Director, People Partners - Product, Design & Engineering

About the role

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world.

As Director, People Partners for Product, Design & Engineering (PDE), you'll partner with the leaders responsible for the teams building Figma and lead a team of highly skilled People Partners. You'll operate as a trusted advisor—coaching, challenging, and guiding the organization through rapid growth, reorganization, and change. As a member of the People team, you’ll partner closely with all of our People functions to build a best-in-class people function. If you’re energized by ambiguity, adept at building deep relationships, and excited to shape what great People Partnering looks like at Figma, we’d love to hear from you!

This is a full-time role held from our San Francisco hub.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the strategic People Partner to Figma’s CTO and Chief Design Officer, building the credibility and trust to influence how they lead, organize, and grow their teams
• Lead and develop a talented team of People Partners across the Product, Design, and Engineering organizations
• Lead and execute our People Programs such as org design, resource management, performance, and change management through periods of rapid scaling, reorganization, and shifting priorities
• Drive the core people cycles for your orgs across performance, calibration, talent reviews, and succession planning while raising the bar on quality and consistency
• Partner across the People function and our cross-functional partners to help execute the People strategy across the PDE organization
• Use data and insights to inform your point of view, measure impact, and tell a compelling story to the leaders you support
• Help shape and scale the People Partner function itself—developing partners, strengthening the operating model, and modeling what great looks like

Requirements

• Significant experience as a People Partner leader in high-growth environments, including managing a team and partnering directly with executive leaders
• A track record of supporting Product, Design, and/or Engineering organizations, with genuine fluency in how technical and design teams operate
• Strong business and technical acumen—the ability to build deep product and technical knowledge and understand how the business operates
• Demonstrated ability to challenge and advise senior leaders, influencing decisions and outcomes
• Stay grounded and resilient, even when things move quickly

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.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage
• Retirement benefits with company contributions
• Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support
• Mental health and wellness benefits
• Paid time off, including holidays, sick leave, and flexible PTO (subject to manager approval)
• Company recharge days
• Cell phone and home internet reimbursements
• Lifestyle spending accounts
• Sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles

Figma provides paid sick leave, holidays, and other leave benefits in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws, including the requirements of the Washington Minimum Wage Act and related regulations. Exempt employees are eligible for employer-provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave.

Pay

Annual Base Salary Range: $235,000—$317,000 USD. Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. Figma offers equity to employees.