People Partner, Product & Design

<div class="content-intro"><p>Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!</p></div><p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">As a member of the PDE People Partner team, you'll be a key partner in helping the client group who designs and helps bring our products to life at Figma, to mature and thrive during a period of rapid growth and change.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">In this role, you'll serve as the dedicated People Partner to Figma's Product and Design organizations, working closely with the Chief Design and Product Officer, and their respective leadership teams. You'll help these organizations scale effectively by strengthening leadership capability, shaping organizational design, and aligning talent strategy to the product strategy. You'll also collaborate closely with PDE People Partners and other cross-functional partners across the People Team - including Compensation, Recruiting, Learning &amp; Development, BEI, and People Relations - to drive high-impact initiatives that support the holistic PDE organizational goals.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This role offers the opportunity to shape how leadership, performance culture, and talent strategy evolve as Figma's Product and Design organizations continue to grow and mature.</p> <p class="font-claude-response-body break-words whitespace-normal">This is a full time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.&nbsp;</p> <h4>What you’ll do at Figma:</h4> <ul> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner closely with Product and Design leadership teams as a trusted advisor, providing strategic guidance on leadership effectiveness, organizational design, and talent strategy</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">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</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Coach senior leaders to strengthen leadership capability, team effectiveness, and performance in a high-growth, fast-changing environment</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Partner with Product and Design leadership to evolve performance and compensation frameworks, talent planning, and succession strategies that drive business outcomes and accountability</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Identify and address organizational friction points by improving cross-functional alignment and operational clarity across PDE</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Embed as a key partner across cross-functional stakeholders—including Engineering and regional People Partners, Compensation, Recruiting, Learning &amp; Development, BEI, and People Relations—to drive and deliver high-impact people initiatives</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Leverage data, organizational insights, and employee feedback to proactively inform decisions and drive measurable improvements in team health, effectiveness, and performance</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Develop and drive people strategy in service of Product &amp; Design priorities, ensuring alignment with the broader PDE strategy</li> </ul> <div class="section page-centered"> <h4>We'd love to hear from you if you have:</h4> <ul> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">10+ years of HR / People experience, including 6+ years of HR Business Partner experience supporting executives and senior leaders in a high-growth company</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience partnering with PDE clients, especially Product &amp; Design</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Strong experience in organizational design, leadership coaching, and change management</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Demonstrated ability to influence senior leaders and drive alignment on complex, cross-functional initiatives in rapidly evolving, ambiguous environments</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience using data and insights to inform decisions and translate business strategy into talent and organizational strategy</li> </ul> <h4>While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have:</h4> <ul> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience in high-growth SaaS or product-led companies</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience scaling organizations through rapid growth and transformation</li> <li class="font-claude-response-body whitespace-normal break-words pl-2">Experience partnering closely with executive leadership teams</li> </ul> <div class="section page-centered">At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.</div> </div><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p><strong><span style="font-size: 16px;">Pay Transparency Disclosure</span></strong></p> <p>If based in Figma’s San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</p> <p>Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed 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. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.&nbsp;</p> <p>Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental &amp; vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave &amp; reproductive or family