Sr. Principal, Visual Interaction & Information Systems, Design Foundations, Devices And Services Design

Senior Principal Interaction Design

We are seeking an expert Senior Principal to lead in defining, harmonizing and elevating the future of interaction and information design systems across our devices and services ecosystem. Working in close partnership with the Visual Systems team, this role will drive fundamental innovation in information architecture, UI flows, and interaction patterns, establishing new paradigms, cross-device, that shape our product portfolio. Impact & Scope:

• Direct influence over information architecture and interaction strategy across multiple product lines
• Guide investment decisions for next-generation interaction technologies and information systems
• Drive unified interaction-visual experiences across the product portfolio
• Define taxonomies and navigation patterns that scale across the organization

Key job responsibilities:

• Lead the strategic vision for information architecture, user flows, and interaction systems across multiple product lines
• Design and implement coherent information hierarchies that scale across complex systems
• Create unified taxonomies and navigation frameworks that enable intuitive user journeys
• Develop sophisticated UI flows that seamlessly guide users through complex tasks and systems
• Collaborate intensively with the Visual Systems team to create cohesive, intuitive experiences
• Design deterministic and parametric UX systems that can adapt to different contexts, modalities, and user needs while maintaining coherence
• Establish information architecture standards and interaction design patterns that scale organization-wide
• Drive cross-functional innovation initiatives that revolutionize how users navigate and interact with information
• Mentor and develop senior technical talent while fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence
• Partner with senior leadership to identify strategic opportunities and guide long-term technology investments
• Lead and inspire designers and teams through individual creative output and collaborative work
• Lead projects in a collaborative multi-disciplinary team including designers, hardware engineers, writers, product managers and software developers

A day in the life:

This individual serves as both thought leader and problem solver in interaction design and information architecture. In partnership with the ECD Senior Principal of Visual Systems, they will create a powerhouse of design standards and excellence, tackling complex system-level challenges. They will lead through designing, demonstrating, critiquing, and collaborating, while developing innovative solutions to previously unsolved interaction problems. Together, they will conduct joint expert-level design critiques to raise the bar across the organization. This person must influence through evidence-based design, solve intricate design challenges at scale, and consistently anticipate future trends to create cohesive and desirable experiences across devices and services. This complementary partnership will define and drive the next generation of unified interaction and visual experiences for the organization, turning ambitious design problems into elegant solutions.

About the team:

The Foundations team is part of Devices and Services Design. As a digital design craft team, we are mighty, strategic doers and hold the design quality bar high. Our concern is the art of creating high-quality outcomes for our customers and design. We learn by generating and externalizing design intent. We combine creativity with technical mastery, while pushing the boundaries to inspire, provoke, and solution. We require keen attention to detail and design intent with a deep understanding of design and mathematical principles, methods and tools. We have a commitment to excellence that elevates a design from functional to exceptional to storied.