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— Leonardo da Vinci
Principal UX Designer, GSR
Amazon • Los Angeles, United States of America 🇺🇸
Onsite $147,600 - $244,000 Full-time Lead
Amazon is hiring a Principal Product Designer to lead strategic design initiatives and shape product strategies across multiple platforms.
Responsibilities
- Define and execute long-term design strategy aligned with business objectives
- Identify opportunities for innovation and lead exploratory design initiatives
- Drive design thinking methodology across the organization
- Establish and evolve design standards and best practices
- Lead cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Marketing teams
- Own end-to-end design process for major product initiatives
- Create comprehensive design systems that scale
- Develop user flows, wireframes, and high-fidelity prototypes
- Ensure consistent, high-quality design implementation
- Pioneer new interaction patterns and visual frameworks
- Partner with research teams to gather actionable insights
- Conduct competitive analysis and market research
- Apply data analytics to inform design decisions
- Explore emerging technologies and their design implications
- Lead design sprints and innovation workshops
- Mentor and develop junior designers
- Foster a culture of design excellence and innovation
- Lead design reviews and provide constructive feedback
- Build and maintain design team processes
- Collaborate with recruitment to grow the design team
Requirements
- 10+ years of product design experience
- Portfolio demonstrating complex problem-solving
- Track record of shipping successful digital products
- Experience leading design teams or major initiatives
- History of cross-functional collaboration
- Expert knowledge of UI/UX design principles
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools
- Understanding of technical constraints and possibilities
- Experience with design systems and pattern libraries
- Knowledge of accessibility standards
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proven ability to influence without authority
- Experience mentoring and developing others
- Track record of driving innovation
Key Skills
- Expert knowledge of UI/UX design principles
- Proficiency in design and prototyping tools
- Understanding of technical constraints and possibilities
- Experience with design systems and pattern libraries
- Knowledge of accessibility standards
- Strong strategic thinking and problem-solving abilities
- Excellent communication and presentation skills
- Proven ability to influence without authority
- Experience mentoring and developing others
- Track record of driving innovation
About Amazon
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
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