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Design Foundations & Operations Specialist(m/w/x)
Coordinating design-to-engineering handoffs and evolving contribution workflows for design systems at a travel search engine. Real design systems fluency (token architectures, Figma libraries) and 5+ years in product design organizations essential. 6 weeks paid vacation, company-paid therapy sessions, and a company-wide week off.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in product design organization with design systems
- Experience coordinating delivery across teams and stakeholders
- Real design systems fluency (token architectures, component libraries, Figma libraries, design-to-code)
- Experience running contribution or adoption workflows
- Strong Figma proficiency (components, properties, variables, library architecture)
- Visual judgment (consistency, brand alignment, system coherence)
- Comfort with measurement (tracking adoption, scorecards, progress communication)
- Comfort collaborating with engineers and front-end workflows
- Hands-on experience using AI tools in design workflow
- Self-driven, autonomous approach
- Proactive and inquisitive mindset
Tasks
- Coordinate design-to-engineering handoffs for foundations work
- Ensure designs move into implementation
- Flag when implementation stalls
- Maintain shared understanding of timelines and dependencies
- Run and evolve contribution workflows
- Manage design system onboarding and enablement
- Host design system office hours
- Communicate design system changes
- Maintain and publish quality metrics
- Track component parity across platforms
- Monitor design system adoption rates
- Track design system deviation
- Make measurement framework operational and current
- Support visual foundations work (icons, illustrations, assets)
- Contribute hands-on to visual foundations work
- Ensure visual work meets quality standards
- Integrate visual work into existing libraries
- Partner with leads to translate brand direction
- Develop systematic, reusable design guidance
- Support definition and management of design tokens
- Manage design tokens (color, typography, spacing, motion)
- Align product pods, brand partners, and engineering
- Coordinate foundations work prioritization, delivery, and adoption
- Use AI tools to accelerate design exploration
- Improve asset transfer using AI tools
- Support readiness for AI-assisted design workflows
- Build and refine AI-assisted design workflows
Work Experience
- 5 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Figma
- Storybook
- GitHub
- AI tools
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 6 weeks paid vacation
- Company-wide week off
Workation & Sabbatical
- Work from anywhere (20 days/year)
Mental Health Support
- Company-paid therapy sessions
- HeadSpace subscription
- Massages
Flexible Working
- No meeting Fridays
Generous Parental Leave
- Paid parental leave
Social Impact
- Paid volunteer time
Additional Allowances
- Development Dollars
Career Advancement
- Leadership development
Learning & Development
- On-demand e-learnings access
Corporate Discounts
- Travel discounts
Other Benefits
- Employee Resource Groups
Free or Subsidized Food
- Free lunch (2 days/week)
Retirement Plans
- Pension plan contributions
Public Transport Subsidies
- Public transportation subsidies
Company Bike
- Bike leasing program
Team Events
- Monthly social events
- Thursday happy hours
- Sports teams
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Design Foundations & Operations Specialist(m/w/x)
Coordinating design-to-engineering handoffs and evolving contribution workflows for design systems at a travel search engine. Real design systems fluency (token architectures, Figma libraries) and 5+ years in product design organizations essential. 6 weeks paid vacation, company-paid therapy sessions, and a company-wide week off.
Requirements
- 5+ years experience in product design organization with design systems
- Experience coordinating delivery across teams and stakeholders
- Real design systems fluency (token architectures, component libraries, Figma libraries, design-to-code)
- Experience running contribution or adoption workflows
- Strong Figma proficiency (components, properties, variables, library architecture)
- Visual judgment (consistency, brand alignment, system coherence)
- Comfort with measurement (tracking adoption, scorecards, progress communication)
- Comfort collaborating with engineers and front-end workflows
- Hands-on experience using AI tools in design workflow
- Self-driven, autonomous approach
- Proactive and inquisitive mindset
Tasks
- Coordinate design-to-engineering handoffs for foundations work
- Ensure designs move into implementation
- Flag when implementation stalls
- Maintain shared understanding of timelines and dependencies
- Run and evolve contribution workflows
- Manage design system onboarding and enablement
- Host design system office hours
- Communicate design system changes
- Maintain and publish quality metrics
- Track component parity across platforms
- Monitor design system adoption rates
- Track design system deviation
- Make measurement framework operational and current
- Support visual foundations work (icons, illustrations, assets)
- Contribute hands-on to visual foundations work
- Ensure visual work meets quality standards
- Integrate visual work into existing libraries
- Partner with leads to translate brand direction
- Develop systematic, reusable design guidance
- Support definition and management of design tokens
- Manage design tokens (color, typography, spacing, motion)
- Align product pods, brand partners, and engineering
- Coordinate foundations work prioritization, delivery, and adoption
- Use AI tools to accelerate design exploration
- Improve asset transfer using AI tools
- Support readiness for AI-assisted design workflows
- Build and refine AI-assisted design workflows
Work Experience
- 5 years
Education
- Bachelor's degreeOR
- Master's degree
Languages
- English – Business Fluent
Tools & Technologies
- Figma
- Storybook
- GitHub
- AI tools
Benefits
More Vacation Days
- 6 weeks paid vacation
- Company-wide week off
Workation & Sabbatical
- Work from anywhere (20 days/year)
Mental Health Support
- Company-paid therapy sessions
- HeadSpace subscription
- Massages
Flexible Working
- No meeting Fridays
Generous Parental Leave
- Paid parental leave
Social Impact
- Paid volunteer time
Additional Allowances
- Development Dollars
Career Advancement
- Leadership development
Learning & Development
- On-demand e-learnings access
Corporate Discounts
- Travel discounts
Other Benefits
- Employee Resource Groups
Free or Subsidized Food
- Free lunch (2 days/week)
Retirement Plans
- Pension plan contributions
Public Transport Subsidies
- Public transportation subsidies
Company Bike
- Bike leasing program
Team Events
- Monthly social events
- Thursday happy hours
- Sports teams
About the Company
KAYAK
Industry
Tourism
Description
The company is the world’s leading travel search engine, helping users find flights, stays, rental cars, and vacation packages.
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