Principal Product Designer

Premier Inc.

5d•$141,000 - $234,000•Remote

About The Position

Principal Product Designer What you will be doing: The Senior Design Lead is a hands-on, strategic individual contributor driving the end-to-end user experience across complex, multi-product ecosystems. They lead design for all platforms, shaping product vision, maintaining scalable design systems, and delivering high-quality, accessible, and cohesive UX/UI solutions. Partnering closely with Product, Engineering, and Research, they solve ambiguous problems, mentor designers, and use data-driven insights to elevate design quality and inform decision-making. Key Responsibilities Responsibility #1 – Experience Strategy & Design Leadership: 30% Define and evolve the end-to-end user experience across multiple products and platforms, setting a clear vision and strategic direction for design. Influence product roadmaps, priorities, and decision-making by advocating for user-centered design and ensuring alignment with business goals. Translate complex, ambiguous problems into actionable design opportunities that enhance cohesion and usability across the ecosystem. Responsibility #2 – Hands-On Design Execution:30% Lead the creation of high-quality UX, UI, and interaction designs for complex features and workflows. Ensure designs are accessible, usable, visually consistent, and scalable across platforms, leveraging best practices in interaction design and visual hierarchy. Prototype, iterate, and validate solutions using research, data, and user feedback to deliver refined, production-ready experiences. Responsibility #3 – Design System & Cross-Functional Collaboration:20% Maintain and scale the design system, reusable components, patterns, and standards in partnership with Engineering. Work closely with Product, Research, and Engineering teams to define scope, align on execution, and ensure that design decisions are technically feasible and strategically aligned. Promote consistent, high-quality design across all products while supporting cross-functional teams in implementing and using the system effectively. Responsibility #4 – Mentorship & Design Quality Elevation: 20% Mentor and coach other designers, providing guidance, feedback, and knowledge-sharing to elevate team skills and performance. Advocate for design excellence by modeling best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and championing usability, accessibility, and visual quality in every product. Help build a strong design culture that empowers the team to produce impactful, user-centered solutions at scale.

Requirements

Years of Applicable Experience - 10 or more years
Bachelors (Required)
User Experience (UX) Design: Expertise in crafting end-to-end user experiences, including interaction design, information architecture, wireframing, and prototyping for complex products.
User Interface (UI) Design: Strong visual design skills with a keen eye for typography, color, layout, and consistency across platforms. Experience creating polished, production-ready UI components.
Design Systems & Standards: Experience building, maintaining, and scaling design systems, reusable patterns, and component libraries to ensure consistency and efficiency across products.
Accessibility & Usability: Deep understanding of accessibility standards (WCAG) and usability best practices, ensuring designs are inclusive and user-friendly.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Skilled in partnering with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to align on strategy, scope, and execution while navigating complex organizational dynamics.
Research & Data-Driven Design: Ability to leverage user research, analytics, and testing to inform, validate, and iterate on design solutions.
Mentorship & Leadership: Experience mentoring and guiding designers, providing constructive feedback, and elevating overall design quality and team performance.
Strategic Thinking: Capacity to translate business goals, user needs, and technical constraints into cohesive design strategies and product roadmaps.
Tools & Prototyping: Proficiency in design and prototyping tools such as Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, Principle, InVision, or similar.
Communication & Presentation: Strong skills in articulating design decisions, storytelling, and presenting concepts clearly to stakeholders at all levels.
Experience: 10+ years of professional design experience, with a strong focus on UX/UI design for complex, multi-product ecosystems.
Proven track record of leading end-to-end design for multiple platforms, translating ambiguous problems into cohesive, high-quality user experiences.
Experience building, scaling, and maintaining design systems, including reusable components, patterns, and standards.
Demonstrated ability to influence product strategy and roadmaps through design thinking, data-driven insights, and user research.
Mentorship and leadership experience, coaching designers, providing constructive feedback, and elevating design quality across teams.
Strong history of cross-functional collaboration with Product, Engineering, and Research teams to ensure aligned execution and consistent design outcomes.
Expertise in accessible, usable, and visually consistent design, with a focus on inclusive design practices and usability testing.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in design, Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Graphic Design, or a related field (required)
Remain in a stationary position for prolonged periods of time
Be adaptive and change priorities quickly; meet deadlines
Attention to detail
Operate computer programs and software
Ability to communicate effectively with audiences in person and in electronic formats.
Day-to-day contact with others (co-workers and/or the public)
Making independent decisions
Ability to work in a collaborative business environment in close quarters with peers and varying interruptions

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree or advanced coursework in HCI, UX, Product Design, or related disciplines (preferred)
Relevant certifications (optional but valued): UX Design or Human-Centered Design certifications Accessibility (WCAG) or Inclusive Design certifications Design System or Advanced UI/UX specialization programs

Responsibilities

Define and evolve the end-to-end user experience across multiple products and platforms, setting a clear vision and strategic direction for design.
Influence product roadmaps, priorities, and decision-making by advocating for user-centered design and ensuring alignment with business goals.
Translate complex, ambiguous problems into actionable design opportunities that enhance cohesion and usability across the ecosystem.
Lead the creation of high-quality UX, UI, and interaction designs for complex features and workflows.
Ensure designs are accessible, usable, visually consistent, and scalable across platforms, leveraging best practices in interaction design and visual hierarchy.
Prototype, iterate, and validate solutions using research, data, and user feedback to deliver refined, production-ready experiences.
Maintain and scale the design system, reusable components, patterns, and standards in partnership with Engineering.
Work closely with Product, Research, and Engineering teams to define scope, align on execution, and ensure that design decisions are technically feasible and strategically aligned.
Promote consistent, high-quality design across all products while supporting cross-functional teams in implementing and using the system effectively.
Mentor and coach other designers, providing guidance, feedback, and knowledge-sharing to elevate team skills and performance.
Advocate for design excellence by modeling best practices, fostering a culture of continuous learning, and championing usability, accessibility, and visual quality in every product.
Help build a strong design culture that empowers the team to produce impactful, user-centered solutions at scale.