What you'll do at Figma:

• Manage full-cycle recruiting processes for a variety of software engineering roles
• Collaborate with engineering leaders to develop early-stage hiring strategies for critical technical positions
• Craft thoughtful candidate outreach messages to engage passive talent
• Develop a deep understanding of Figma's business and products and communicate this effectively with candidates
• Act as a direct extension of our engineering team and the primary touchpoint for candidates from initial outreach through the offer stage, ensuring an excellent candidate experience
• Take a highly organized approach to candidate tracking and pipeline metrics
• Own and iterate on our interview processes and approach to optimally evaluate and execute recruiting strategies

We'd love to hear from you if you have:

• 4+ years of full-lifecycle technical recruiting experience
• 2+ years of experience recruiting for engineering roles
• Proven success sourcing your own pipelines and developing top of funnel strategies
• Extensive experience and expertise within engineering communities and emerging technical trends
• Experience collaborating with functional leaders and cross-functional partners to navigate complex offer scenarios and resolve candidate objections

While not required, it's an added plus if you also have:

• Prior experience in analytics recruiting
• Experience using Figma's products
• A team-first mentality, embracing learning, growing, and shared success with recruiting colleagues
• Experience using Gem and Greenhouse
• A passion for fostering belonging and inclusion

At Figma, one of our values is Grow as you go. We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills. If you're excited about this role but your past experience doesn't align perfectly with the points outlined in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyways. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.

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From idea to product, Figma empowers teams to streamline workflows, move faster, and work together in real time from anywhere in the world. If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!

This newly created role is a critical addition and unique opportunity to support the continued growth of Figma’s global People Relations (ER) function. As the Manager, People Relations, you’ll lead a distributed global team of four while serving as a strategic partner to senior leadership, driving both the day-to-day execution and long-term evolution of employee relations at the company.

This role sits at the center of complex, high-impact work–navigating sensitive employee matters, shaping scalable and globally consistent practices, and transforming our People Relations function into a proactive, data-informed partner to the business. You’ll collaborate closely with People Partners, Employment Legal, our BEI team, and senior leaders to influence culture, strengthen our organisational health, and ensure Figma balances sustainable growth with maintaining a high bar for employee experience and integrity.

You’ll design Figma’s employee relations strategy in concert with the Director, People, and directly own the global execution of said strategy, such that it’s aligned with our company values, risk posture, and company growth plans.

Directly manage and develop a global team of 4 ER professionals that enhances ER capabilities across regions while balancing jurisdictional and cultural nuance with company norms.

Provide oversight and guidance on complex and sensitive investigations globally, and personally lead or co-lead the highest-risk investigations in partnership with Employment Legal.

Guide or advise on complex accommodation, leave, and/or performance matters in partnership with your team, Benefits, BEI, and Employment Legal.

Act as a strategic thought partner to People Partners and senior leadership on employee risk, performance management, and broader organisational health, with a demonstrated ability to balance legal risk, employee experience, and business realities with recommendations and decision-making.

Elevate manager capabilities in navigating employee matters such as performance concerns, interpersonal conflict, and other employee issues.

Own ER data hygiene, reporting, and trend analysis, and use insights to inform leadership decisions, resourcing, and policy evolution.

Operate with a continuous improvement mindset with regard to ER processes in a way that centres efficiency, scalability, and consistency.

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