market. In other locations throughout the country, we offer work from home.

Salary Range: $150,000 to $170,000 annually + bonus + benefits.

This information represents the expected salary range for this role. Should we decide to make an offer for employment, we'll consider your location, experience, and other job-related factors.

Join Achieve, change the future.

At Achieve, we're changing millions of lives.
From the single parent trying to catch up on bills to the entrepreneur needing a loan for the next phase of growth, you'll get to be a part of their journey to a better financial future. We're proud to have over 3,000 employees in mostly hybrid and 100% remote roles across the United States with hubs in Arizona, California, and Texas. We are strategically growing our teams with more remote, work-from-home opportunities every day to better serve our members. A career at Achieve is more than a job-it's a place where you can make a true impact, have a sense of belonging, establish a fulfilling career, and put your well-being first.

Attention Agencies & Search Firms:We do not accept unsolicited candidate resumes or profiles. Please do not reach out to anyone within Achieve to market your services or candidates. All inquiries should be directed to Talent Acquisition only. We reserve the right to hire any candidates sent unsolicited and will not pay any fees without a contract signed by Achieve's Talent Acquisition leader.

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Company Description

Achieve is a leading digital personal finance company. We help everyday people move from struggling to thriving by providing innovative, personalized financial solutions. By leveraging proprietary data and analytics, our solutions are tailored for each step of our member's financial journey to include personal loans, home equity loans, debt consolidation, financial tools and education. Every day, we get to help our members move their finances forward with care, compassion, and empathetic touch. We put people first and treat them like humans, not account numbers.

Since 2002, Achieve has grown into one of the largest private consumer fintech unicorns in the U.S., with over $40B in enrollments for our industry-leading, tech-enabled debt resolution services business, and over $11Bn in personal and home loans originations via our banking-as-a-service partner.

Client-provided location(s): Tempe, AZ

Job ID: Achieve-REF3436N

Employment Type: FULL_TIME

Posted: 2026-01-23T18:54:19