Airbnb Design Manager Production 

United States 

284012723

As a, you will play a key leadership role in shaping how Airbnb’s design systems are implemented at scale. You will be responsible for defining production best practices, ensuring seamless execution across platforms, and building a strong foundation for consistency and efficiency in our design process.

• Lead and manage a team of production designers, fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and precision.
• Oversee the implementation, maintenance, and evolution of Airbnb’s Design System, ensuring consistency, scalability, and adherence to accessibility and globalization standards.
• Partner with Experience Design, Product, Marcom, and Engineering teams to refine production processes and streamline workflows.
• Guide the development of high-quality design specifications, redlines, and detailed assets across platforms (iOS, Android, web, mobile web).
• Ensure pixel-perfect execution and parity between design and engineering through QA processes and close collaboration with developers.
• Establish and document best practices for production design, creating resources, templates, and guidelines that support efficiency and clarity.
• Contribute to new components, iconography, and UI patterns, ensuring they align with our system and meet brand, accessibility, and usability standards.
• Advocate for automation and tooling improvements to enhance production design efficiency.

• 10+ years of experience in Production Design, Design Systems, or a related field, with at least 3+ years in a leadership role.
• Strong expertise in design systems, UI production, asset optimization, and systematic thinking for consumer-facing digital products.
• Deep proficiency in Figma (components, tokens, shared libraries, branching), as well as other relevant tools (Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator).
• Experience with design QA , redlining, and ensuring implementation fidelity in collaboration with engineers.
• Strong understanding of accessibility and globalization best practices .
• Experience working in cross-functional teams , collaborating with Product, Engineering, Research, and Content.
• A track record of mentoring and managing designers, fostering growth, and driving high standards.
• Familiarity with prototyping tools (Principle, InVision, Framer, Figma) is a plus.

• You’ll set the foundation for Airbnb’s production design discipline and drive high-impact design execution at scale.
• You’ll collaborate closely with top-tier design and engineering teams to deliver polished, high-quality experiences.
• You’ll influence and refine Airbnb’s design systems , ensuring consistency and innovation across all platforms.
• You’ll work in an inclusive, design-driven culture that values craft, precision, and thoughtful execution.

Offices: United States