Learning and Development Manager

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!

You will partner closely with the Senior Manager, Global Learning & Development and the business, to develop and deliver a new strategy for our global teams, amplify existing initiatives and programs and help us innovate and think about what is best for now and right for tomorrow as Figma scales.

What you’ll do at Figma:

• Manage face-to-face and virtual L&D delivery acting globally as an expert facilitator on a wide range of Figmate and Figmanager related learning including: 
  • Leadership Development (incl. Aspiring Leader and First Line Manager Programs)
  • Team Development
  • Change Readiness (incl. Resilience, Adaptability, and Change Management)
  • Assessments (e.g. DISC; Strengthsfinder)
  • Soft skills (e.g. Communication Skills, Emotional Intelligence, Problem-Solving Skills, and Time Management)
• Connect with key stakeholders to assess individual leader and team learning needs, developing impactful and scalable learning opportunities aligned with our global strategy
• Manage external vendors aligned to learning content delivery and coaching (incl. Betterup)
• Develop a common language / framework(s) for use across the business linked to our ‘expectations’ of leaders at Figma
• 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

Some projects you could work on:

• Deliver, evaluate, and scale programs (incl. Aspiring Managers, First Time Managers; and Mid Career Managers).
• Embedding our ‘Leadership Expectations’ into the business providing learning content for areas where leaders may need to shift their mindset and behavior.
• Support adhoc requests for team ‘offsites’ and develop system to create scalable and sustainable method for delivery.
• Design and deliver a People Partner train the trainer style program to align with our global leadership expectations.
• Create leadership L&D content on using FigJam and Fig Slides. 

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

• You are an expert at facilitating and coaching both virtually and in person
• You have experience measuring impact and iterating on programs
• You have 10+ years of experience in a learning and development role (incl. Leadership Development)
• You thrive in ambiguity, adapt quickly to a changing environment and take a global view
• You have the ability to communicate and influence across all levels of an organization
• You’re strong at strategic thinking, advising, mentoring, coaching and analytical skills
• You have experience working with multiple 3rd party vendors (e.g. BetterUp)
• You have strong practical knowledge of learning technologies and innovations in learning design
• You have used FigJam and Fig Slides before and/or have the desire to quickly learn
• You are comfortable rolling your sleeves up and managing a lot of your own activity as we mature our systems and processes as a team
• You are a skilled communicator who can attract and engage participants to programs 

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.

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.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to apply for a role, participate in the interview process, perform essential job functions, and receive other benefits and privileges of employment. If you require accommodation, please reach out to accommodations-ext@figma.com. These modifications enable an individual with a disability to have an equal opportunity not only to get a job, but successfully perform their job tasks to the same extent as people without disabilities. 

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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