Senior Principal UI/UX Designer

Lead end-to-end product design efforts, creating intuitive user experiences. Partner with cross-functional leaders to shape product strategy and mentor other designers.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end product design efforts—from user research and ideation to prototyping, usability testing, and final design execution—to create intuitive, high-impact user experiences.
• Define overarching design principles and frameworks that ensure consistency and scalability across a company’s applications or product ecosystem.
• Partner with cross-functional leaders (such as product, engineering, and research) to shape product strategy and articulate a long-term vision for user experience.
• Mentor other designers and uplifts organizational design standards, influencing company-wide processes and raising the creative bar.
• Advocate for design as a strategic function that drives innovation and measurable business outcomes.
• Shape design culture, facilitate inclusive collaboration, and help technology organizations evolve toward more user-centered decision-making.
• Work across BigBear.ai on user experience design and unifying brand and application experience in all applications.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience as a Senior UX designer with management and leadership experience.
• 16+ Years of relevant experience with a relevant BA/BS degree.
• Required Tools: Figma, Axure, Pendo, Jira, Confluence, Photoshop, Illustrator, FigJam, HTML, CSS, HTML, iOS, Sitecore, OpenAI, Respondent, Sketch.
• A minimum of 14+ years of experience and a Master’s degree in Human Centered Design and Engineering.

Key Skills

• Mobile Design - Experience crafting mobile interfaces and workflows tailored to the constraints and expectations of mobile users, ensuring usability and consistency across devices.
• Responsive Design - Skills in designing fluid interfaces that adapt elegantly to different screen sizes and devices, maintaining usability and brand consistency.
• Team Mentorship - Proven record mentoring junior designers and cross-functional team members, facilitating skill development and fostering a collaborative, inclusive environment.
• Prototyping - Ability to rapidly translate concepts into interactive prototypes for user testing, stakeholder review, and efficient iteration during product development.
• Application Design - Experience driving the end-to-end design of complex applications, focusing on business requirements, technical feasibility, and outstanding user experience.
• Usability Testing - Expertise planning and conducting tests to evaluate design decisions, identify pain points, and validate proposed solutions with real users.
• User Interviews - Proficiency conducting interviews to gather user insights, inform personas, and validate user needs as part of a human-centered design process.
• UX Writing - Skilled in writing clear, concise, and accessible interface copy, microcopy, help text, and error messages to enhance user experience and engagement.
• Visual Design - Strength in developing visual assets, including layouts, iconography, color systems, and typography, ensuring a cohesive and appealing brand presentation.
• Wireframing - Ability to create wireframes and low-fidelity mockups that structure page content, layout, and navigation, forming the foundation for design and development iteration.

Benefits

• Competitive pay
• Generous benefits
• Clear paths for growth