Jake Geller

Head of Design

Denver, Colorado, United States12 yrs 8 mos experience

Key Highlights

  • Expert in scaling DesignOps across organizations.
  • Passionate about cultivating psychological safety in design teams.
  • Proven track record in managing design programs.
Stackforce AI infers this person is a Design Operations leader in the SaaS industry.

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Skills

Core Skills

Design OperationsDesign Program ManagementProduct DesignResearch OperationsUser Experience DesignBrand Management

Other Skills

Design ThinkingE-commerce OptimizationFigma (Software)Information ArchitectureInteraction DesignManagementMicrosoft ExcelMicrosoft OfficeProduct ManagementStrategyUX OperationsUsabilityUser Interface DesignUser-centered Design

About

Design leader with experience establishing and scaling DesignOps & ResearchOps practices across multiple organizations. Passionate about supporting and growing designers, simplifying processes and programs, and cultivating psychological safety.

Experience

Figma

2 roles

Head of Design Operations

Promoted

Aug 2025Present · 7 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States · Remote

  • Leading and scaling the DesignOps function at Figma
Design Operations

Design Operations

Dec 2024Aug 2025 · 8 mos · Denver, Colorado, United States · Remote

  • DPM for Figma's internal design system + driving team DesignOps programs
  • Interim design lead for Product Foundations design pillar
Design OperationsDesign Program Management

Thescore

Design Operations Manager

May 2023Dec 2024 · 1 yr 7 mos · Bellevue, Washington, United States · Remote

Design Operations

Bennie

Head of Product Design

Mar 2022Jun 2022 · 3 mos · Ventura, California, United States

Product Design

Procore technologies

2 roles

Manager, Design & Research Operations

Dec 2020Mar 2022 · 1 yr 3 mos

Design OperationsResearch Operations

Staff Product Designer

Mar 2019Dec 2020 · 1 yr 9 mos

Product Design

Balsam brands

3 roles

Senior UX Designer

Mar 2015Sep 2018 · 3 yrs 6 mos

User Experience Design

UX Strategist & Brand Manager

Promoted

Nov 2013Feb 2015 · 1 yr 3 mos

User Experience Design

Brand Management Analyst

Jul 2012Oct 2013 · 1 yr 3 mos

Brand Management

Brown university

3 roles

Teaching and Research Award Recipient

Jun 2011Sep 2011 · 3 mos · Providence, RI

Lead Teaching Assistant

May 2011Jun 2011 · 1 mo · Providence, RI

Design Thinking Workshop Facilitator

Mar 2011Jun 2011 · 3 mos · Providence, RI

Education

Brown University

Bachelor's degree

Jan 2008Jan 2012

Germantown Friends School

High School Diploma

Jan 2008Present

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