Sr. Principal UX Designer

Overview As a Sr. Principal Designer at Gartner, you operate as a senior IC shaping enterprise-scale UX across complex product ecosystems. You will define a holistic user experience vision, build scalable design systems, and influence senior stakeholders without managing a team. Your work blends deep research, craft excellence, and strategic alignment to drive measurable business outcomes. This is a chance to lead transformative design at the executive level and help Gartner stay at the forefront of AI-enabled decision making. Compensation / Benefitsbase salary with range 136,000 USD - 189,000 USDannual bonus plan or role-based incentive planhybrid work environmentgenerous PTO401k match up to 7200 USD per yearstock purchase at a discount Responsibilities Define and drive overarching UX vision across complex product ecosystems Create cohesive user journeys that connect disparate product lines Architect scalable design systems and interaction paradigms Produce high-fidelity artifacts (prototypes, journey maps, architectural frameworks) to demonstrate vision Influence senior stakeholders to align design strategy with business objectives Partner with UX Research to uncover human truths and translate insights into design architectures Mentor Lead and Senior designers to elevate strategic thinking and craft Key requirements 15+ years in UX, Product Design, or HCI at Principal/Senior Principal level World-class portfolio demonstrating systems thinking and enterprise-scale problem solving Ability to build consensus with C-suite and translate design thinking into business value Conviction paired with humility; openness to data and user feedback Deep ability to synthesize qualitative and quantitative data into design directives Resilience in ambiguity and capability to drive long-term transformations across a matrixed orgstrategic influencecollaboration across senior stakeholdersexcellent storytelling and narrative-buildingsystems thinkingdesign systemshigh-fidelity prototyping