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Principal Product Designer. - Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Pagerduty 🇨🇦 Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Hybrid $159,000 - $209,000 Full-time Senior

The Principal Product Designer will define and drive the design vision for PagerDuty's AI and automation capabilities, including AI agents, while leading cross-functional collaboration to translate complex AI features into intuitive and trustworthy user experiences. This role involves establishing design principles for AI transparency and mentoring other designers on AI-UX best practices.

Responsibilities

  • Define and drive the design vision for PagerDuty's AI and automation capabilities, including AI agents
  • Lead cross-functional collaboration with AI/ML engineers, product managers, and data scientists to translate complex AI capabilities into intuitive, trustworthy user experiences
  • Establish design principles and patterns for AI transparency, explainability, and user control that build confidence in autonomous and semi-autonomous systems
  • Mentor and guide designers across the organization on AI/UX best practices, fostering a culture of innovation and excellence
  • Conduct strategic research to understand how technical teams adopt and trust AI-driven recommendations, automation, and insights in mission-critical contexts
  • Partner with product leadership to shape the AI and automation roadmap, balancing innovation with user needs and technical feasibility
  • Represent design in executive-level discussions and contribute to company-wide AI strategy and product positioning

Requirements

  • 10+ years of experience in product design, UX design, or interaction design with a focus on complex technical products
  • 3+ years of experience designing for AI/ML products, intelligent systems, automation platforms, or data-driven applications
  • Demonstrated experience leading design strategy and influencing product direction
  • Portfolio showcasing expertise in AI/UX, conversational interfaces, automation design, or intelligent agent experiences

Benefits

  • Competitive salary
  • Comprehensive benefits package
  • Flexible work arrangements
  • Company equity
  • ESPP (Employee Stock Purchase Program)
  • Retirement or pension plan
  • Generous paid vacation time
  • Paid holidays and sick leave
  • Dutonian Wellness Days & HibernationDuty - companywide paid days off in addition to PTO
  • Paid parental leave
  • Paid volunteer time off
  • Mental wellness programs

Key Skills

Product design UX design Interaction design AI/ML Automation Conversational interfaces Intelligent agent experiences Design strategy Cross-functional collaboration AI transparency Explainability User control Confidence in autonomous systems Mentorship AI/UX best practices Strategic research Technical teams Adoption and trust AI-driven recommendations Automation Insights Mission-critical contexts Product leadership AI and automation roadmap Innovation Excellence

About Pagerduty

In an always-on world, teams trust PagerDuty to help them deliver an optimal digital experience to their customers, every time. PagerDuty is the central nervous system for a company’s digital operations. We identify issues and opportunities in real-time and bring together the right people to respond to problems faster and prevent them in the future. From digital disruptors to nearly half of the Fortune 500 and the Forbes AI 50s, over 34,000 paid and free customers rely on PagerDuty to help them continually improve their digital operations—so their teams can spend less time reacting to incidents and more time building for the future. Dutonians believe that we are a part of a bigger movement of businesses being built to benefit everyone—the customer and the employee, as well as our community. We are go-getters fueled by the fire to reinvent how people and companies work together. We take the lead and get creative to be first in the hearts of our customers. Whether it’s keeping the world

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