Lead Product Designer, Applied AI

Circle is a fully-remote platform enabling online communities with discussions, events, chat, courses, and payments. As Lead Product Designer for Applied AI, you will design AI-native experiences, agents, workflows, and copilots for creators and community managers. This role emphasizes user trust, control, and usability in AI systems, while leading design strategy and collaborating closely with product, engineering, and AI teams.

Circle is building the world’s leading platform for online communities, integrating discussions, events, chat, courses, and payments. As Lead Product Designer, Applied AI, you will shape AI-native experiences, designing agents, workflows, and copilots that enable creators and community managers to work effectively with AI in a remote-first, high-autonomy environment.

Responsibilities:
- Own the design strategy for Applied AI surfaces from discovery to shipped experiences.
- Provide thought leadership on AI and UX trends, guiding design direction.
- Operate autonomously to identify opportunities, frame problems, and deliver 0→1 solutions.
- Collaborate with Product and Engineering on product decisions, not just execution.
- Design end-to-end AI-powered experiences including agents, workflows, and copilot features.
- Define patterns for AI-assisted and AI-automated actions: triggering, monitoring, correcting, and building user trust.
- Tackle novel UX challenges around transparency, control, and error handling in non-deterministic systems.
- Prototype and test AI-powered flows and interactions with users.
- Work embedded with engineering and ML teams to iterate designs as AI capabilities evolve.

Requirements:
- 6+ years of product design experience with a portfolio demonstrating UX and visual craft.
- Hands-on experience designing AI-powered tools, conversational interfaces, or automation systems.
- Deep experience using AI in design workflows, including research, prototyping, and content creation.
- Proficiency with AI-assisted prototyping tools such as v0, Lovable, Cursor, and Claude Code.
- Strong prototyping skills and ability to build realistic, clickable prototypes.
- Expertise in Figma for high-fidelity design and collaboration.
- Exceptional communication skills to influence decisions and align teams asynchronously.
- Comfortable designing in ambiguity with attention to detail for polished, shippable work.

Benefits:
- Competitive U.S.-benchmarked compensation with equity.
- Fully remote work from anywhere with autonomy and high trust.
- 35 days PTO annually plus paid sabbatical after five years.
- Medical coverage for employees and family, parental leave, and home office stipend.
- Learning and development stipend and annual bonus potential.
- Twice-yearly company retreats in global locations.

Join Circle to define the future of AI-powered community tools and lead design for complex, intelligent workflows that enhance creator and community experiences.