Square is a company that has evolved to provide integrated, omnichannel solutions for sellers. The Principal Product Designer will shape the future of retail businesses by collaborating with cross-functional teams to enhance product experiences and drive design excellence.
Responsibilities:
- Collaborate with Designers, Product Managers, Engineers, and Data Scientists to shape a vision and roadmap that up-levels the quality of the product experience for our customers
- Propose design and product opportunities, promote them across the organization, and own projects from concept through release
- Promote design excellence through mentorship, feedback, and knowledge sharing
- Maintain a principled, customer-centric approach throughout each project, using data, insights, and experience to inform decisions
- Experiment with new design tools, methodologies, and approaches to improve the design process and inspire creativity
- Foster a culture of experimentation and creativity, and build connections across teams and disciplines
Requirements:
- 12+ years of relevant Product design experience
- A portfolio demonstrating exceptional UX craft, vision, systems design, and prototyping skills
- Experience as an influential design leader who ships impactful, strategic work—including multi-year visions to iterative releases
- Strong design point of view and understanding of how to balance the needs of the customer with that of the business
- Excellent storytelling skills, and a 'show don't tell' approach to aligning teams around a shared vision, often through prototyping and AI tools
- A strong drive to continuously learn and grow, particularly in leveraging AI and emerging technologies to enhance workflow efficiency and optimize team processes