Lead Product Designer, Design Systems (Remote, Canada)

With millions of diners, tens of thousands of restaurants, and 23+ years of experience, OpenTable, part of Booking Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: BKNG), is an industry leader with a unique insight into the world of hospitality. We champion restaurants, bars, wineries, and other venues around the world, helping them attract guests, manage capacity, improve operations, and maximize revenue.

Every employee at OpenTable has a tangible impact on what we do and how we do it. You’ll also be part of a global network that includes OpenTable and KAYAK's portfolio of travel brands including Swoodoo, checkfelix, momondo, Cheapflights, Mundi and HotelsCombined.

Hospitality is all about taking care of others, and it defines our culture. You’ll work in a welcoming and inclusive environment, and get the benefits, flexibility, and support you need to succeed.

The Opportunity

We’re looking for a Lead Product Designer to join our Design Systems team and lead our Restaurant platforms. This individual will work closely with our Consumer platforms team and more broadly, a global team of product managers, product & brand designers, engineers, and data scientists to establish design systems foundations and practices that will meaningfully impact diners and restaurants worldwide.

The Lead Product Designer is an influential design partner embedded in our UX team, where they will not only pair closely with product development colleagues to establish and streamline design systems processes, build foundations, and modernize our approach as technology evolves but also create and drive forward the vision for what design systems could be here at OpenTable. This individual will work collaboratively with partners to define the roadmap and prioritize where to focus our efforts on design systems, maintain high-quality libraries and documentation, drive design systems advocacy, adoption, and education, and provide support for product development in successfully implementing and utilizing the system.

Learn more about how we work at opentable.design!

Please apply if you have:

• A strong portfolio that demonstrates broad knowledge and experience in implementing, and maintaining successful, scalable, and flexible design systems across brands and platforms
• Experience working through all stages of the design process; from capturing insights and feedback to ideating, building, implementing, and testing
• Deep expertise in iOS, Android, and responsive web, with a proficient understanding of nuances and best practices cross-platform
• Exceptional visual design skills, thinking about accessibility at every stage
• Extensive experience designing and building systems for B2B products
• Partner management skills and the ability to build consensus across multiple disciplines
• Strong systems- and analytical-thinking
• Great storytelling, presenting, and interpretation skills
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• A high level of collaboration and communication
• You value introspection and feedback to improve yourself, your team, and your products.

And if you aren’t sure you meet all the above requirements, we’d still love to hear from you.

Benefits:

• Paid Time Off - 20 days a year
• Birthday/celebration PTO - 1 day
• Annual company weeks off
• Flexible sick time off
• Paid volunteer time
• Parental Leave Benefits
• Dental & Vision Insurance
• Life & Disability Insurance
• Group RRSP and DPSP
• Major Medical Insurance (dependent care options)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

OpenTable aspires to be a workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve and a culture that is inclusive and welcoming. Hiring people with different backgrounds, experiences, perspectives, and ideas is critical to innovation and to how we deliver great experiences for our users and our partners. Representation matters.

We ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform job responsibilities, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.