Principal UX Designer

Palo Alto Networks•Office - USA - CA - Headquarters, CA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

Our Mission At Palo Alto Networks®, we’re united by a shared mission—to protect our digital way of life. We thrive at the intersection of innovation and impact, solving real-world problems with cutting-edge technology and bold thinking. Here, everyone has a voice, and every idea counts. If you’re ready to do the most meaningful work of your career alongside people who are just as passionate as you are, you’re in the right place. Who We Are In order to be the cybersecurity partner of choice, we must trailblaze the path and shape the future of our industry. This is something our employees work at each day and is defined by our values: Disruption, Collaboration, Execution, Integrity, and Inclusion. We weave AI into the fabric of everything we do and use it to augment the impact every individual can have. If you are passionate about solving real-world problems and ideating beside the best and the brightest, we invite you to join us! We believe collaboration thrives in person. That’s why most of our teams work from the office full time, with flexibility when it’s needed. This model supports real-time problem-solving, stronger relationships, and the kind of precision that drives great outcomes. Job Summary Leads large, complex cross-team initiatives, Uses Gen AI or any other tools/plugins to automate process and create efficiency. Works with engineering to create integrations and leverage MCP (Model Context Protocol). Works with the UX and product team to build a scalable AI-enhanced design process, leveraging the design system but also keeping scope for innovation. Aligns stakeholders around clear design decisions Demonstrates deep understanding of product strategy and roadmap Partners proactively with PM and Engineering on future direction Improves coherence across related areas of the product Produces work that influences other designers Makes reasoning explicit in critiques and decision discussions Raises quality and clarity across the areas they influence, by actively elevating the work of other designers through critique, shared work, and making design reasoning and standards explicit Shapes how problems are defined and approached , not just how they are solved Brings clarity and direction in areas where the problem or approach is not yet well defined

Requirements

Deep understanding of product strategy and roadmap
Proactive partnership with PM and Engineering on future direction
Ability to improve coherence across related areas of the product
Ability to produce work that influences other designers
Ability to make reasoning explicit in critiques and decision discussions
Ability to raise quality and clarity across influenced areas by actively elevating the work of other designers through critique, shared work, and making design reasoning and standards explicit
Ability to shape how problems are defined and approached, not just how they are solved
Ability to bring clarity and direction in areas where the problem or approach is not yet well defined

Nice To Haves

Uses Gen AI or any other tools/plugins to automate process and create efficiency
Works with engineering to create integrations and leverage MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Works with the UX and product team to build a scalable AI-enhanced design process, leveraging the design system but also keeping scope for innovation

Responsibilities

Leads large, complex cross-team initiatives
Uses Gen AI or any other tools/plugins to automate process and create efficiency
Works with engineering to create integrations and leverage MCP (Model Context Protocol)
Works with the UX and product team to build a scalable AI-enhanced design process, leveraging the design system but also keeping scope for innovation
Aligns stakeholders around clear design decisions
Demonstrates deep understanding of product strategy and roadmap
Partners proactively with PM and Engineering on future direction
Improves coherence across related areas of the product
Produces work that influences other designers
Makes reasoning explicit in critiques and decision discussions
Raises quality and clarity across the areas they influence, by actively elevating the work of other designers through critique, shared work, and making design reasoning and standards explicit
Shapes how problems are defined and approached , not just how they are solved
Brings clarity and direction in areas where the problem or approach is not yet well defined