Principal Product Design Lead: Hands-on & Mentorship

Linktree; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 280,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Wellbeing allowance

Medical, dental, vision insurance

Retirement contribution

Stock options

Job summary

Linktree, a global creator platform, seeks a Principal Product Designer Lead to mentor 3–5 senior IC designers while staying hands-on on the hardest design problems. You will set vision, raise the team’s craft, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to align design with business goals.

As a member of the Design leadership team, you’ll shape how Linktree scales design as the company grows, own hiring, craft standards, and translate strategy into shipped, high-impact work across

Qualifications

• 10+ years of design experience, including leadership of senior designers.
• Hands-on design leader able to work on complex problems.
• Experience shipping high-quality design for consumer products or creator marketplaces.

Responsibilities

• Lead, coach, and develop a small team (3–5+) of senior IC designers.
• Personally own and ship design work on high-leverage problems.
• Set design vision and craft direction for your area.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to align design with business priorities.
• Own hiring and team composition for your area as the team scales.
• Establish and evolve craft standards, critique practices, and design operating rhythms.
• Represent design in cross-functional forums and translate design work into business impact.
• Balance individual craft contribution with management and scale the team.

Skills

Player-coach leadership

Hands-on design

Design leadership

Shipping high-quality design

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

Linktree, a global creator platform, seeks a Principal Product Designer Lead to mentor 3–5 senior IC designers while staying hands-on on the hardest design problems. You will set vision, raise the team’s craft, and partner with Product, Engineering, and Marketing to align design with business goals.

As a member of the Design leadership team, you’ll shape how Linktree scales design as the company grows, own hiring, craft standards, and translate strategy into shipped, high-impact work across