Lead Product Designer, Dating Outcomes

Join Hinge's Dating Outcomes Group as a Lead Product Designer to drive impactful work across the core dating experience. This senior individual contributor role focuses on transforming complex challenges into emotionally intelligent, premium user experiences. You will lead design for Hinge’s core dating experience, from first impressions to lasting connections, partnering deeply with Product, Engineering, Research, and Data Science to define the next generation of intentional and human-centered experiences.

Must Have

• Lead end-to-end design for the core dating experience, translating strategic goals into intuitive user flows, prototypes, and high-fidelity UI.
• Maintain and elevate a high bar for visual, interaction, and motion design while evolving design systems.
• Mentor designers, lead critiques, and model strong collaboration to refine design quality and foster continuous improvement.
• Collaborate effectively with Product, Engineering, Research, Data Science, Operations, and Policy to define vision and roadmaps.
• Drive experimentation and innovation through prototyping and emerging technologies.
• Model curiosity, humility, and generosity, helping cultivate a design culture rooted in shared learning.
• Push the boundaries of digital intimacy to make Hinge the most intentional, human-centered dating app.
• 8+ years in product design, including 3+ years leading design for mobile consumer products.
• Proven track record of driving end-to-end design across complex, multi-surface experiences in fast-paced environments.
• A portfolio demonstrating exceptional product thinking, craft excellence, and ability to translate user insights into elegant, impactful solutions.
• Expertise in Figma, prototyping, and design systems; ability to work fluently across iOS and Android.
• Experience leading design through ambiguity and influencing strategy through storytelling and systems thinking.
• Strength in research collaboration, synthesis, and hypothesis-driven iteration.
• Skilled in workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication.
• Deep understanding of accessibility, inclusivity, and ethical design principles.

Good to Have

• Experience designing for social connection, wellness, or community-based products.
• Familiarity with experimentation, growth frameworks, or AI-assisted product experiences.
• Active participation in the design community through writing, speaking, or mentorship.

Perks & Benefits

• 401(k) Matching: 100% match of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions, up to $10,000 per year.
• Professional Growth: Annual Learning & Development stipend and free access to Udemy.
• Parental Leave & Planning: 100% paid parental leave (20 weeks for both birth and non-birth parents).
• Fertility Support: Easy access to fertility care through Carrot, including a stipend for fertility preservation.
• Date Stipend: $100 monthly stipend for dates, plus free Hinge Premium for employees and loved ones.
• ERGs: Access to eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs) for community and support.

Hinge is the dating app designed to be deleted

In today's digital world, finding genuine relationships is tougher than ever. At Hinge, we’re on a mission to inspire intimate connection to create a less lonely world. We’re obsessed with understanding our users’ behaviors to help them find love, and our success is defined by one simple metric– setting up great dates. With millions of users across the globe, we’ve become the most trusted way to find a relationship, for all.

About the Role:

Join Hinge's Dating Outcomes Group as a Lead Product Designer to drive impactful work across the core dating experience. This role is for a senior individual contributor who thrives in ambiguity, elevates team craft, and can turn complex challenges into emotionally intelligent, premium user experiences.

In this role, you’ll lead design for Hinge’s core dating experience—from first impressions and conversations to helping people form lasting connections. You’ll connect vision to execution, guiding product teams toward cohesive, user-centered outcomes that balance human needs with business goals. You’ll partner deeply with Product, Engineering, Research, and Data Science to define the next generation of Hinge experiences that feel intentional, emotionally intelligent, and unmistakably human.

Responsibilities

• Lead end to end design for the core dating experience, translating strategic goals into intuitive user flows, prototypes, and high fidelity UI that shape how millions of people connect with confidence.
• Maintain and elevate a high bar for visual, interaction, and motion design while evolving design systems and anticipating cross surface dependencies to deliver cohesive, scalable experiences at global scale.
• Mentor designers, lead critiques, and model strong collaboration to refine design quality, strengthen craft, and foster a culture that consistently strives for best in class outcomes.
• Collaborate effectively with Product, Engineering, Research, Data Science, Operations, and Policy to define vision and roadmaps, align stakeholders, present to leadership, and deliver outcomes tied to user and business goals.
• Drive experimentation and innovation through prototyping and emerging technologies, applying cultural and technological insights to design emotionally resonant experiences in complex spaces like dating, connection, and trust.
• Model curiosity, humility, and generosity, helping cultivate a design culture rooted in shared learning and continuous improvement.
• Push the boundaries of digital intimacy to make Hinge the most intentional, human centered dating app in the world.

What We’re Looking For

• 8+ years in product design, including 3+ years leading design for mobile consumer products.
• Proven track record of driving end-to-end design across complex, multi-surface experiences in fast-paced environments.
• A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional product thinking, craft excellence, and the ability to translate user insights into elegant, impactful solutions.
• Expertise in Figma, prototyping, and design systems; ability to work fluently across iOS and Android.
• Experience leading design through ambiguity and influencing strategy through storytelling and systems thinking.
• Strength in research collaboration, synthesis, and hypothesis-driven iteration.
• Skilled in workshop facilitation, stakeholder management, and executive communication.
• Deep understanding of accessibility, inclusivity, and ethical design principles.

Nice to Haves

• Experience designing for social connection, wellness, or community-based products.
• Familiarity with experimentation, growth frameworks, or AI-assisted product experiences.
• Active participation in the design community through writing, speaking, or mentorship.

Factors such as scope and responsibilities of the position, candidate's work experience, education/training, job-related skills, internal peer equity, as well as market and business considerations may influence base pay offered. This salary range is reflective of a position based in New York City. This salary will be subject to a geographic adjustment (according to a specific city and state), if an authorization is granted to work outside of the location listed in this posting.

As a member of our team, you’ll enjoy:

• 401(k) Matching: We match 100% of the first 10% of pre-tax 401(k) contributions you make, up to a maximum of $10,000 per year.
• Professional Growth: Get an annual Learning & Development stipend once you’ve been with us for three months. You also get free access to Udemy, an online learning and teaching marketplace with over 6000 courses, starting your first day.
• Parental Leave & Planning: When you become a new parent, you’re eligible for 100% paid parental leave (20 paid weeks for both birth and non-birth parents.)
• Fertility Support: You’ll get easy access to fertility care through Carrot, from basic treatments to fertility preservation. We also provide a stipend towards fertility preservation. You and your spouse/domestic partner are both eligible.
• Date Stipend: All Hinge employees receive a $100 monthly stipend for epic dates– Romantic or otherwise. Hinge Premium is also free for employees and their loved ones.
• ERGs: We have eight Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)—Asian, Unapologetic, Disability, LGBTQIA+, Raices, Women/Nonbinary, Parents —that hold regular meetings, host events, and provide dedicated support to the organization & its community.

At Hinge, our core values are…

• Authenticity: We share, never hide, our words, actions and intentions.
• Courage: We embrace lofty goals and tough challenges.
• Empathy: We deeply consider the perspective of others.

Diversity inspires innovation

Hinge is an equal-opportunity employer. We value diversity at our company and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We believe success is created by a diverse workforce of individuals with different ideas, strengths, interests, and cultural backgrounds.

If you require reasonable accommodation to complete a job application, pre-employment testing, or a job interview or to otherwise participate in the hiring process, please let your Talent Acquisition partner know.

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