Fast Facts
Figma is looking for a Director of Technical Recruiting to lead the recruiting efforts for Product, Design, and Engineering, overseeing a team of professionals and partnering with executive leaders to implement strategic recruiting practices that drive diversity and inclusion.
Responsibilities: Manage and grow a team of recruiting professionals, partner with leadership to align recruiting strategies with business goals, develop a long-term recruiting strategy, and improve recruiting practices across the organization.
Skills: 10+ years of recruiting experience, 6+ years in people management, experience with executive recruiting, strong strategic partner skills, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.
Qualifications: Experience in a competitive recruiting environment, familiarity with product, design, and engineering recruitment, and a passion for creating a diverse and inclusive culture.
Location: San Francisco, CA or New York, NY, USA
Compensation: Not provided by employer. Typical compensation ranges for this position are between $160,000 - $250,000.
We’re hiring a senior leader to oversee Figma's Product, Design and Engineering recruiting functions.
As a Recruiting Director you will lead, mentor, grow, develop and hire a team of recruiting professionals (both ICs and Managers) supporting Product, Design and Engineering across Figma. We are seeking a strategic leader who can set longer term goals and objectives to support the business and partner with our hiring leaders to execute best in class recruiting practices, create belonging, and scale our winning culture. Figma’s continued future success relies heavily on the ability to scale - this is an opportunity to manage a hyper engaged, high performing team, and take our business through the next exciting phase of growth and beyond.
What you’ll do at Figma:
- Manage, mentor, grow, and develop a team of recruiting managers, recruiters and sourcers
- Act as a trusted partner to VP and C-suite leaders to understand business needs and align recruiting resources accordingly in order to achieve goals
- Partner with other recruiting leaders to develop a long term recruiting strategy globally with a goal of continuing to bring in exceptional talent to Figma
- Scale a team structure that optimizes for efficiency and scale
- Build and improve upon recruiting best practices across all orgs
- Take ownership for complex change initiatives to achieve business results
- Champion our values led culture
We’d love to hear from you if you have:
- 10+ years of recruiting experience in a similar competitive environment, at least 6+ years of people management experience with direct experience managing other recruiting leaders
- Experience partnering with Product, Design, and Engineering leaders and executives to create and drive recruiting strategies and initiatives
- Experience and understanding of how to build a recruiting function to scale with hyper-growth
- A deep passion and understanding for diversity, belonging, and inclusion
At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
