Lead Product Designer, Foundations

Lead end-to-end design efforts across complex, cross-functional initiatives and define the design strategy for foundational experiences across the Amplitude platform. Collaborate with leadership to shape product direction and mentor other designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end design efforts across complex, cross-functional initiatives—from problem framing to polished execution
• Define and drive the design strategy for foundational experiences (navigation, workflows, layout, data visualization, and more) that span across the Amplitude platform
• Elevate the quality and consistency of the customer experience by scaling reusable patterns, workflows, and systems in partnership with our design systems team
• Collaborate deeply with leadership across Product, Engineering, and Research to shape product direction, resolve complexity, and influence priorities
• Drive alignment across teams through compelling storytelling, facilitation, and research synthesis that surfaces key insights and opportunities
• Mentor and guide other designers, growing craft, strategic thinking, and business influence across the org

Requirements

• A strong portfolio demonstrating experience leading end-to-end design for complex enterprise products, including platforms or systems work
• A proven ability to drive clarity in ambiguous problem spaces, align cross-functional partners, and deliver elegant solutions to technical and human problems
• Experience designing and shipping features powered by AI or data visualization tools is a plus
• A bias for action and iteration—you move quickly to learn, and ship often to drive impact
• Clear, persuasive communication and storytelling skills
• A track record of mentoring designers, driving best practices, and contributing to design culture

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more
• Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that’s wellness (monthly), commuter transit/parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12-20 weeks of Paid Parental Leave, Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support, Back-up Child Care support
• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)