Principal Product Designer (contract or FTE)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Product Designer (contract or FTE) based in United States.

This Principal Product Designer role offers the opportunity to shape complex, high-impact digital products across a wide range of industries and problem spaces. You will lead end-to-end design initiatives spanning research, strategy, interaction design, and visual execution. Working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, you’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams and clients to translate ambiguous challenges into clear, elegant solutions. The role blends hands-on design craftsmanship with strategic leadership, allowing you to influence both product direction and user experience outcomes. You will also mentor other designers, helping elevate design quality and team capability. Every project brings new domains, from emerging technologies to large-scale enterprise systems, ensuring continuous learning and creative variety. This is a highly autonomous role where your decisions directly shape meaningful, real-world products.

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Principal Product Designer (contract or FTE) based in United States.

This Principal Product Designer role offers the opportunity to shape complex, high-impact digital products across a wide range of industries and problem spaces. You will lead end-to-end design initiatives spanning research, strategy, interaction design, and visual execution. Working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment, you’ll partner closely with cross-functional teams and clients to translate ambiguous challenges into clear, elegant solutions. The role blends hands-on design craftsmanship with strategic leadership, allowing you to influence both product direction and user experience outcomes. You will also mentor other designers, helping elevate design quality and team capability. Every project brings new domains, from emerging technologies to large-scale enterprise systems, ensuring continuous learning and creative variety. This is a highly autonomous role where your decisions directly shape meaningful, real-world products.

Accountabilities:

• Lead end-to-end product design work including discovery, research, information architecture, interaction design, and visual design for complex digital products.
• Facilitate workshops with stakeholders and executive-level clients to define product vision, user needs, and experience strategy.
• Create and communicate user flows, interaction models, prototypes, and high-fidelity interface designs across multiple platforms.
• Collaborate closely with product managers, engineers, and other designers to deliver cohesive and scalable design systems.
• Mentor and guide other designers, supporting their growth and raising overall design quality.
• Translate business objectives and user insights into intuitive, accessible, and impactful product experiences.
• Ensure timely delivery of design work while maintaining high standards of craft, usability, and consistency.

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience in UX and product design, ideally within digital product environments.
• Strong portfolio demonstrating end-to-end product design work, including research, interaction design, and visual execution.
• Proven ability to lead design workshops, present confidently to executives, and facilitate stakeholder alignment.
• Deep understanding of design systems, user-centered design principles, and modern interface standards.
• Strong visual design sensibility with a passion for detail and craft.
• Experience creating user personas, user journeys, and research-driven design solutions.
• Ability to work independently while also thriving in collaborative, multidisciplinary teams.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design decisions both verbally and visually.
• Familiarity with HTML, CSS, and the technical foundations of digital product development.
• Willingness to occasionally travel for client or project-related engagements.

Benefits:

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• High-impact role shaping products used by large-scale global audiences.
• Strong autonomy with ownership over design direction and execution.
• Exposure to diverse industries including technology, healthcare, finance, and public sector innovation.
• Opportunity to work on cutting-edge problems involving emerging technologies and complex systems.
• Collaborative, fast-moving environment with small teams and high individual impact.
• Occasional travel opportunities for client workshops and project kick-offs.

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