Lead Product Designer

Circle is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join our Identity Team. This role is part of a horizontal platform team, responsible for designing foundational systems that power multiple products within the organization.

About the role

• Transforming chaotic workflows into a cohesive platform experience
• Designing unified identity systems including Roles, Permissions, and Team Management
• Creating a scalable billing infrastructure for customers across the Circle ecosystem
• Tackling high-stakes security flows such as Multi-Factor Authentication, Single Sign-On, and account recovery

Responsibilities

• Audit and unify fragmented workflows
• Design intuitive user experiences for administrators and end-users
• Create scalable components using Figma
• Communicate strategic design decisions to leadership and engineering partners
• Understand and empathize with both internal and external users

Requirements

• Proven track record working on platform teams, internal tools, or design systems
• Mastery of UI and visual design with a focus on "fit and finish"
• Experience wrangling technical complexity and translating it into clear UI designs
• Expertise in component-based thinking and Figma
• Strong communication skills to articulate design decisions and negotiate with engineering partners
• Empathy for both internal and external users

Qualifications

• Visual and UI design background
• Experience with complex permission logic and enterprise billing systems
• Understanding of multi-factor authentication and security best practices

Skills

• Component-based thinking
• Scalable design solutions
• Complexity management
• Effective communication

Benefits

• Flexible work environment
• Company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence

Pay

• Base Pay Range: $172,500 - $225,000

Schedule

• Full-time position

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Equal opportunity employer
• E-Verify participation in certain locations