Lead Product Designer, Trust and Safety

Lead end-to-end design for safety and trusted connection on Hinge, creating user flows, prototypes, and high-quality UI. Collaborate with various teams to define vision and deliver outcomes aligned with user needs and organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

• Design Leadership and Execution: Lead end-to-end design for safety and trusted connection on Hinge, turning ambiguous problem spaces and strategic direction into thoughtful user flows, prototypes, and high-quality UI.
• Craft and Systems Thinking: Maintain a high bar for visual, interaction, and motion design while evolving design systems and visual language to deliver cohesive, scalable, and high-quality safety experiences.
• Mentorship and Influence: Mentor designers and lead critiques to elevate design quality, model strong collaboration and problem solving, and foster a culture of curiosity, experimentation, and emotional intelligence.
• Strategic Collaboration and Impact: Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, Data Science, Operations, and Policy to define vision, align stakeholders, present to leadership, and deliver outcomes tied to user needs and organizational strategy.
• Innovation and Forward Thinking: Drive experimentation through advanced prototyping and emerging technologies, championing design-led innovation for emotionally complex spaces like dating, connection, and trust.

Requirements

• 8+ years in product design, including 3+ years leading design for mobile consumer products.
• Experience designing for Trust & Safety, integrity, privacy, identity, or risk-related problem spaces strongly preferred.
• Proven track record of driving end-to-end design across complex, multi-surface experiences in fast-paced environments.
• A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional product thinking, craft excellence, and the ability to translate user insights into elegant, impactful solutions.
• Expertise in Figma, prototyping, and design systems; ability to work fluently across iOS and Android.

Key Skills

• Expertise in Figma, prototyping, and design systems; ability to work fluently across iOS and Android.
• Strength in research collaboration, synthesis, and hypothesis-driven iteration.
• Skilled in workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication.
• Deep understanding of accessibility, inclusivity, ethical design principles, and safety-by-design methodologies.

Benefits

• 401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
• Professional Growth: Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months.
• Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
• Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation.
• Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise.