[Hiring] Head of Product Design @amplitude

Role Description

Amplitude is looking for a strong design leader with a builder mindset to lead a 15-person design team through the next phase of growth. This is a player-coach role where you manage and grow the team while staying involved in the actual work.

• Build the team: Hire, grow, and retain a high-performing design team.
• Set direction: Drive the design strategy for Amplitude's product suite.
• Champion craft: Lead by example, elevating the quality of the product through exceptional design execution.
• Hold a high bar: Set a clear standard for quality and enforce it without becoming an approval bottleneck.
• Stay in production: Focus on the details and ensure that the design ships effectively.
• Speak for the customer: Represent the voice of the customer in leadership conversations.

Qualifications

• Managed senior, independent IC designers and earned their respect through product and craft judgment.
• Shipped products that moved real customer and business metrics, fast.
• Created structure inside of a messy, high-growth organization.
• Shipped AI-native experiences and use AI tools in your own practice.
• Your portfolio shows both systems-level thinking and pixel-level craft.
• Bonus: Designed for both technical and non-technical users.
• Bonus: Experience with Analytics, Experimentation, or Developer tools.

Requirements

• Not an executive role that manages up and delegates down.
• Not a pure IC role; accountable for a team of 15.
• Not design ops; the job isn't to add rituals, templates, or governance.
• Not the approval committee; create coherence without becoming the bottleneck.

Benefits

• Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans.
• 401(k) retirement plan with an employer match of up to 1% of your eligible pay each pay period up to $2,000 annually.
• Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more.
• Generous stipends for wellness, commuter transit/parking, learning and development, and new hire home office equipment.
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 12 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.
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).