Lead Product Designer, FoundationsSan Francisco, CA

Lead Product Designer, Foundations

Amplitude is the leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. Over 4,000 customers, including Atlassian, NBCUniversal, Under Armour, Shopify, and Jersey Mike's, rely on Amplitude to gain self-service visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust, uncover clear insights about customer behavior, and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products, they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth. Amplitude is the best-in-class analytics solution for product, data, and marketing teams, ranked #1 in multiple categories in G2's Spring 2025 Report.

As an organization, we approach challenges with humility, take ownership of our contributions, and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves, each other, and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitude's Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI) :

Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products, improves the ability to solve complex problems, and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusionone focused on psychological safety, empathy, and human connectionthat will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.

About the Role

Amplitude is looking for an exceptional Lead level Product Designer to lead efforts across Amplitude's core Analytics product, called Foundations. We've been industry leaders in the data analysis and visualization space and have first in class tools in behavioral analytics. We are taking the next step in this journey by automating and simplifying the ability for Amplitude customers to use their data to get transformational visualizations and insights to transform their work, products, and businesses.

Our work ranges from iterating to completely transforming our core user experience across our entire stack to improve usage and drive value.

This is a role for a bold systems thinker. Someone that thrives at the intersection of high craft, and pushing the boundaries of the latest technology all while frequently shipping and learning from customers.

What You'll Do

Lead end-to-end design efforts

across complex, cross-functional initiativesfrom problem framing to polished execution.

Define and drive the design strategy

for foundational experiences (navigation, workflows, layout, data visualization, and more) that span across the Amplitude platform.

Elevate the quality and consistency

of the customer experience by scaling reusable patterns, workflows, and systems in partnership with our design systems team.

Collaborate deeply with leadership

across Product, Engineering, and Research to shape product direction, resolve complexity, and influence priorities.

Drive alignment across teams

through compelling storytelling, facilitation, and research synthesis that surfaces key insights and opportunities.

Mentor and guide other designers , growing craft, strategic thinking, and business influence across the org.

What You'll Bring

strong portfolio

demonstrating experience leading end-to-end design for complex enterprise products, including platforms or systems work.

proven ability to drive clarity in ambiguous problem spaces , align cross-functional partners, and deliver elegant solutions to technical and human problems.

Experience designing and shipping features powered by

AI or data visualization tools

is a plus.

bias for action and iteration you move quickly to learn, and ship often to drive impact.

Clear, persuasive communication and storytelling skills.

A track record of

mentoring designers , driving best practices, and contributing to design culture.

Who You'll Work With

Some of the builders you'll work closely with include John (Director, Product Design), Chris (VP of Product), Nirmal (Director, Engineering), and Anita (Sr. Principal Designer), and of course you'll also collaborate with an incredible team of 12+ multi-talented designers across our broader design org and many other talented PMs and Engineers all shaping what's next in our space.

What We Offer

We care about the well-being of our team and offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and well-being of our Ampliteers. Benefits include :

Salary range for this role is $185,000 to $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission, based on location).

Excellent Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance coverages, with 100% employer-paid premiums for employee Medical, Dental, Vision on select plans.

Flexible time off, paid holidays, and more.

Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you, whether that's wellness (monthly), commuter transit / parking (monthly), learning and development (quarterly), home office equipment (annual), and much more.

Excellent Parental benefits including : 12-20 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 and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only).

Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP).

Oh and One Last Note...

Please treat this job description as a starting point for a conversation. No human (AI-augmented or not) will embody everything in this job description. If this role sounds interesting, we'd love for you to apply even if you don't think you're the perfect fit.

This role is eligible for equity, benefits, and other forms of compensation. Based on Colorado law, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Colorado. Colorado range : $166,000 - $250,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission) Based on legislation in New York City, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in New York City. New York City salary range : $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission) Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in San Francisco Bay Area of California. Salary range : $185,000 - $278,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission) Based on legislation in California, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in California outside of the San Francisco Bay Area. California salary range : $166,000 - $250,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission) Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington state. Washington salary range : $166,000 - $250,000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission) Based on legislation in Washington state, the following details are for individuals who will work for Amplitude in Washington only : unlimited PTO, 10 to 13 holidays annually (will vary), medical dental and vision PPO and CDHP plans. Finally, a company sponsored 401(k) retirement plan.

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