# Principal Designer

**Company:** [Maven](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/maven)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** Product Design
**Salary:** $200k – $270k/yr
**Experience:** 8+ years
**Skills:** Figma, Sketch, AI Tools, Claude Code, Mcp Workflows, Visual Design, Interaction Design, Design Systems, Prototyping, Product Strategy
**Posted:** 2026-04-22

> 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.

## Job Description

## 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.

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