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.
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.
A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional craft, critical thinking, and a strong bias for impact.
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.
Congnitive communicator who can clearly articulate design rationale, strategic thinking, and trade-offs.
Qualifications
Prior management experience, history as a design mentor to Senior-level designers, or an interest in growing into a management role.
Skills
Exceptional craft, critical thinking, and a strong bias for impact.
Understanding of product-led growth mechanics and how to design for conversion, retention, and revenue.
Strong experimentation experience—designing A/B tests, interpreting results, and iterating quickly to deliver quality at speed.
Systems thinking ability to zoom in on pixels and zoom out to product vision.
Leadership and collaboration skills.
Communication skills to articulate design rationale, strategic thinking, and trade-offs.
Benefits
Annual wellbeing allowance.
100% coverage (and 80% for your dependents) of your monthly premiums for medical, dental, vision, disability and life insurance for US-based employees.
Employer contribution towards your retirement.
Employee stock option program.
Pay
$200,000 - $225,000 for roles based in San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Schedule
Flexible work arrangements.