Strategic UX Design Leader — Product & Systems

Lutron Electronics; Philadelphia (Philadelphia County); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Lutron Electronics is seeking a Principal UX Designer to join our Philadelphia PA team. You will operate at strategic and execution levels, partnering with senior leadership to shape direction while guiding teams to deliver exceptional product experiences.

This role requires consensus building across product, engineering, and business functions. You will lead design strategy, drive end-to-end experience across multiple products, mentor designers, and help scale design systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, Information Science, CS, or related discipline.
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• 10+ years of UX/product design experience, including leadership at the principal or staff level
• Proven ability to lead senior-level, cross-functional workshops and drive alignment on strategic initiatives
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influence skills, with a track record of operating effectively without direct authority
• Demonstrated ability to bring clarity and direction to complex, ambiguous (“gray”) problem spaces
• Portfolio reflecting measurable business impact and strategic contributions to product outcomes
• Deep expertise in interaction design, systems thinking, and rapid prototyping
• Proficiency with modern design and collaboration tools (e.g., Figma, Miro)
• Willingness to travel to Coopersburg, PA at key points in the product cycle (minimum once per week)
• You are authorized to work in the U.S. and will not require Lutron to sponsor you for any work visa, such as an H-1B, either immediately or at any time in the future. Lutron does not offer work visa sponsorship for this position.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Facilitation & Alignment
• Facilitate design thinking workshops with cross-functional senior stakeholders to drive alignment and accelerate decision-making
• Translate abstract strategies into clear, testable product directions through rapid prototyping and visualization
• Lead teams through ambiguity, structuring complex, undefined problem spaces into actionable plans
• Drive consensus across diverse stakeholders, aligning business, product, and technical perspectives
• Create durable artifacts (frameworks, vision concepts, decision tools) that guide downstream execution
• Design Leadership & Execution
• Define and drive end-to-end experience strategy across multiple products
• Ensure design quality and coherence from concept through delivery
• Partner closely with research and engineering to balance user needs, business goals, and technical constraints
• Contribute to and scale design systems and UX standards
• Team Development & Influence
• Mentor and coach designers, elevating strategic thinking and facilitation skills
• Strengthen UX as a strategic discipline within the organization
• Establish team practices that support alignment, validation, and continuous learning

Skills

Interaction design

Systems thinking

Rapid prototyping

Design leadership

Figma

Miro

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Design, HCI, Information Science, CS, or related field

Tools

Figma

Miro

Job description

Lutron Electronics is seeking a Principal UX Designer to join our Philadelphia PA team. You will operate at strategic and execution levels, partnering with senior leadership to shape direction while guiding teams to deliver exceptional product experiences.

This role requires consensus building across product, engineering, and business functions. You will lead design strategy, drive end-to-end experience across multiple products, mentor designers, and help scale design systems.