Product Designer, Principal Associate

Capital One • McLean, VA

2d • $115,900 - $158,700

About The Position

We’re currently seeking a Principal Product Designer to join our DevX (Developer Experience) Design team. We’re passionate about creating memorable, meaningful product experiences that build the Capital One brand with humanity and drive business advantage and innovation. In this role, you’ll join a team of designers to understand and improve the day-to-day workflows of our technologists. This is an area of high impact where you will work alongside cross-functional partners in product and engineering, to map current-state pain points, develop a vision for the future, and ship next-gen tooling that will be used across the enterprise. The Experience Design team at Capital One is at the forefront of enriching our customers’ digital and physical experiences. We champion a thriving environment of collaboration, authenticity and healthy critique, in which we honor diversity of thought, create a culture of belonging, and elevate one another. If you’re a creative innovator who embraces an environment where you can experiment, learn, and change banking for good, we’d love to hear from you. Role Expectations As a Product Designer, you’ll combine your craft expertise with an understanding of our customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems. Here are some of the expected competencies for this role:

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in a Product Design role
• At least 3 years of experience with design and prototyping tools, such as Figma

Nice To Haves

• At least 4 years of experience in a Product Design role
• At least 4 years of experience with design and prototyping tools, such as Figma
• At least 4 years of experience collaborating with product, tech and business partners
• At least 4 years of experience working with an established design system
• Experience in software development and coding
• Experience working in heavily regulated, data heavy problem spaces

Responsibilities

• Leverage deep expertise in product design and skills across interaction, visual and service design to elevate the quality and maturity of the design practice at Capital One; in collaboration with cross-functional partners, use appropriate tools, platforms, frameworks and design systems and work with teams to create artifacts that may include journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs and prototypes
• Champion the customer through the design process, leveraging critical-thinking skills that factor in data, research insights, scalability, tech constraints and feedback
• Understand and apply business and customer strategy, facilitate design process activities with team and partners, negotiating customer needs and business goals for harmonious outcomes
• Actively build an understanding of the potential of tech and data capabilities and emerging technologies and use this knowledge to inform work, identify new opportunities and help your team navigate technical limitations
• Foster relationships with partners and continuously expand your network, listening to diverse points of view and collaborating with an informed perspective to influence outcomes, break down silos and gain alignment
• Present work to audiences across levels and job functions using a human-centered approach that integrates design frameworks, data and research insights to effectively articulate insights and design decisions

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Principal
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees