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Figma is growing our team of passionate creatives and builders on a mission to make design accessible to all. Figma's platform helps teams bring ideas to life-whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI. 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!

Millions of students and educators around the world are in Figma every day, and we need a strategic, entrepreneurial leader to scale our impact. As Head of Figma for Education, you'll own our global education strategy across K-12, higher ed, and bootcamps. You'll set the vision, scale what's working, and build what's next-from international expansion to classroom-first product experiences. If you're energized by building 0-to-1, shaping products for educators, and scaling global programs, we'd love to hear from you! 

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:

• Build and lead the team: Manage the existing EDU team and hire strategic roles in 2026 to expand our reach
• Set global strategy: Define and execute playbooks across K-12, higher ed, and bootcamps that scale
• Drive international expansion: Launch regional programs and partnerships in India, Brazil, Singapore, Australia, and beyond
• Shape the product: Partner with Product, Engineering, and Design to advocate for educators' needs and drive classroom-optimized features
• Ensure trust and compliance: Collaborate with Legal on privacy, safety, and regulatory requirements across markets
• Forge institutional partnerships: Build relationships with Ministries of Education, universities, and ecosystem partners to accelerate adoption
• Measure what matters: Use data to track and optimize adoption, engagement, and program impact globally
• Be our voice: Represent Figma at conferences and speaking engagements to elevate our brand in education. Plus, be the face of education for internal updates and leadership moments

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

• 7+ years of experience in go-to-market strategy, education sales or marketing, international expansion, partnerships, consulting, business operations, or program management
• Strong team leadership skills, with experience managing remote teams across multiple time zones
• A data-driven mindset, with the ability to track, analyze, and optimize program adoption and engagement metrics
• A scrappy, ambitious operator with strong product instincts and a track record of taking programs or products from 0→1, thriving in ambiguity while collaborating effectively across Product, Engineering, Design, GTM, and Sales functions
• Deep education-sector knowledge (K-12, higher ed, bootcamps) and robust experience in process and community building, paired with exceptional relationship-building skills and stakeholder management across government, school leaders, and industry partners

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

• Experience working at a high-growth tech company or startup
• Background in community building and education marketing
• Familiarity with legal and compliance considerations in international education markets
• Proficiency in Spanish, Portuguese, Hindi, or other relevant languages

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.

Pay Transparency Disclosure

If 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.

Annual Base Salary Range:

$185,000—$317,000 USD

At 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.

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Examples of accommodations include but are not limited to: 

• Holding interviews in an accessible location
• Enabling closed captioning on video conferencing
• Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers
• Changing the mode or format of interviews 

To ensure the integrity of our hiring process and facilitate a more personal connection, we require all candidates keep their cameras on during video interviews. Additionally, if hired you will be required to attend in person onboarding.

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