Staff Product Designer, Growth

About the role

The Staff Product Designer on the Growth team will drive Linktree’s product-led growth strategy, focusing on user acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue. This role involves rapid design, delivery, and iteration of end-to-end user journeys, shaping the design vision and strategy for key growth levers, and mentoring other designers.

Responsibilities

• Rapidly design, deliver, and iterate on end-to-end user journeys that drive measurable impact on user acquisition, activation, retention, and revenue.
• Shape and shepherd the design vision and strategy for key growth levers across acquisition, activation, engagement, and monetization.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, data, and marketing to identify high-impact opportunities and shape roadmaps.
• Lead complex projects end-to-end, from identifying insights through to execution and iteration.
• Define and refine how we approach experimentation and measurement from a design perspective.
• Champion design excellence and advocate for our users—balancing experimentation velocity with long-term product quality.
• Mentor and coach other designers on the Growth team, supporting both craft and career development.
• Act as a thought partner to design leadership, contributing to design ops, hiring, and evolving our Growth design culture.

Requirements

8+ years of product design experience, including 2+ years in a senior or staff-level role on a growth or optimization-focused team. Deep understanding of product-led growth mechanics and how to design for conversion, retention, and revenue. Strong experimentation experience—comfortable designing A/B tests, interpreting results, and iterating quickly to deliver quality at speed. Systems thinker who can zoom in on pixels and zoom out to product vision without skipping a beat. Proven leader and collaborator—you influence without authority and act as a centerpoint to bring cross-functional teams together. Confident communicator who can clearly articulate design rationale, strategic thinking, and trade-offs.

Qualifications

Deep understanding of product-led growth mechanics and how to design for conversion, retention, and revenue. Strong experimentation experience—comfortable designing A/B tests, interpreting results, and iterating quickly to deliver quality at speed. Systems thinker who can zoom in on pixels and zoom out to product vision without skipping a beat. Proven leader and collaborator—you influence without authority and act as a centerpoint to bring cross-functional teams together. Confident communicator who can clearly articulate design rationale, strategic thinking, and trade-offs.

Skills

Exceptional craft, critical thinking, and a strong bias for impact. Systems thinking, ability to balance experimentation velocity with long-term product quality. Leadership and collaboration skills, ability to influence without authority. Communication skills, ability to articulate design rationale, strategic thinking, and trade-offs.

Benefits

Competitive compensation, flexible work arrangements, and robust professional development opportunities. Annual wellbeing allowance, 100% coverage of medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance, employer contribution towards retirement, employee stock option program.

Pay

$200,000 - $225,000 for roles based in San Francisco and Los Angeles. Final offers depend on multiple factors including location, experience, expertise, and role scope.

Schedule

Flexible work arrangements, autonomy in structuring days and weeks, mindful of time zones, occasional async work.