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Principal UX Designer

Walmart 🇺🇸 Bentonville, Arkansas, United States of America

Onsite $110,000 - $220,000 Full-time Senior

The Principal UX Designer will lead design direction for complex, high-impact product areas, defining experience strategy that balances user needs, business priorities, and technical realities. Responsibilities include driving the design process from concept through delivery, ensuring high quality, and influencing cross-functional teams through clear communication and rationale.

Responsibilities

  • Lead design direction for complex, high-impact product areas, platforms, or cross-functional programs
  • Define and communicate experience strategy that connects user needs, business priorities, and technical realities
  • Translate ambiguous or complex problem spaces into clear frameworks, opportunities, and end-to-end UX solutions
  • Drive the design process from concept through delivery, ensuring a high bar for usability, accessibility, and craft

Requirements

  • Significant experience designing digital products, platforms, or services with a record of driving impact in complex environments
  • Deep strength in UX design, including interaction design, information architecture, systems thinking, prototyping, and visual communication
  • Ability to define experience strategy and connect detailed design decisions to broader product and business goals
  • Strong leadership presence and the ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders without formal authority

Benefits

  • Competitive pay
  • Performance-based bonus awards
  • Health benefits (medical, vision, and dental coverage)
  • Financial benefits (401(k), stock purchase, and company-paid life insurance)
  • Paid time off benefits (PTO, parental leave, family care leave, bereavement, jury duty, and voting)

Key Skills

UX design Interaction design Information architecture Systems thinking Prototyping Visual communication Leadership Communication Influence Strategic thinking Design systems Agile methodology

About Walmart

More than 60 years ago, Sam Walton opened the first Walmart in Rogers, Arkansas. Today, we’re a people-led, tech-powered omnichannel retailer dedicated to helping people save money and live better all around the world. Our 2.1 million associates are the engine behind what we do — serving customers and members in communities spanning 19 countries, in stores and clubs, online and through a supply chain built for speed and scale. We’re committed to creating clear pathways for associates to learn, grow and advance. Whether you’re starting your first job or bringing years of experience, you’ll find room to grow, learn new skills and build a career with purpose. We’re proud to invest in our people and foster a culture grounded in respect, integrity, service and striving for excellence. Recognized as a Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For® (2025) and Great Place To Work®-Certified™ , we’re proud of what we’re building together.

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