Principal Product Designer

Responsibilities Define and drive design strategy across multiple product areas, connecting feature-level experiences to platform vision, customer outcomes, and business objectives. Establish organizational standards for interaction design, systems thinking, design quality, and design system governance, creating frameworks that enable consistency and scalability across teams. Lead complex, ambiguous, and high-impact design initiatives from discovery through execution, aligning stakeholders, shaping solutions, and measuring outcomes. Partner with Product, Engineering, and executive leadership to influence roadmaps, investment priorities, and architectural decisions through customer-centered design thinking and business insight. Champion a culture of design excellence by setting quality expectations, mentoring through influence, facilitating critique, and modeling best practices across the organization. Define how AI tools, agent-based workflows, and emerging technologies are incorporated into design processes, establishing standards for AI‑assisted work and responsible innovation. Communicate design vision and business value to senior leaders, building alignment around strategic opportunities and measurable outcomes. Requirements 10+ years experience in product design, including significant experience designing enterprise software or B2B SaaS products, with a portfolio demonstrating strategic impact and systems-level thinking. Proven ability to establish design vision, influence cross‑functional stakeholders, and drive alignment across multiple product areas without direct management authority. Expertise in designing complex enterprise experiences, including workflow‑heavy applications, data‑rich interfaces, role‑based systems, and platform‑scale ecosystems. Deep knowledge of design systems, including component architecture, design tokens, governance models, and scalable operational frameworks. Strong understanding of AI‑enabled design practices, with the ability to define workflows, influence adoption, and guide quality standards across teams. Exceptional communication, storytelling, and executive presentation skills, with experience connecting design investment to business outcomes. Demonstrated ability to elevate design craft through mentorship, standards‑setting, collaboration, and leading by example. #J-18808-Ljbffr Jobtailor