Principal UX Designer, Senior Talent and Transformation (STT)

Amazon; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) matching

Parental leave

Job summary

Amazon is seeking a Principal UX Designer to define the vision for talent strategy and design AI-native tools in areas with evolving needs. You will lead human-centered interfaces that accelerate innovation and decision-making, collaborating with senior leaders and cross-functional teams to raise the design bar.

The role requires strategic thinking, hands-on design work, and a track record of mentoring others, shaping product experiences from discovery to launch.

Qualifications

• Ten years of design experience.
• Available online portfolio.
• Experience with UI design, information architecture, and interaction design.
• Lifecycle design from strategy through execution.

Responsibilities

• Set UX vision and influence the strategic product roadmap.
• Develop working prototypes to learn and iterate quickly.
• Facilitate work sessions with executive leaders.
• Own design of end-to-end product experiences and features.
• Lead design through all phases of the lifecycle from discovery to launch.
• Champion human-centered design culture.
• Drive collaboration with cross-functional partners on new ideas.
• Model Amazon Leadership Principles in the team.
• Provide coaching to grow junior designers into leaders.
• Create and drive adoption of design guidelines and tools.

Skills

UX design experience

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Tools

Sketch

Photoshop

Illustrator

Axure

Keynote

InVision

Job description

Description

The Senior Talent and Transformation team enables Amazon’s senior leaders, and through them the company, to be as successful as possible inventing and delivering for customers, today and tomorrow.

We seek a Principal UX Designer who excels in strategic thinking and thrives where no playbook exists. You will define the vision for how these leaders shape their talent strategy, designing AI-native tools in a domain where customer needs, requirements, and technical feasibility are often undefined.

Your work will cut through the complexity of leadership at Amazon: human-centered interfaces that speed innovation and decision-making. You will multiply the team’s impact, leading collaborations with senior leaders, setting the interaction patterns engineers build against, and raising the bar for the designers, researchers, and scientists you work with.

To succeed, you must be an innovative self-starter, a strategic big-picture thinker, and a hands-on technical collaborator obsessed with elevating both the work and the people around you.

Key job responsibilities

• Set UX vision and influence the strategic product roadmap.

• Develop working prototypes to learn and fail fast.

• Facilitate work sessions with executive leaders.

• Own the design of end-to-end product experiences and features.

• Lead design through all phases of the product development lifecycle, from discovery to launch.

• Champion human-centered design culture.

• Drive creative process and collaboration with cross-functional partners to propose new ideas and strategies.

• Model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles in their team and raises the design bar for the organization.

• Provide coaching and feedback, with an emphasis on growing junior designers into future leaders.

• Create and drive adoption of design guidelines, mechanisms, best practices, process, and tools.

A day in the life

As a Principal UX Designer, you will be working with product and engineering stakeholders closely on day-to-day basis. You will independently own major experiences, and collaborate deeply with other UX designers and research across teams, connecting individual features to a holistic, wide-ranging experience. You will share design work regularly with design team peer review, stakeholder review, and leadership.

About the team

Our team harnesses the power of design thinking to deeply understand our customers. We are highly motivated by accessibility and inclusion. We work on unique problems and define experiences that reinforce Amazon’s unique culture.

Basic Qualifications

• 10 years of design experience

• Have an available online portfolio

• Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design

• Experience in life cycle design projects from design strategy through execution

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience providing and effectively communicating strategic and tactical recommendations based on data

• Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, Keynote, and InVision

Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.

Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.

The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits .

USA, WA, Seattle – 164,000.00 – 221,800.00 USD annually