Principal UX Designer

About the role

You will lead design projects from concept to delivery, owning end-to-end design for a significant product area within our identity security platform. You will set a bar for craft and collaboration that other designers and writers seek out and learn from, guiding the design practice through complex, cross-functional initiatives. You will partner with product, engineering, and design leadership to ensure ambitious designs are not only visionary but also feasible and executed accurately across the product portfolio. You will mentor junior designers, providing thoughtful feedback on craft, process, and design best practices that raise the standard across the team. You will bring emerging design trends and practices into Delinea's product design, evaluating what is worth adopting versus what is just noise in a crowded market. You will contribute to and help evolve the Delinea Design System, championing consistent, scalable design patterns across all products and user journeys. You will navigate ambiguous problems and undefined requirements, translating unclear business goals into clear, actionable design directions that stakeholders can rally behind.

Key facts

What you'll do

• Lead design projects from concept to delivery, from early strategy through complex interaction models, workflows, and polished prototypes.
• Set a bar for craft and collaboration that other designers and writers seek out and learn from.
• Partner with and facilitate design reviews with product and engineering leadership, making sure ambitious designs are scoped, feasible, and executed accurately.
• Regularly mentor junior designers, providing feedback on craft, process, and design best practices.
• Bring emerging design trends and practices into Delinea's product design, evaluating what's worth adopting versus what's just noise.
• Contribute to and help evolve the Delinea Design System, and champion consistent, scalable design across the product portfolio.
• Navigate ambiguous problems and undefined requirements, translating unclear business goals into clear, actionable design directions that stakeholders can rally behind.
• Translate complex technical constraints and opportunities into user-centered flows and interactions that balance power and simplicity.
• Define and own key user journeys, creating and validating flows, task models, and information architectures that scale across diverse user needs.
• Synthesize research findings and stakeholder input into clear design rationale, making decisions that are traceable and defensible.
• Collaborate closely with product managers and engineers to ensure design specifications are clear, testable, and implemented with fidelity.
• Advocate for users at every level of the organization, ensuring that user needs remain central in prioritization and tradeoff decisions.
• Explore opportunities to apply AI-assisted workflows and patterns in a responsible, user-centered way across the identity security platform.
• Measure the impact of design changes through qualitative and quantitative signals, iterating based on observed user behaviors and outcomes.
• Act as a design thought partner to stakeholders, framing problems, generating options, and guiding decision-making with structured insight.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Design, Human-Computer Interaction, or a related field or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience in product design, with a strong track record of end-to-end ownership in complex, cross-functional environments.
• Demonstrated ability to design at scale, balancing detailed interaction and system thinking with clarity and usability.
• Expert-level proficiency in design tools such as Figma, including advanced prototyping, systematized components, and design handoff.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, with experience presenting design rationale to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Comfort working in fast-paced, startup-like environments where priorities shift and ambiguity is common.
• A collaborative mindset, with a history of partnering effectively with product, engineering, data, and executive stakeholders.
• A portfolio that demonstrates thoughtful design process, clear decision-making, and measurable impact in previous roles.
• Eligibility to work in the United States is required; current location must support the stated work location preferences.
• Willingness to relocate or obtain work authorization as required for the role.
• Commitment to maintaining confidentiality and adhering to Delinea's security and compliance standards at all times.

Nice to have

• Experience contributing to or maintaining design systems and pattern libraries at scale.
• Familiarity with identity, security, or compliance-related products and their unique user needs.
• Experience mentoring designers beyond your direct team or influencing design culture across organizations.
• Basic understanding of secure development practices and identity concepts such as authentication, authorization, and machine identities.
• Exposure to AI-assisted design tools and responsible integration of AI into the design process.

Practical notes

• This role is based in the Seattle area with a hybrid rhythm preferred, though we will consider fully remote candidates who bring the right depth of experience.
• Please include a link to your portfolio of professional design work with your application - this is a key part of how we review candidates - ideally showing complex, cross-functional design problems you've solved end-to-end.