Manager, Scaled Insights

Company: Figma
Location: San Francisco
Posted on: June 1, 2025

Job Description:

Figma is growing our team of passionate people on a mission to make design accessible to all. Born on the Web, Figma helps entire product teams brainstorm, design and build better products - from start to finish. Whether it's consolidating tools, simplifying workflows, or collaborating across teams and time zones, Figma makes the design process faster, more efficient, and fun while keeping everyone on the same page. From great products to long-lasting companies, we believe that nothing great is made alone-come make with us!Our customers, community members, and non-customers alike are providing a trove of feedback via a variety of channels both internal and external to Figma. With AI, we have the power to harness this trove of data to maintain customer intimacy and to translate that information into action for our products and our business. And we have the opportunity to make this information accessible and digestible for all product builders and leaders across the company.The Scaled Insights team is a small but mighty team dedicated to capturing, analyzing, democratizing, and synthesizing insights gathered at scale to drive and influence critical product and business decisions. This team is responsible for procuring state of the art tools and building best practice processes to ensure all product builders and leaders at Figma can benefit from customer insights - no matter where those insights are generated from.As the Scaled Insights Manager, you will lead the team's strategy and execution for scalable insights capabilities. You will also lead a team of three individual contributors, including a Research Ops Manager, a Program Manager, and a Scaled Insights Researcher by fostering collaboration, innovation, and professional growth. You'll collaborate cross-functionally with product, design, engineering, and data teams to drive innovation and amplify the impact of insights across the organization.This is a full-time role that can be held from one of our US hubs or remotely in the United States.What you'll do at Figma:

• Define a scaled insights vision: Define a future-facing vision for scaled insights, including how new technologies can unlock new ways of engaging with customer insights faster, with higher volume, and higher quality of data.
• Execute the scaled insights vision: Implement the strategy for scalable insights tools and processes with speed and precision. Work with XFNs to ensure scaled insights capabilities are purpose-built to drive impact.
• Prioritize and evaluate impact: Develop and maintain a prioritized roadmap of initiatives, collecting stakeholder feedback to evaluate success and ensure alignment with organizational goals.
• Foster team growth: Manage and mentor a small but mighty team including providing clarity on roles, growth plans, and career trajectories.
• Manage the Research Ops Manager to ensure that all research-related operations are running smoothly and efficiently. Work with the Research Ops Manager to manage our budget, vendor relationships, tooling, and recruiting needs.
• Liaise with a team of 15+ researchers to empower researchers to drive impact on their projects with the appropriate tooling and processes. Ensure that our Research Library and Research Hub are maintained on the best platforms to drive impact.
• Manage the Program Manager to ensure that data is captured, cleansed, linked, and analyzed effectively to drive high-quality recruiting, panel management, and insights.
• Manage the Scaled Insights Researcher to drive actionable insights for our products and our business across all product surfaces. Ensure that our new NPS program is driving actionable insights for the company.We'd love to hear from you if you have:
  • 7+ years of experience in research, insights, or related fields, with a proven track record in building and executing successful scaled insights or knowledge management systems or programs.
  • Passion and familiarity with AI powered research tooling and implications on scaling research.
  • Proven experience collaborating with PMs, Designers, Engineers, Researchers, and Data Scientists with a deep bench of experience driving product and business impact through research or through empowering research teams.
  • Strong strategic thinking and program management skills, with the ability to balance innovation with execution.
  • Former experience managing people or a team of people.While not required, it's an added plus if you also have:
    • Hands-on experience with developing or tinkering with AI applications, demonstrating a curiosity for building and experimenting with emerging technologies.
    • Familiarity with enterprise-grade Deep Research, or AI assistant platforms, such as ChatGPT, Claude, or similar tools, and their application in scaling insights or organizational workflows.
    • A passion for exploring how AI-driven solutions can transform research practices and enhance decision-making at scale.
    • Experience defining and implementing voice of customer programs.
    • Exceptional storytelling and communication skills to amplify the impact of insights across the organization.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 anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.Pay Transparency DisclosureIf based in Figma's San Francisco or New York hub offices, this role has the annual base salary range stated below.Job level and actual compensation will be decided based on factors including, but not limited to, individual qualifications objectively assessed during the interview process (including skills and prior relevant experience, potential impact, and scope of role), market demands, and specific work location. The listed range is a guideline, and the range for this role may be modified. For roles that are available to be filled remotely, the pay range is localized according to employee work location by a factor of between 80% and 100% of range. Please discuss your specific work location with your recruiter for more information.Figma offers equity to employees, as well a competitive package of additional benefits, including health, dental & vision, retirement with company contribution, parental leave & reproductive or family planning support, mental health & wellness benefits, generous PTO, company recharge days, a learning & development stipend, a work from home stipend, and cell phone reimbursement. Figma also offers sales incentive pay for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles. Figma's compensation and benefits are subject to change and may be modified in the future. You may view our Pay Transparency Policy by clicking on the corresponding link.Annual Base Salary Range (SF/NY Hub):$180,000 - $308,000 USDAt Figma we celebrate and support our differences. We know employing a team rich in diverse thoughts, experiences, and opinions allows our employees, our product and our community to flourish. Figma is an equal opportunity workplace - we are dedicated to equal employment opportunities regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity/expression, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities.Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to:
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