Manager, Product Design

Figma

San Francisco, CA

Full Time

Director

5 days ago

Job Description

About the Role

We're seeking an experienced Design Leader to oversee pillar-wide initiatives across a few areas. In this role, you'll tackle big strategic challenges, from building new products to evolving and scaling existing ones—all while empowering your teams to deliver ambitious, high-quality work. The work you'll do will redefine Figma's product suite, core audiences, and future as a business, solving problems across our product portfolio. As a Design leader at Figma, you'll lead a team of world-class designers and managers, with the opportunity to expand this group as the scope and impact of our work evolves. In this deeply cross-functional role, you'll collaborate with product management, engineering, research, marketing, and other teams to shape both product and business strategy in our next chapter. This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.

Key Responsibilities

Manage and hire a group of world-class designers and managers
Partner with Product and Engineering leads in this area to improve team processes and execution and coach individual teams through setting roadmap and strategy
Develop a perspective on your teams' product areas and successfully advocate for it across the organization
Run and improve team processes like critiques and sprints
Advance your own skills at people management in a supportive and growth-oriented environment
Manage people and help oversee strategy and execution

Requirements

5+ years of design management experience, ideally including managing managers
A proven track record of collaboration with cross-functional teams to solve complex design challenges
Clear hands-on expertise with Figma's tools, and a strong ability to mentor and guide design teams
Experience influencing teams through strategic thinking and communication
Depth in the latest AI developments and modern tooling
Help lead teams with resilience and guide through ambiguity

Nice to Have

Experience working on early stage or zero-to-one projects, and seeing them through into unambiguous market fit
The ability to thrive in a fast-paced, evolving environment, bringing a sense of humor and a proactive, solution-oriented approach
Comfort exploring and experimenting with new methodologies and continuously seeking to improve both personal and team performance

Working at Figma

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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