Lead Product Designer

Circle is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join their Identity Team. This role is part of a horizontal platform team, focusing on designing foundational systems like Authentication, Roles & Permissions, and Billing that power all other product teams.

About the Role

The Lead Product Designer will transform Circle's chaotic workflows into a unified platform experience. They will design intuitive systems for managing roles, permissions, and team management, as well as a scalable billing infrastructure. The role also involves tackling high-stakes flows such as Multi-Factor Authentication, Single Sign-On setup, and account recovery, ensuring security and usability.

Responsibilities

• Audit and unify fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
• Design how users experience Roles, Permissions, and Team Management, making complex logic intuitive for both admins and end-users.
• Design a scalable billing and subscription experience that integrates seamlessly across the Circle ecosystem.
• Tackle high-stakes flows like Multi-Factor Authentication, SSO setup, and account recovery, ensuring security without compromising usability.

Requirements

• Proven track record working on platform teams, internal tools, or design systems.
• Mastery of UI and visual design, with a focus on typography, color, layout, and hierarchy.
• Experience wrangling technical complexity and translating messy requirements into clean, logical UI.
• Expertise in Figma, creating scalable components with auto-layout, variables, and variants for easy consumption by other designers.
• Strong strategic communication skills, able to articulate design decisions and negotiate with engineering partners to maintain design quality.
• Empathy for both internal and external users, understanding the needs of both Circle's customers and the developers and designers who build with Circle's tools.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product design, preferably in a platform or system design role.
• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Design, Interaction Design, Computer Science, or a related field.
• Portfolio demonstrating a deep understanding of UI/UX principles and a commitment to detail and craftsmanship.
• Experience with Figma and similar design tools.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work independently and collaboratively.

Skills

• Exceptional UI and visual design skills.
• Experience with complex systems and workflows.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and critical thinking skills.

Benefits

• Competitive base salary ranging from $172,500 to $225,000 based on experience and qualifications.
• Flexible work environment with a focus on visibility and stability.
• Company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence.
• Opportunities for growth and development within a rapidly expanding organization.
• Transparent compensation practices and equal opportunity employment policy.

Pay

Starting pay is determined by relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and organizational needs. Compensation ranges may differ for candidates in other locations.

Schedule

Flexible work schedule to accommodate the needs of the employee and the organization.