Lead Product Designer

Circle is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join their Identity Team. This role is a horizontal platform position, focusing on 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 workflows and unify them into a cohesive platform experience.
• Unified Identity: Designing how users interact with Roles, Permissions, and Team Management, ensuring these complex systems are intuitive for both admins and end-users.
• Centralized Billing Infrastructure: Designing a scalable billing and subscription experience that integrates seamlessly across different parts of 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 interfaces for Roles, Permissions, and Team Management.
• Develop a scalable billing and subscription system that integrates with the broader Circle ecosystem.
• Design secure and user-friendly authentication and recovery processes.

Requirements

• Proven track record working on platform teams, internal tools, or design systems.
• Mastery of typography, color, layout, and hierarchy in UI and visual design.
• Experience wrangling technical complexity and translating it into clean, logical UI designs.
• Expertise in Figma for creating scalable components using auto-layout, variables, and variants.
• Strong strategic communication skills to articulate design decisions and negotiate with engineering partners.
• Empathy for both internal and external users, understanding the needs of both Circle's customers and its development community.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in product design, preferably in a tech company setting.
• 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 excellence in design.

Skills

• Exceptional UI & Visual Design Skills
• Complexity Wrangling
• Component-Based Thinking
• Strategic Communication
• Empathy for Internal & External Users

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

Benefits

• Comprehensive benefits package
• Health insurance
• Retirement savings plan
• Flexible spending accounts
• Employee assistance programs
• Professional development opportunities