Lead Product Designer

Circle is seeking a Lead Product Designer to join their Identity Team. This role is a horizontal platform position, 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 and unify fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
• Unified Identity: Designing how users interact with Roles, Permissions, and Team Management, ensuring these complex functionalities are intuitive for both admins and end-users.
• Centralized Billing Infrastructure: Designing a scalable billing and subscription system 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 fragmented workflows into a cohesive platform experience.
• Design intuitive user experiences for Roles, Permissions, and Team Management.
• Design a scalable billing and subscription system that integrates seamlessly across the Circle ecosystem.
• Tackle high-stakes flows like MFA, SSO setup, and account recovery, ensuring robust 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; a portfolio demonstrating pixel perfection and "fit and finish."
• Complexity Wrangling: Comfortable with technical complexity; able to transform messy requirements documents into clean, logical UIs.
• Component-Based Thinking: Expertise in Figma; ability to build scalable components using auto-layout, variables, and variants that other designers can easily consume.
• Strategic Communication: Ability to articulate design decisions clearly, present to leadership, and negotiate with engineering partners to maintain design quality.
• Empathy for Internal & External Users: Understanding that "users" include both Circle's customers and internal developers/designers who must build with your tools.

Qualifications

• Proven track record working on platform teams, internal tools, or design systems.
• Mastery of typography, color, layout, and hierarchy; a portfolio demonstrating pixel perfection and "fit and finish."
• Comfortable with technical complexity; able to transform messy requirements documents into clean, logical UIs.
• Expertise in Figma; ability to build scalable components using auto-layout, variables, and variants that other designers can easily consume.
• Ability to articulate design decisions clearly, present to leadership, and negotiate with engineering partners to maintain design quality.
• Understanding that "users" include both Circle's customers and internal developers/designers who must build with your tools.

Skills

• Strong visual and UI design skills.
• Experience with Figma.
• Ability to communicate effectively with leadership and engineering partners.
• Understanding of user needs and the importance of inclusivity in financial services.

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.

Company

• Circle is an equal opportunity employer.
• We participate in the E-Verify program in certain locations.