Lead Product Designer

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

About the role

• Transforming Chaos into Order: Circle is evolving from a startup to a mature tech organization. The Lead Product Designer will audit existing, fragmented workflows and unify them into a cohesive platform experience.
• Unified Identity: Designing how users experience Roles, Permissions, and Team Management, simplifying complex logic for both admins and end-users.
• Centralized Billing Infrastructure: Designing a scalable billing and subscription experience that integrates seamlessly across the Circle ecosystem.
• Security meets UX: Tackling high-stakes flows such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Single Sign-On (SSO) setup, and account recovery, ensuring robust security without compromising usability.

Responsibilities

• Audit and unify existing fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
• Design intuitive user experiences for Roles, Permissions, and Team Management.
• Design a scalable billing and subscription experience that integrates seamlessly across the Circle ecosystem.
• Tackle high-stakes flows like MFA, SSO setup, and account recovery, ensuring security and usability.

Requirements

• Platform & Systems Experience: Proven track record working on platform teams, internal tools, or design systems.
• Exceptional UI & Visual Design Skills: Mastery of typography, color, layout, and hierarchy; attention to detail and pixel perfection.
• Complexity Wrangling: Comfortable with technical complexity; able to transform messy requirements into clean, logical UI.
• Component-Based Thinking: Expertise in Figma; builds scalable components using auto-layout, variables, and variants that other designers can easily consume.
• Strategic Communication: Can articulate design decisions and present to leadership; negotiates with engineering partners to maintain design quality.
• Empathy for Internal & External Users: Understands the needs of both internal developers/designers and external customers.

Qualifications

• Proven track record working on platform teams, internal tools, or design systems.
• Mastery of typography, color, layout, and hierarchy; attention to detail and pixel perfection.
• Comfortable with technical complexity; able to transform messy requirements into clean, logical UI.
• Expertise in Figma; builds scalable components using auto-layout, variables, and variants that other designers can easily consume.
• Can articulate design decisions and present to leadership; negotiates with engineering partners to maintain design quality.
• Understands the needs of both internal developers/designers and external customers.

Skills

• Strong visual and UI design skills.
• Experience with Figma.
• Ability to communicate effectively with leadership and engineering partners.
• Understanding of user needs and expectations.

Benefits

• Transparent compensation range: $172,500 - $225,000 based on relevant experience, skill set, qualifications, and organizational needs.
• Equal opportunity employer.
• Participation in the E-Verify Program in certain locations.

Pay

• Base Pay Range: $172,500 - $225,000.

Schedule

• Flexible work environment.