Principal product designer

Job Title: Principal Product Designer

Location: U.S (Remote)

Pearson

Pearson is a product company whose mission is to have a direct relationship with millions of lifelong learners. As the world’s learning company with more than 22,500 employees operating in 70 countries, we provide content, assessment, and digital services to learners, educational institutions, employers, governments and other partners globally. We are committed to helping equip learners with the skills they need to enhance their world of opportunities. We believe that wherever learning flourishes so do people.

At Pearson you will be challenged in an organization that values vision, execution, and persistence. You will take ownership of our product by solving complex problems in simple, elegant ways. Product Designers at Pearson are embedded within product teams that are deeply collaborative, and each member is directly responsible for the team’s success.

Principal Product Designer

We are looking for a Principal Product Designer with a portfolio demonstrating high expertise in both desktop and native mobile projects, complex platforms, and processes which can be articulated through presentation and storytelling. We see Principal Product Designers as experts in their field, who can raise the bar as well as produce high quality design. While they are individual contributors, they lead by example and mentor more junior designers.

• As a Principal Product Designer, you have:
• 5+ years of relevant, demonstrable experience in Product Design as an individual contributor, producing seamless experiences and visually pleasing designs
• A good level of business acumen, achieved through your experience in the tech/product industry
• Ability to find solutions that take into account reusability, feasibility, and both customer and business needs
• Experience working with Design Systems
• Experience working in Agile as part of a product and technology team
  
  

About The Role

This position reports directly to the Manager of Product Design within the Higher Ed UX Team, focusing on the design and development of higher education courseware for students and instructors. The role centers on enhancing the user experience for a comprehensive suite of digital academic tools used in university and K-12 settings, including eTextbooks, interactive study materials, AI-supported learning modules, practice assessments, and personalized learning journeys. The Higher Ed UX Team supports both desktop and mobile experiences, ensuring courseware meets the evolving needs of global higher education audiences.

As a Principal Product Designer within the Higher Ed UX Team, you will:

• Partner with Product colleagues to define experience strategies and shape the roadmap for digital academic tools, ensuring seamless end-to-end user journeys across platforms.
• Lead design execution for higher education courseware, from initial wireframes to polished high-fidelity prototypes, while setting the creative direction and overseeing the quality of outputs from your UX team.
• Work in partnership with engineering to support the implementation of your team’s designs, making certain that solutions are both user-centric and technically feasible.
• Present and communicate UX strategies to a wide audience, including senior leadership, using engaging prototypes, presentations, and storytelling methods.
• Build strong, collaborative relationships across product, engineering, content, and marketing teams as well as with fellow designers and researchers.
• Champion the use of user testing for new features and learning journeys, collaborating with product and research teams to design and run effective evaluations.
• Facilitate cross-functional workshops and design thinking activities to unlock creative ideas and solve complex challenges in higher education digital products.
• Lead by influence, fostering the skills, approaches, and mindsets needed to drive innovation and meet the evolving goals of the Higher Ed UX Team.
• Take a long-term view of key design and technology decisions, ensuring the academic tools remain adaptable, scalable, and relevant for global education audiences.
• Proactively identify when to engage specialists in UX research, accessibility, illustration, or other areas, and help build a business case for additional resources to support courseware development.
  
  

Compensation at Pearson is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, and specific location. As required by the California, Colorado, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York State, New York City, Vermont, Washington State, and Washington DC laws, the pay range for this position is as follows:

The minimum full-time salary range is between $125,000 - $145,000.

This position is eligible to participate in an annual incentive program, and information on benefits offered is here.

Applications will be accepted through September 13th. This window may be extended depending on business needs.

Who We Are

At Pearson, our purpose is simple: to help people realize the life they imagine through learning. We believe that every learning opportunity is a chance for a personal breakthrough. We are the world's lifelong learning company. For us, learning isn't just what we do. It's who we are. To learn more: We are Pearson.

Pearson is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a member of E-Verify. Employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit and business need. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status or any other group protected by law. We actively seek qualified candidates who are protected veterans and individuals with disabilities as defined under VEVRAA and Section 503 of the Rehabilitation Act.

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Job: Service Owner

Job Family: TECHNOLOGY

Organization: Higher Education

Schedule: FULL_TIME

Workplace Type: Hybrid

Req ID: 20962

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