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 transforming chaotic workflows into a cohesive platform experience.

About the role

• Transforming Chaos into Order: Audit and unify existing, fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
• Unified Identity: Design roles, permissions, and team management for intuitive experiences for both admins and end-users.
• Centralized Billing Infrastructure: Design a scalable billing and subscription experience that integrates seamlessly across the Circle ecosystem.
• Security meets UX: Tackle high-stakes flows such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Single Sign-On (SSO) setup, and account recovery, ensuring security without compromising usability.

Responsibilities

• Audit and unify existing, fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
• Design roles, permissions, and team management for intuitive experiences for both admins and end-users.
• Design a scalable billing and subscription experience that integrates seamlessly across the Circle ecosystem.
• Tackle high-stakes flows such as Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA), Single Sign-On (SSO) setup, and account recovery, ensuring security without compromising 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: Ability to articulate design decisions; comfortable presenting to leadership and negotiating with engineering partners.
• Empathy for Internal & External Users: Understands the needs of both internal developers/designers and external customers.

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.
• Proven ability to lead design initiatives and mentor junior designers.
• Experience with Figma and other design tools.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and iterative design processes.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills.

Skills

• Expertise in Figma and other design tools.
• Strong understanding of user-centered design principles and iterative design processes.
• Experience with platform/system design and design systems.
• Ability to communicate effectively with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

• Flexible work environment.
• Company values: High Integrity, Future Forward, Multistakeholder, Mindful, and Driven by Excellence.
• Opportunities for growth and development within the organization.

Pay

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

Schedule

• Full-time position.