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Job description
Job Title: Principal Product Designer
Location: Charlotte, NC (Hybrid - 3 days onsite)
Job Type: Contract
Experience: Senior/Principal level
Job Overview
Our client is seeking a Principal Product Designer to own how validated product opportunities are translated into compelling user experiences. This role leads solution shaping through rapid prototyping, interaction design, and product thinking, while evolving the experience foundations that allow those solutions to scale across the organisation (Compass platform).
Key Responsibilities
Translate validated opportunities into product experiences; explore multiple solution directions before converging
Define future-state workflows and interaction models aligned to long-term vision
Prototype at the right fidelity to improve product decisions - not just communicate designs
Use AI to accelerate concept exploration and iteration
Validate concepts with users and stakeholders before engineering investment
Evolve reusable interaction patterns, experience principles, and visual language
Grow and maintain the experience system from proven patterns
Improve Design-Engineering collaboration and recommend workflow improvements
Coach designers and elevate product design practices across the team
Required Skills
Senior-level product design expertise with a strong interaction design portfolio
Rapid prototyping skills across multiple fidelity levels
Experience building and evolving design systems and component libraries
Ability to partner with Product, Discovery, and Engineering teams
Preferred Skills
Experience using AI-enabled design workflows
History of coaching or mentoring designers
Experience on enterprise-scale or platform products
Location & Work Model
Charlotte, NC - Hybrid (3 days per week onsite). Local candidates strongly preferred.
Engagement Details
Contract position.
Worksite address
charlotte, NC, 28245, US
Who can apply
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