Principal Product Designer

Amplitude is the leading digital analytics platform that helps companies unlock the power of their products. Over 3800 customers including Atlassian NBCUniversal Under Armour Shopify and Jersey Mikes rely on Amplitude to gain selfservice visibility into the entire customer journey. Amplitude guides companies every step of the way as they capture data they can trust uncover clear insights about customer behavior and take faster action. When teams understand how people are using their products they can deliver better product experiences that drive growth. Amplitude is the bestinclass analytics solution for product data and marketing teams ranked #1 in multiple categories in G2s Winter 2024 Report. Learn how to optimize your digital products and business at.

As an organization we approach challenges with humility take ownership of our contributions and embrace a growth mindset that pushes us to constantly improve ourselves each other and the value we bring to customers and partners.

Amplitudes Commitment to Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DEI):Amplitude believes that diversity enables the creation of better products improves the ability to solve complex problems and drives more powerful solutions. We strive to create an environment of inclusionone focused on psychological safety empathy and human connectionthat will allow employees of all backgrounds to thrive.

About the Role

Amplitude is seeking a Principal Designer to lead the user experience strategy for our Foundations team. In this role you will define and drive holistic strategic design solutions that shape the future of Amplitudes product suite. As a key partner to Product Engineering and GoToMarket teams you will influence business and product strategy ensuring a seamless and impactful experience for our users. Additionally you will be an integral member of the design leadership team championing design excellence and fostering collaboration across disciplines.

This role is ideal for a highly experienced design leader who thrives in tackling complex technical challenges crafting cohesive user experiences and driving measurable business outcomes through strategic design thinking.

What Youll Do

Strategic Design Leadership

• Define and execute a user experience strategy that translates into a clear and actionable product roadmap.
• Envision and articulate longterm design strategies that connect the dots across multiple problem areas ensuring a cohesive and innovative product experience.
• Work closely with Product and Research teams to anticipate industry trends user needs and market shifts keeping Amplitude ahead of the curve.
• Leverage design thinking and storytelling to align crossfunctional teams around a shared vision.

Complex Problem Solving & Innovation

• Navigate deeply technical and complex product areas designing solutions that balance usability scalability and business impact.
• Develop and advocate for customercentric design approaches ensuring that Amplitudes platform is both powerful and intuitive for diverse user groups.
• Drive datainformed design decisions incorporating both quantitative insights and qualitative research to refine user experiences.
• Lead the evolution of Amplitudes data integration and extensibility solutions ensuring seamless data flow across platforms.
• Design for data visualization ensuring that complex analytics and insights are effectively communicated through intuitive engaging and actionable interfaces.

CrossFunctional Influence & Collaboration

• Act as a trusted design leader across Product Engineering and GoToMarket teams ensuring alignment and of strategic goals.
• Partner with leadership teams to influence product vision strategy and roadmap with a designfirst perspective.
• Advocate for the value of user research and usability testing ensuring that user feedback continuously refines and improves the product experience.

Design Leadership & Mentorship

• Act as a coach and mentor within the Product Design organization elevating design quality processes and team impact.
• Set the gold standard for design fostering a culture of creativity collaboration and innovation.
• Share expertise across the organization creating visibility into designs strategic impact and fostering crossfunctional engagement.

Who We Are

The Company: Amplitude is filled with humble lifelong learners who are eager to help one another and the company succeed. Our values of growth mindset ownership and humility are core to the way we work: were tenacious in the face of challenges we take the initiative to solve problems that drive our shared success and we operate from a place of empathy and openness seeking to understand many points of view.

The Product: Amplitude is a digital analytics platformwe help companies capture data they can trust uncover clear insights about customer behavior and take faster action. This empowers teams to build better product experiences that drive business growth. Were super proud of what weve built and continue to expand: a platform that empowers companies to thrive in the digital era.

We care about the wellbeing of our team: We offer competitive pay and benefits packages that reflect our commitment to the health and wellbeing of our Ampliteers.

Some of our benefit programs include:

• Excellent medical dental and vision insurance coverages with 100 employerpaid premiums for employee medical dental vision on select plans
• Flexible time off paid holidays and more
• Generous stipends to spend on what matters most to you whether thats wellness (monthly) commuter transit/parking (monthly) learning and development (quarterly) home office equipment (annual) and much more
• Excellent Parental benefits including: 1220 weeks of Paid Parental Leave Carrot Fertility Benefits/Adoption/Surrogacy support Backup Child Care support
• Mental health and wellness benefits including no cost employee access to Modern Health coaching & therapy Sessions and high quality physician office experience via One Medical membership (select U.S. locations only)
• Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)

Other fun facts about Amplitude:

• We were recognized in the Newsweek Excellence Index 2024.
• Our customers love us! Theyve said were the #1 product analytics solution for 15 quarters in a row on G2.
• Were focused on growth. Check us out in Deloittes 2023 Technology Fast 500
• We care A LOT about product innovation. Fast Company called us the #3 most innovative enterprise company in the world.
• We invest in our people. We offer mentorship programs management training and wellness initiatives.
• We give back to our communities. We give every Ampliteer a charitable giving grant and paid volunteer time off.
• We were founded in 2012 went public via a direct listing in September 2021 and are now trading under the ticker $AMPL.
• Were a global and fastgrowing team! We have employees around the world and offices in San Francisco (HQ) New York Vancouver Amsterdam London Paris Singapore and Tokyo.
• Our mascot is the datamonster who loves to chow down on numbers charts and graphs. Nom nom.

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.

This role is eligible for equity benefits and other forms of compensation.

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: $185000 $333000 total target cash (inclusive of bonus or commission) plus equity.

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By applying for this job you acknowledge that Amplitude processes your personal data in accordance with the Amplitude Applicant Privacy Notice.

Staying Safe Protect Yourself From Recruitment Fraud
We are aware of individuals and entities fraudulently representing themselves as Amplitude recruiters and/or hiring managers. Amplitude will never ask for financial information or payment or for personal information such as bank account number or social security number during the job application or interview process. Any emails from the Amplitude recruiting team will come from an @amplitudeemail address. You can learn more about how to protect yourself from these types of fraud by referring tothis article. Please exercise caution and cease communications if something feels suspicious about your interactions.