Director, Product Communications

Location: San Francisco hub, United States; office attendance required 2–3 days per week. New York, NY is also listed as a company location.

Annual base salary: $235,000–$317,000 USD.

Company

Figma develops a collaborative design platform that helps teams brainstorm, prototype, translate designs into code, iterate with AI, and work together in real time.

What you will do

• Shape Figma’s product and technology narrative for broader audiences.
• Build integrated storytelling across earned media, editorial, social, community, podcasts, events, and related channels.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to identify and explain meaningful product and technical stories.
• Lead communications for key product launches and connect them to a lasting product narrative.
• Advise executives and senior partners on storytelling, audiences, channels, and timing.
• Manage and develop a growing product communications and storytelling team.

Requirements

• Experience leading product communications inside a product-led organization.
• Track record of managing people and building or developing high-performing teams.
• Deep understanding of how stories travel across earned media, social, editorial, and other mediums.
• Strong judgment and experience working with senior leaders, Product, and Engineering partners.
• Ability to work from the San Francisco hub 2–3 days per week.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with Figma or the design and product development ecosystem.
• Experience adapting stories across cultures and markets.
• Experience with emerging editorial, creator, and community platforms.

Culture & Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision coverage.
• Retirement benefits with company contributions.
• Parental leave and reproductive or family planning support.
• Mental health and wellness benefits, paid time off, paid sick leave, and holidays.
• Equity, company recharge days, and possible lifestyle spending accounts, cell phone, and home internet reimbursements.

Hiring process

• Video interviews require candidates to keep their cameras on.
• In-person onboarding is required if hired.
• Candidates may submit up to five applications during any rolling 30-day period and may not reapply to the same role while an application is active or within 90 days of rejection.