Join Figma's Business Operations team to tackle strategic initiatives and drive operational improvements in a fully remote role.
Posted by employer 2 months ago
First seen on Joblaze 2 months ago
Last verified on the company career page 4 days ago
Requirements
- Experience
- 6+ years
Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.
Benefits
Joblaze summary
In the Business Operations role at Figma, the individual will engage in solving complex business challenges by collaborating with various teams to implement strategic initiatives. Key skills include strong analytical capabilities, effective communication, and the ability to navigate ambiguity, with a focus on data-driven decision-making. This position is well-suited for candidates with over six years of experience in fields like consulting or business finance, particularly those who thrive in high-growth environments. The role offers significant exposure to senior leadership and a chance to influence critical business outcomes.
Joblaze insights
- Listed about 2 months ago — first seen on Joblaze July 31, 2026. Last confirmed on Figma's careers page October 8, 2026.
- Salary band is in line with the typical range for comparable tech roles (median ~$130,000).
- Starts above 82% of 1325 comparable mid other roles in United States we track (median $105,000 across 177 companies).
Quick facts
- Is the Business Operations role remote?
- Yes — Figma lists this as a fully remote position.
- What's the salary range?
- Figma lists $140,000–$296,000 for this role.
- How much experience is required?
- At least 6 years of relevant experience for this Business Operations role.
- What seniority level is this role?
- Figma targets mid-level candidates for this position.
- Is this full-time or contract?
- Full-time for this Business Operations role at Figma.
From the original posting
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!
The Business Operations team is focused on solving some of Figma's most challenging business issues. We are a small team that works collaboratively across Engineering, Product, Go-to-Market, and Operations teams on a variety of strategic initiatives with a direct and quantifiable impact on our business. You will be asked to tackle a variety of unstructured problems, dissect them, synthesize a set of actionable insights and partner in the execution & implementation of the solution. The role requires someone who is highly analytical and strategic, a great communicator, approaches problems in a structured manner, and is comfortable with ambiguity. You'll get substantial senior leadership exposure, focus on the highest-priority business issues and be plugged into every facet of the business.
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:
- Identify, evaluate and prioritize new product initiatives, go-to-market strategies and operational projects, with an eye toward long term value creation
- Partner with key stakeholders across product, marketing, people, sales, and customer experience to understand, scope and implement operational improvements or perform analysis to inform strategic decision-making
- Drive execution of approved recommendations, partnering with cross-functional teams to deliver measurable results
- Develop executive-ready analyses, business cases, and recommendations by synthesizing quantitative data, customer insights, and market trends to influence strategic decision-making
- Establish success metrics and monitor key business performance indicators, using data to evaluate initiative impact, identify opportunities for optimization, and inform future investment decisions
- 6+ years of relevant experience in investment banking, management consulting, private equity, corporate planning, business finance, analytics, or related fields
- Demonstrated ability to distill complex issues into structured frameworks and develop concrete action plans
- Strong analytical expertise, and extensive experience building integrated models from scratch
- Experience building relationships and communicating with stakeholders across all levels and functions
- Track record of building processes from scratch & methodically resolving potential road-blocks
While it's not required, it's an added plus if you also have:
- Experience at a high growth B2B SaaS company
- Experience partnering with Product & GTM teams
- Experience with SQL
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
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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