Principal UX Designer, GSR

As a Principal Product Designer at Amazon, you'll lead strategic design initiatives and shape the future of Amazon's products, influencing product direction at scale.

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

• UI/UX design principles
• Design and prototyping tools
• Technical constraints and possibilities
• Design systems and pattern libraries
• Accessibility standards
• Strategic thinking
• Problem-solving
• Communication
• Presentation
• Influence without authority
• Mentoring
• Innovation