Lead Product Designer

Circle is an internet financial platform company building digital asset, payment, and blockchain infrastructure. Circle is seeking a Lead Product Designer to own end-to-end design for complex currency, treasury, and payments products, partnering with cross-functional teams to identify customer needs and deliver scalable solutions. The role also involves using research and data to guide decisions, influencing product direction, strengthening the design system, and coaching designers.

Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end product design for complex customer journeys, from problem definition and exploration through launch and iteration
• Develop a deep understanding of customer needs, behaviors, and workflows across payments, treasury, digital assets, and blockchain-enabled products
• Partner with Product, Engineering, Research, and other stakeholders to define, scope, and prioritize high-impact customer and business problems
• Use qualitative research, quantitative data, and product insights to shape design direction and influence cross-functional decisions
• Lead alignment on complex design problems, clearly communicating rationale, trade-offs, and recommendations to stakeholders
• Identify patterns and opportunities across product areas to create cohesive, scalable experiences and strengthen Circle’s design system
• Elevate design quality by contributing to team practices, providing thoughtful critique, and coaching other designers through complex work

Requirements:

• 7+ years of experience in product, UX, or interaction design, including ownership of complex end-to-end digital product experiences
• A strong portfolio demonstrating product thinking, craft, and measurable impact across complex customer problems
• Experience designing sophisticated workflows or platforms with interconnected products, systems, or user journeys
• Strong systems thinking with the ability to balance customer needs, business objectives, technical constraints, and long-term scalability
• Experience partnering closely with Product Management and Engineering to influence product strategy, priorities, and execution
• Ability to use research, data, and customer insights to make informed design decisions and build alignment with cross-functional stakeholders
• Experience contributing to or scaling design systems, design operations, or shared product experience standards
• Experience designing products in fintech, payments, financial services, crypto, blockchain, or other complex regulated environments
• Experience mentoring designers, facilitating design critique, or raising design quality and practices across a team