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MavenMavenUnited States

Principal Designer

Leads design vision for complex product initiatives at a human expertise platform, partnering with leadership to simplify challenges, elevate craft with scalable systems, and integrate AI workflows for rapid ideation to production. Requires 8-10+ years experience, systems thinking, and strategic influence.

200k – 270k/yr
Remote8+ YOEProduct Design

About the role

What You'll Do

Shape product strategy and set design vision:

  • Lead the design vision for complex, cross-functional initiatives, defining strategic direction and ensuring experiences align with both customer and business goals.

Simplify complex problems:

  • Translate ambiguous product challenges into clear, elegant, and accessible design solutions.

Elevate design quality at scale:

  • Champion strong visual design craft, thoughtful interaction design, and scalable visual systems. Lead by example and set the bar for design quality at scale.

Drive cross-functional strategy:

  • Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Marketing to define holistic customer-centered strategies that drive high impact.

Leverage AI-driven workflows:

  • Apply AI-powered tools within the design process to accelerate ideation to production.

Lead through influence:

  • Provide design leadership and mentorship across the company, elevate the work of others without formal people management.

Design with AI at Maven

  • Design, code, and prototyping are increasingly unified. Prefer Claude Code and MCP workflows to move quickly from idea to production.
  • Create internal tools and workflows to eliminate repetitive work.
  • Experimentation encouraged with monthly stipends for new tools.
  • Optimize for impact: focus on speed from ideas to product.

You Should Apply If You Have

  • 8–10+ years of experience designing digital products, including time operating at a Lead or Principal level
  • Track record of owning ambiguous, high-impact problems and turning them into clear product direction
  • Exceptional visual and interaction craft, with a high bar for quality and detail
  • Strong systems thinking, designing for scale rather than one-off solutions
  • AI fluency, with experience integrating AI into your workflow to increase speed and/or exploration
  • Excellent communication and storytelling skills to influence cross-functional partners and leadership
  • Experience shaping product direction and strategy, not just executing within it

Compensation

  • $200k - $270k in salary with strong benefits and equity.

Skills

FigmaSketchAI ToolsClaude CodeMcp WorkflowsVisual DesignInteraction DesignDesign SystemsPrototypingProduct Strategy

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