Director of People Partners, PDE — Scale & Impact

Figma; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 235,000 - 317,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Health, dental, and vision

Retirement benefits with company 60%+

Parental leave and family planning

Mental health and wellness benefits

Paid time off, PTO with flexible PTO

Sick leave and holidays

Job summary

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. As Director, People Partners for Product, Design & Engineering (PDE), you’ll partner with the leaders that are responsible for the teams building Figma and leading a team of highly skilled People Partners.

You’ll operate as a trusted advisor - coaching, challenging, and guiding the organization through rapid growth, reorganization, and change.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a People Partner leader in high-growth environments.
• Experience partnering with executives to influence org design and leadership.
• Ability to coach leaders, guide organizational growth, and manage rapid change.
• Strong business and technical acumen to understand product and design teams.

Responsibilities

• Serve as strategic People Partner to Figma’s CTO and Chief Design Officer.
• Lead and develop a talented team of People Partners across the Product, Design and Engineering organizations
• Lead and execute our People Programs such as org design, resource management, performance, and change management through periods of rapid scaling, reorganization, and shifting priorities
• Drive the core people cycles for your orgs across performance, calibration, talent reviews, succession planning while raising the bar on quality and consistency
• Partner across the People function and our cross functional partners to help execute the People strategy across the PDE organization
• Use data and insights to inform your point of view, measure impact, and tell a compelling story to the leaders you support
• Help shape and scale the People Partner function itself - developing partners, strengthening the operating model, and modeling what great looks like

Skills

People Leadership

Executive stakeholder management

High-growth scaling

Product/Design/Engineering fluency

Data-driven decision making

Job description

Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. As Director, People Partners for Product, Design & Engineering (PDE), you’ll partner with the leaders that are responsible for the teams building Figma and leading a team of highly skilled People Partners.

You’ll operate as a trusted advisor - coaching, challenging, and guiding the organization through rapid growth, reorganization, and change.