Lead Product Designer, Dating Outcomes

Match Group • New York, NY

19d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

• 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.

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.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1,001-5,000 employees