Senior Product Manager - Design Systems

Innovate with purpose

At BILL, we believe in empowering the businesses that drive our economy. By replacing outdated financial processes with innovative tools, we help businesses—from startups to established brands—make smarter decisions and gain control of their operations. And we don’t stop there: we’re creating the future of financial automation so businesses can spend more time on what matters.

Working here means you become part of a vision-driven team that’s ready to tackle challenges and build cutting-edge solutions. We value purpose, drive, and curiosity—and we thrive in a fast-paced, ever-changing environment. Whether in one of our offices in San Jose, CA, Draper, UT, or working remotely, BILLders collaborate to deliver real impact for businesses that need more time in their busy weeks.

BILL builds high performing teams and we seek to hire the best talent for every role. We're committed to building a workplace that fosters inclusion and diverse perspectives, valuing each person’s unique skills and experiences. We’d love to hear from you—you might be just what we’re looking for, whether in this role or another.

✨ Let’s give businesses more time for what matters.

As a Senior Product Manager for Design Systems at BILL, you will lead strategy, vision, and execution for the company’s design system platform, empowering product, design, and engineering teams to build consistent, high-quality user experiences at scale. This role requires exceptional product management skills, strong partnership across functions, a systems-thinking mindset, and an unwavering focus on enabling cohesive and delightful customer experiences.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the vision, strategy, and execution for BILL’s design system, ensuring it supports scalable, cohesive, and accessible product experiences across the BILL ecosystem.
• Collaborate deeply with Design, Engineering, Product, Accessibility, and other stakeholders to ensure the design system meets the diverse needs of internal teams and external users.
• Define, prioritize, and deliver the roadmap for core design system components, patterns, guidelines, and infrastructure, in alignment with product and brand strategies.
• Champion design system adoption—evangelize its value, onboard teams, and facilitate knowledge sharing to enable efficient and consistent execution across products.
• Lead discovery and validation efforts, leveraging user feedback, usability studies, and data to inform and iterate upon the design system’s features and documentation.
• Establish and track key program metrics (e.g., component adoption, release velocity, user satisfaction, system health) to measure impact and drive continuous improvement.
• Partner with GTM, Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success teams as needed to support product launches and promote the value and usage of the design system.
• Foster an inclusive design culture by embedding accessibility, user-centricity, and scalability into all aspects of the system.
• Represent the “voice of the customer” (both internal and external) to ensure the design system delivers measurable value and supports BILL’s broader business goals.

Core Product Management Competencies

• Strategic Vision & Roadmap Development: Ability to translate company objectives, product vision, and user needs into a compelling design system strategy and actionable roadmap.
• Systems Thinking: Expertise in balancing consistency, flexibility, and innovation in a scalable design platform.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Skilled at aligning and inspiring stakeholders across Design, Engineering, and Product, and driving consensus in a matrixed environment.
• Customer Obsession: Deep commitment to understanding and solving user pain points through research, feedback, analytics, and hands-on partnership with team members.
• Data-Driven Decision Making: Proficient in establishing metrics, interpreting data, and leveraging insights to optimize direction, prioritization, and adoption.
• Executional Excellence: Proven ability to deliver complex, multi-team initiatives on time and at scale, with attention to detail and relentless follow-through.
• Communication & Evangelism: Outstanding communication and storytelling skills, able to clearly articulate vision, value propositions, roadmaps, and results to diverse audiences, from executives to end-users.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Design, Business, or a related technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
• 6+ years in product management roles, with direct experience owning platforms, frameworks, or large-scale internal tooling (design system experience strongly preferred).
• Proven track record of leading system-wide initiatives that drive product quality, efficiency, and user satisfaction.
• 5+ years of product management experience, with a proven track record of shipping successful products, specifically with a focus on design systems, component libraries, or large-scale UX/UI frameworks.
• Demonstrated expertise in design system governance, adoption strategies, and component lifecycle management.
• Strong technical aptitude and ability to engage in detailed technical discussions with front-end engineering and design tooling teams.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and align diverse stakeholders.
• Experience with agile development methodologies.

Metrics/Impact Accountability

• Component/pattern adoption rates by product teams
• Accessibility and consistency improvements across products
• Reduced design/development time and accelerated feature delivery driven by design system usage
• Experience working on large-scale platforms or products with millions of users.
• Familiarity with modern design tools (e.g., Figma, Sketch) and their API capabilities.
• Experience with open-source contributions or community building around design systems.

What’s in it for you? 

Redefining how businesses automate their work is a fast-paced, exciting, and fun environment. But we also have benefits and perks to ensure the magic isn’t only experienced by our customers, but by our employees as well. 

Here is a preview of some of the amazing benefits here at BILL:

• 100% paid employee health, dental, and vision plans (choose HMO, PPO, or HDHP)
• HSA & FSA accounts 
• Life Insurance, Long & Short-term disability coverage
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• 11+ Observed holidays and wellness days and flexible time off 
• Employee Stock Purchase Program with employee discounts
• Wellness & Fitness initiatives
• Employee recognition and referral programs
• And much more

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BILL is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We believe our best ideas come from the unique stories, perspectives, and experiences of our team members. We welcome people of all backgrounds, abilities, and identities to bring their authentic selves and contribute to our culture.

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