Design Systems Management

Individual contributor route

Technical or professional depth, without managing people.

This family has no individual-contributor ladder.

Management route

Managing people. It is not the step above the individual route: it is a different job and asks for different evidence.

1. Supervisor / Team Lead, Design SystemsM0Optional frontline layer
2. Manager, Design SystemsM1
3. Senior Manager, Design SystemsM2
4. Director, Design SystemsM3
5. Senior Director, Design SystemsM4
6. AVP / Head of Design SystemsM5Optional executive layer
7. Vice President, Design SystemsM6
8. Senior Vice President, Design SystemsM7