Figma is hiring: Director, Design - Communication Tools in San Francisco

Director, Design - Communication Tools 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! We’re seeking an experienced Design Leader to oversee pillar‑wide initiatives across a few areas involving the tools we build for a broader audience beyond professional designers (including FigJam, Figma Slides, Figma Buzz, and more). In this role you’ll tackle strategic challenges, from building new products to evolving and scaling existing ones—all while empowering your teams to deliver ambitious, high‑quality work. The work you’ll do will redefine Figma’s product suite, core audiences, and future as a business, solving problems across our product portfolio. As a Design leader at Figma, you’ll lead a team of world‑class designers, with the opportunity to expand this group as the scope and impact of our work evolves. In this deeply cross‑functional role, you’ll collaborate with product management, engineering, research, marketing, and other teams to shape both product and business strategy in our next chapter. This is a full‑time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States. What you’ll do at Figma: Manage and hire a group of world‑class designers. Partner with Product and Engineering leads to improve team processes and execution, coaching individual teams through setting roadmap and strategy. Develop a perspective on your team’s product areas and successfully advocate for it across the organization. Run and improve team processes like critiques andprints. Advance your own skills at people management in a supportive and growth‑oriented environment. Manage both people and strategy/execution, ensuring the team stays aligned and productive. We’d love to hear from you if you have: 5+ years of design management experience, ideally including managing managers. A proven track record of collaboration with cross‑functional teams to solve complex design challenges. Clear hands‑on expertise with Figma’s tools, and a strong ability to mentor and guide design teams. Experience influencing teams through strategic thinking and communication. Depth in the latest AI developments and modern tooling. Help lead teams with resilience and guide through ambiguity. While it’s not required, it’s an added plus if you also have: Experience working on early‑stage or zero‑to‑one projects, and seeing them through into unambiguous market fit. The ability to thrive in a fast‑paced, evolving environment, bringing a sense of humor and a proactive, solution‑oriented approach. Comfort exploring and experimenting with new methodologies and continuously seeking to improve both personal and team performance. 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 anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles. Pay Transparency Disclosure For Figma Talent in the United States, the annual base salary range for this role is $281,000—$365,000 USD. The actual salary will be determined based on qualifications, experience, and market conditions. The range may be adjusted for remote candidates based on local market conditions. Figma offers equity and a competitive benefits package, including health, dental, vision, retirement contributions, parental leave, mental health support, generous PTO, and more. At Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal‐opportunity workplace—dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements. We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: Holding interviews in an accessible location. Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing. Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers. Changing the mode or format of interviews. To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding. By applying for this job, the candidate acknowledges and agrees that any personal data contained in their application or supporting materials will be processed in accordance with Figma's Candidate Privacy Notice. #J-18808-Ljbffr