Lead Product Designer
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 14, 2026. First seen by Alion on Jul 30, 2026.
Join our team as a Lead Product Designer, where you'll lead our Product Design organization while remaining a hands-on individual contributor. In this player-coach role, you'll define the vision, standards, and operating model for Product Design, mentor and develop designers, establish design processes and rituals, and partner closely with various departments to shape product strategy and company direction. You'll also personally own and deliver some of the company's most important product initiatives.
Missions
- Lead and mentor the Product Design team, setting direction, raising the quality bar, and developing designers through coaching, critique, and day-to-day guidance.
- Define the vision, standards, and operating model for Product Design, mentor and develop designers, establish design processes and rituals, and partner closely with Product, Engineering, Growth, Brand and executive leadership.
- Personally own and ship some of the company's highest-impact product design work, leading by example through exceptional craft and execution.
Profil recherché
- This role is ideal for someone who enjoys building a world-class design organization without stepping away from the practice- You're energized by helping other designers do their best work, but you also want to be in Figma solving the hardest product problems yourself
- We're looking for someone with 10+ years of experience designing consumer technology products, ideally across both high-growth startups and larger, scaled organizations
- You have a track record of shipping exceptional customer experiences, building high-performing design teams, and influencing company strategy through outstanding product thinking and design leadership
- 10+ years of experience in Product Design, including significant experience operating as a senior design people leader in fast-paced environments
- A strong, well-articulated point of view on design quality, backed by research, data, and experience, along with the ability to teach that point of view to others
- A demonstrated ability to influence roadmap and prioritization conversations at the leadership level
- Craft user-friendly, delightful experiences with an exceptionally high bar for visual polish, information architecture, and cognitive load
- Deep experience in consumer facing technology with a portfolio that shows range across strategic and executional work
- Autonomously ship features from 0 to 1 with a high bar for IA, UX, UI, and final visuals, while also stepping back to ensure the broader system stays coherent
- Comfort operating with ambiguity - able to bring structure and strategic clarity to 0-to-1 problems with incomplete information
- Strong stakeholder management skills - able to represent design's perspective persuasively in front of executives, PMs, and engineering leads