[Remote] Principal Product Designer- United States

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Very is a fully distributed technology firm that creates efficient, scalable solutions for various clients. They are seeking a Principal Product Designer to oversee the full arc of design on projects, mentor other designers, and shape the processes and standards of the design team.ResponsibilitiesShape the work before it starts. Partner with sales through pre-sales and scoping. Act as a first point of contact for clients and delivery teamsDo the work. UX, UI, interactive prototyping, research, data visualization, and design systems. Run discovery workshops and alignment sessions. Facilitate feedback with clients and their users. Partner closely with engineering. Make sure design QA happensSet the bar for everyone else. Define the processes and craft standards the team works from, and make sure they're held across projects. Build the tooling that makes the team faster and better in an AI-enabled world. Mentor designers and lift the craft of the people around youSkillsA minimum of 5 years in a design lead role, setting direction on projects. (For context, that usually means around a decade in design overall.)A track record of launching real products, not just polished concepts. Zero-to-one and incremental work bothA history of mentoring designers and raising the craft of a team, not just shipping your own workA point of view on where AI belongs in a design practice, and the drive to build the tools that put it thereCommunication above all. Writing matters, but what matters more is your ability to speak, articulate your thinking, and carry a roomSelf-direction and ownership. You scope your work, manage its blast radius, and know when to push back or say noComfort with ambiguity, at both the design and business layerDesign systems thinking as a core competencyUX and UI designInteractive prototypingUser researchData visualizationDesign systemsMust be authorized to work in the United States of America without sponsorshipIoT and connected-product experienceReact, HTML, and CSS (our team does this; we can teach it)Experience designing for data-heavy or analytical products, where the challenge is making complex information feel clear and actionableExperience designing agentic or AI-driven products, you understand how to design for systems that act, not just respondBenefitsUp to 20%.401k matchComprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance$200/mo cell/internet stipend$600/yr home office equipment stipendPaid parental leave (95th percentile in the U.S.)Continuing education stipend ($2,500/yr after one year)Loaned MacBook Pro and other necessary equipmentCompany OverviewVery is an IoT technology firm led by a team of expert problem-solvers It was founded in 2011, and is headquartered in Chattanooga, Tennessee, USA, with a workforce of 51-200 employees. Its website is https://www.verytechnology.com/.