Head of Product DesignNewSan Francisco, CA

What You'll Do Build the team. Hire, grow, and retain a high-performing design team, identifying people who will thrive and raise the bar at Amplitude. Develop them through direct, specific feedback. Help someone who's stuck get moving again. Set direction. Drive the design strategy for Amplitude's product suite: Core Amplitude, Statsig, and Wave (a proactive agent that helps teams build self-improving products). Help define how agents and humans work together in the same workflows. Champion craft. Strong visual design builds trust, clarity, and delight in the era of AI. Lead by example, elevating the quality of the product through exceptional design execution. Hold a high bar. AI makes it cheap to ship UI changes, which makes it easy for quality to erode quietly. Set a clear standard for what good looks like and enforce it without becoming an approval bottleneck. Stay in production. You believe that 'the design' is what ships. Code is the material that brings the design to life. Push on the details, the papercuts, the edge cases. Speak for the customer. Show up in leadership conversations as the voice of the customer, pushing for solutions that genuinely serve their needs and reduce complexity. What We’re Looking For You've managed senior, independent IC designers and earned their respect through product and craft judgment. You've shipped products that moved real customer and business metrics, fast. You've created (not inherited) structure inside of a messy, high-growth organization. You've shipped AI-native experiences and use AI tools in your own practice today (we'll ask what you built and what you learned). Your portfolio shows both systems-level thinking and pixel-level craft. Bonus: You've designed for both technical and non-technical users, and can hold that tension without compromising the experience for either. Bonus: Experience with Analytics, Experimentation, or Developer tools. What This Is Not Not an executive role that manages up and delegates down. You're deep in the work. Not a pure IC role. You're accountable for a team of 15. Not design ops. Your job isn't to add rituals, templates, or governance. Not the approval committee. Pods keep moving; you create coherence without becoming the bottleneck. Benefits Excellent M edical, D ental and V ision 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, p aid 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), new hire home office equipment, and much more 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) Compensation 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: $285,000 - $427,000 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: $317,000 - $476,000 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: $317,000 - $476,000 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: $285,000 - $427,000 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: $285,000 - $427,000 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. Equal Employment Opportunity Amplitude provides equal employment opportunities (EEO). All applicants are considered without regards to race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex, marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or sexual orientation. Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records. #J-18808-Ljbffr Amplitude Software Co