People Partner, Product & Design

About the role

Figma is growing its team of creative and technical professionals to support the design and product development of its innovative tools. This role focuses on partnering with the Product and Design teams to help them scale and mature as they expand.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with Product and Design leadership teams as a trusted advisor, providing strategic guidance on leadership effectiveness, organizational design, and talent strategy.
• Support continued scaling of the Product and Design organizations by evolving team structures, roles, and operating models in line with broader PDE organizational growth and productivity goals.
• Coach senior leaders to strengthen leadership capability, team effectiveness, and performance in a high-growth, fast-changing environment.
• Partner with Product and Design leadership to evolve performance and compensation frameworks, talent planning, and succession strategies that drive business outcomes and accountability.
• Identify and address organizational friction points by improving cross-functional alignment and operational clarity across PDE.
• Embed as a key partner across cross-functional stakeholders—including Engineering and regional People Partners, Compensation, Recruiting, Learning & Development, BEI, and People Relations—to drive and deliver high-impact people initiatives.
• Leverage data, organizational insights, and employee feedback to proactively inform decisions and drive measurable improvements in team health, effectiveness, and performance.
• Develop and drive people strategy in service of Product & Design priorities, ensuring alignment with the broader PDE strategy.

Requirements

10+ years of HR / People experience, including 6+ years of HR Business Partner experience supporting executives and senior leaders in a high-growth company.

Experience partnering with PDE clients, especially Product & Design.

Strong experience in organizational design, leadership coaching, and change management.

Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment on complex, cross-functional initiatives in rapidly evolving, ambiguous environments.

Experience using data and insights to inform decisions and translate business strategy into talent and organizational strategy.

While it’s not required, experience in high-growth SaaS or product-led companies, experience scaling organizations through rapid growth and transformation, and experience partnering closely with executive leadership teams are considered an added plus.

Qualifications

• Experience in high-growth SaaS or product-led companies.
• Experience scaling organizations through rapid growth and transformation.
• Experience partnering closely with executive leadership teams.

Skills

• Strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work collaboratively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong analytical and data-driven approach.
• Leadership coaching and development experience.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation package including annual base salary range of $169,000—$269,000 USD.
• Additional benefits such as health, dental & vision insurance, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous paid time off, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement.
• Sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.

Pay

The listed annual base salary range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range.

Schedule

This role is full-time and can be held from one of Figma’s US hubs or remotely in the United States.