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About the Role
At Glassdoor, we believe that finding the right job is life-changing. As a Lead Product Designer on our Growth team, you'll play a crucial role in empowering job seekers to discover workplaces they love. You’ll take the lead in designing experiences that drive engagement and help grow our platform’s reach. Working cross-functionally, you'll bring vision, strategy, and hands-on execution to create intuitive, delightful, and high-impact solutions that make a difference for millions of users worldwide.
We’re seeking a creative problem-solver and strategic thinker who blends function and fun into world-class user experiences. You thrive on collaboration, guiding teams with a user-first mindset and an eye for detail. You’re passionate about growing top of funnel, excited by complex challenges, and eager to innovate in a fast-paced environment. With a strong grasp of UX, systems thinking, and interaction design, you’ll shape the future of Glassdoor’s platform while fostering a culture of inclusivity and excellence.
What You’ll Do
- Design with impact – Lead the creation of user-friendly, engaging experiences that align with Glassdoor’s vision and growth strategy.
- Collaborate cross-functionally – Work closely with product managers, engineers, researchers, and fellow designers to bring ideas to life.
- Drive design strategy – Communicate high-level design strategies and advocate for user needs within and beyond your team.
- Own your lane – Manage design planning, maintain a Jira board, and ensure seamless execution across projects.
- Elevate the user experience – Create wireframes, prototypes, and high-fidelity designs in Figma, refining flows and interactions with precision.
- Ensure accessibility – Prioritize legibility, comprehension, and inclusion in every aspect of design.
- Partner with research & engineering – Validate concepts, iterate on solutions, and ensure technical feasibility for a smooth implementation.
What You’ll Bring
- 8+ years of experience in UX, product design, or a related field, with a strong portfolio showcasing user-centered solutions.
- Experience in growth-oriented optimizations, e.g. tutorials and onboarding screens. Skilled in driving incremental improvements and leveraging copy and value propositions for impact.
- Expertise in Figma and a deep understanding of UI, interaction design, and design systems.
- A strategic mindset, balancing big-picture thinking with attention to execution.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate inclusively with cross-functional partners.
- Comfort with wrangling complexity, working through ambiguity as a team, and sharing low-fi visuals to bring clarity to conversations.
- A passion for diversity, equity, and inclusion, ensuring accessibility in every design decision.
- Ability to manage multiple projects and prioritize effectively.
- A curiosity-driven approach—always learning, iterating, and striving for excellence.
If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact, push the boundaries of design, and help millions of job seekers find their perfect fit, we’d love to meet you!
Compensation and Benefits:
Base Salary Range*: $110,000 - $145,000
*Glassdoor base salaries are targeted to the market 75th percentile for technical roles and the 65th percentile for non-technical roles. In other words, 65-75% of comparable organizations in our industry will pay less.
Annual Bonus Target**: 10%
**Bonuses are paid in 6-month intervals, aligning with bi-annual performance reviews
Generous Restricted Stock Units (RSU):
***Restricted Stock Units (RSU) are awarded at hire and may be refreshed annually. Additionally, as a pay-for-performance company, there are additional RSU grant awards for the very top performers.
You can learn more about our compensation philosophy here and see salary ranges for all Glassdoor jobs here.
Health and Wellness: 100% employer-paid premiums for employee medical, dental, vision, life, short and long-term disability, select well-being programs, along with 80% employer-paid premiums for all dependents.* Generous paid time off programs for birthing and non-birthing parents are provided, along with paid injury/illness leave and paid family emergency leave.
*Coverage begins at the start of employment. After 48 months of continuous employment, 100% of all premiums for you and your dependents can be employer-paid!
Work/Life Balance: Open Paid Time Off policy, in addition to 15-20 paid company holidays/year
Investing in Your Future: 401(k) plan with a company match up to $5,000 per year, subsidized fertility and family planning services, and discounted legal assistance services.
Glassdoor values transparency in our hiring process. We are unable to provide sponsorship now or potentially in the future for this role.
- Come as you are: At Glassdoor diversity is not a slogan; it’s a core factor in our success. We welcome your background, experience and ideas because you help us understand and better serve our world. You make us stronger.
- Grow your career: Glassdoor is small enough for you to see the impact of your contributions, while large enough to offer significant resources and endless opportunities to grow. This is a great place to make a career.
- Find your people: Ask anyone who works here: it’s the people who make the difference. We are a group of well-rounded humans who support one another and work hard together to bring the Glassdoor mission to life.
- Discover flexibility: With flexible hours and a where-to-work policy, Glassdoor allows you to take on professional and personal responsibilities — enhancing both productivity and your well-being.
Glassdoor is committed to equal treatment and opportunity in all aspects of recruitment, selection and employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, ethnicity, age, sex, marital status, physical or mental disability, gender identity, sexual orientation, veteran or military status or any other category protected under the law. Glassdoor is an equal opportunity employer; committed to creating a community of inclusion, and an environment free from discrimination, harassment and retaliation.
Where-to-Work Policy
Being a remote-first company, Glassdoor employees can live anywhere Glassdoor is a registered company. Requests to move must be approved by an employee’s manager and the People team. While we will try our best to support relocation requests, some requests may not be approved due to various tax, legal, or other restrictions.
Enjoy Remote and Explore: Employees authorized to work in their current location may Work Away for up to a total of 30 (thirty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. Employees on visas may work Work Away for up to a total of 20 (twenty) working days in a calendar year without permanent relocation and compensation change. The amount of time and location for Work Away must be approved by the employee’s manager and People Operations team at least two (2) weeks in advance of travel.
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