Principal Product Designer

$167,700 - $224,900/Yr

Disney - Santa Monica, CA

Full-time - Senior

Santa Monica, CA

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries

About the position

The Principal Product Designer at Disney Entertainment & ESPN Technology will lead the design organization, focusing on creating innovative and user-centric products that enhance the Disney+ experience. This role involves strategic thinking, design expertise, and leadership to influence the direction of the design team and contribute to the company's long-term success. The designer will work across various domains, ensuring high standards in interface design and fostering a positive and inclusive design culture.

Responsibilities

• Drive organizational progress as a trusted influencer among Design, Product, and Tech leadership.
• Set industry standards in interface design, constantly raising the bar and contributing to tools and techniques.
• Demonstrate expertise in guiding projects on design and product strategy.
• Drive competitive analysis, problem definition, and articulation of the product vision.
• Lead a large domain, fostering meaningful relationships across functions and codifying best practices.
• Orchestrate shipping strategy for complex projects, ensuring efficiency in design workflows.
• Inspire and elevate designers in interaction design and prototype use.
• Contribute to design systems with technical, business, and interaction design leadership.
• Expertly present to large audiences, focusing on platform design, cross-brand systems thinking, and brand expression.
• Advocate for design as a discipline and represent 'capital D' Design as a strategic function.
• Utilize qualitative and quantitative research to affect company strategy.
• Guide landscape analysis, hypothesis development, and user testing, fostering a culture of inquiry.
• Build and document value-driven behaviors, promoting a healthy, value-driven culture.
• Collaborate inclusively, stewarding complex collaborative events and fostering cross-functional culture initiatives.
• Deliver clarity in complex project descriptions, design critiques, and documentation.
• Keep teams informed, seek feedback, deliver bad news with empathy, and mentor communicators for effective communication.
• Advocate for the betterment of design practice and represent Design as a strategic function.
• Play a central role in defining and communicating the vision for the entire product experience.

Requirements

• 10+ years of focused practice in product design or a related field.
• Proven experience as a design leader with a track record of driving organizational progress.
• Expertise in design fundamentals, content strategy, and interaction design.
• Strong leadership skills with a focus on delivery, collaboration, and inclusivity.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to advocate for design at various levels.
• Mastery in research, strategy impact, and fostering a culture of inquiry.
• Visionary thinking with the ability to define and communicate a cohesive vision for the product experience.

Nice-to-haves

• Proven experience in a senior design leadership role, influencing product strategy and driving organizational impact.

Benefits

• Medical, financial, and other benefits depending on the level and position offered.
• Bonus and/or long-term incentive units may be provided as part of the compensation package.