Leadership Development Manager
Posted on 3/30/2023
INACTIVE
Figma

1,001-5,000 employees

Web-based collaborative platform for product design
Company Overview
Figma stands out as an exemplary workplace due to its commitment to fostering a collaborative culture, its unique competitive advantage in consolidating design tools and workflows, and its industry leadership in web-based design platforms. The company's technical innovation is evident in products like FigJam, an online whiteboard that enhances team collaboration, demonstrating their dedication to improving efficiency and communication in product development. Figma's ability to simplify complex processes and facilitate teamwork across different time zones positions it as a leader in the design industry, making it an exciting and rewarding place to work.

Company Stage

N/A

Total Funding

$333.4M

Founded

2012

Headquarters

San Francisco, California

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

0%

1 year growth

7%

2 year growth

63%
Locations
London, UK
Experience Level
Entry
Junior
Mid
Senior
Expert
Desired Skills
Communications
Requirements
  • You have a number of years of experience in a leadership development role with lots of learnings to bring forward to the role here within Figma
  • You are thrilled with the idea of experimenting and evaluating to build programs from scratch and consider yourself a strong designer who can implement then scale up
  • You are passionate about facilitating and want to get out there and deliver both virtually and in person
  • You thrive in ambiguity, adapt quickly to a changing environment, take a global view, and know that sometimes laughter is indeed the best solution
  • Strong communications skills and an ability to communicate and influence across all levels of an organization
  • Strategic thinking, advising, mentoring, coaching and analytical skills
  • Experience in effectively working with multiple 3rd party vendors
  • Good practical knowledge of learning technologies and innovations in learning design
  • Investing in Figma: The Decade of Design
  • How work is changing at Figma
  • Figma's next product is a multiplayer whiteboard called FigJam
  • Software Design Startup Figma Is Now Worth $10 Billion
Responsibilities
  • Design, implement and evaluate leadership development activity across the entire leadership pipeline that reinforces our core values and drives a culture of belonging, equity and impact
  • Developing leadership (not just leader capability) growing a Figma way of leading
  • Build knowledge widening / skills practice for individuals as leaders
  • Expanding the capacity to learn for leaders by deepening self-awareness and hunger to grow themselves as leaders
  • Develop a common language / framework(s) for use across the business linked to our 'expectations' of leaders at Figma
  • Assess individual leader and team learning needs, developing impactful and scalable learning opportunities
  • Build and deepen connections across the business so that leaders are learning with others across the business from different areas and learning about their realities
  • Build trust based relationships with leaders, employees, and People Partners across the organization supporting a leader-influenced approach to learning and development
  • Identify and embed ordinary and extraordinary learning evaluation metrics and processes across all interventions to ensure a data driven approach when evaluating learning needs and return on investment
  • Experiment often and transition quickly from pilot to global programs