Role Description Amplitude is moving fast, from product analytics to an AI-native platform with agents embedded across the product, used by over 4,700 companies. We are 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. - Manage and grow the team while staying involved in the actual work. - Elevate quality through feedback and pairing with designers on challenging UX puzzles. - Understand every product surface well enough to raise its quality. - Designers are embedded in autonomous pods, maintaining speed without compromising coherence and quality. What you'll do - 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 a bottleneck. - Stay in production: Focus on the details that bring design to life. - 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; 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 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). Company Description - Our customers love us! They've said we're the #1 product analytics solution for 23 quarters in a row on G2. - We care a lot about product innovation and have made significant investments in talent and infrastructure. - We invest in our people through mentorship programs, management training, and wellness initiatives. - We give back to our communities with charitable giving grants and paid volunteer time off. - Founded in 2012, went public via a direct listing in September 2021, trading under the ticker $AMPL. - Global and fast-growing team with employees around the world and offices in multiple cities. - Our mascot is Data Monster, who loves to chow down on numbers, charts, and graphs.