Lead Product Designer

2 months, 1 week ago
Full-time
Lead
Product Management
Circle

Circle

Circle (circle.so) is an all-in-one community platform that empowers creators and brands to build engaged communities directly integrated into their products or websites. With Circle, businesses can combine interactive community features with their con...

Media
51-250
Founded 2019

Description

  • Own a product area end-to-end, from identifying opportunities and framing problems to setting design direction and shipping the experience.
  • Design complex, multi-step product flows for multiple user types while balancing creator and member needs.
  • Prototype and test ideas quickly using AI-assisted tools and code-generation workflows.
  • Influence product strategy by contributing to roadmap discussions and identifying opportunities across the product.
  • Drive interaction design, visual quality, and polished execution for the assigned product area.
  • Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and design engineers to deliver working, shippable experiences.
  • Raise the design bar through feedback, shared frameworks, and high-quality output.
  • Partner with design leadership and other leads across the product surface.
  • Support and elevate other designers as the team grows.

Requirements

  • 5–7+ years of product design experience.
  • A portfolio demonstrating systems-level thinking, shipped 0→1 work, complex multi-user flows, and influence on product direction.
  • Experience operating as the most senior designer on a product area and owning outcomes with limited guidance.
  • Strong prototyping skills, including the ability to build clickable, realistic prototypes independently.
  • Proficiency in Figma for high-fidelity design and collaboration.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills for async, distributed teamwork.
  • Comfort designing in ambiguity and building conviction through iteration.
  • An active AI workflow already integrated into your design process.
  • Strong alignment with Circle’s values.
  • Fluency in English at CEFR C2 / ILR Level 5.
  • Bonus: prior use of AI-assisted prototyping tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, v0, or Lovable.

Benefits

  • $140,000–$170,000 USD annual compensation.
  • U.S.-benchmarked compensation globally.
  • Equity in the company with ongoing refresh grants.
  • 35 days of paid time off per year.
  • Remote-only work with high flexibility and autonomy.
  • Company retreats twice a year in destinations around the world.
  • Benefits package that supports health, wellbeing, and professional growth.

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