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Thank you for dedicating your time and talent to Lowe’s. We want to give you more opportunities to learn and grow, so if you find a position you’re interested in below, we encourage you to apply!
YOUR IMPACT
As a Principal Product Designer you will lead the overall design process for highly complex, cross-functional requirements for our mobile apps while ensuring consistency in design across the company. This includes leading the development of innovative design solutions and resolving design deficiencies across multiple projects and project teams spanning a wide range of design domains and business areas. This role drives consistency in design decisions and standards across projects while ensuring that the team delivers high-quality design maps, user journeys, wireframes, supporting visuals, prototypes, and pixel perfect design comps. In addition, this role provides consultation to help ensure product design solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices. The Principal Product Designer works with designers, engineers, and content developers to lead the delivery of design projects in a timely and efficient manner and often provides creative approval of work completed by others on the design team.
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF RETAIL TECH
As a Product Design leader, you’ll be able to shape the future of retail technology alongside one of Forbes Top 50 CIOs. You’ll also be leading a talented team who share your passion for innovation and excellence. Our halls are filled with brilliant minds from all walks of life who have the freedom to collaborate, explore their every curiosity, and build the future.
We have the stability you need to focus on looking to the future and bringing your team there with you. And you’ll be surrounded by peers who are visionaries in their areas – people who can collaborate with you to challenge you, help you grow, and inspire you. Here, you will be empowered to explore new solutions and spearhead groundbreaking advancements in UX/UI. You have the autonomy to lead and create, backed by a team that trusts your vision and ability.
LOCATION
This position is based at our on-site Tech Hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe's Tech Hub is an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site barista and Zen Garden, and other perks to enhance your work experience.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Drives alignment to design standards and industry best practices. Oversees the architecture and design of high-quality and engaged experiences for customers and associates.
- Leads the most complex design projects that span product groups or portfolios; owns overall design decisions across multiple highly complex projects that span design domains and have significant business implications. Reviews and signs off on high-impact, high-visibility design projects.
- Champions product design best practices, innovations, and trends across the organization; provides input and direction that helps the organization improve its practices; sets the standard for product design excellence. Works with product design team to ensure a consistent design experience across products, product groups, and product portfolios.
- Resolves the most complex design problems at the cross-portfolio enterprise level; works to simplify, optimize, and remove bottlenecks for the product design team.
- Builds and sustains key cross-functional partnerships to drive project execution and efficiency and enhance overall design quality.
- Holds expert knowledge of external processes and technologies, both standard and unique to the company, including the work processes, technologies, platforms, and services of business and technology capabilities.
- Coaches, directs, and approves designs for other product designers; facilitates complex design decisions among other product designers; shares an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
- Serves as a thought leader across all aspects of design projects, providing input and advice that helps improve and optimize the designs of others on the team.
- Helps shape and drive the team’s roadmap in close partnership with product and engineering leads.
- Provides input into departmental budget forecasting and allocation decisions.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, graphic design, industrial design, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
- 10 years of experience in user experience design
- Experience defining and enforcing product design standards
- Experience building strategic cross-functional partnerships for the purpose of driving overall design capability
PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
We encourage you to apply even if you do not have all the preferred skills or experience.
- Deep expertise in native mobile app design, including Apple Human Interface Guidelines and Android Material Design guidelines, patterns, and platform conventions
- Demonstrated experience designing native iOS and Android experiences that balance platform-specific conventions with a cohesive cross-platform product and brand experience
- Ability to create high-fidelity, functioning prototypes that demonstrate native interactions, motion, transitions, and end-to-end product experiences for concept validation, usability testing, and engineering collaboration
BENEFITS
- 401k with up to 4.25% match
- Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price)
- Tuition-Free Education
- 10-week Maternity/Parental Leave
- 10% Associate Discount
For information about our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
ABOUT LOWE’S
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowe’s is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
PAY RANGE
Pay Range: $142,400.00 - $270,600.00 annually Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
INTRODUCTION
Thank you for dedicating your time and talent to Lowe’s. We want to give you more opportunities to learn and grow, so if you find a position you’re interested in below, we encourage you to apply!
YOUR IMPACT
As a Principal Product Designer you will lead the overall design process for highly complex, cross-functional requirements for our mobile apps while ensuring consistency in design across the company. This includes leading the development of innovative design solutions and resolving design deficiencies across multiple projects and project teams spanning a wide range of design domains and business areas. This role drives consistency in design decisions and standards across projects while ensuring that the team delivers high-quality design maps, user journeys, wireframes, supporting visuals, prototypes, and pixel perfect design comps. In addition, this role provides consultation to help ensure product design solutions are developed with insight into industry best practices. The Principal Product Designer works with designers, engineers, and content developers to lead the delivery of design projects in a timely and efficient manner and often provides creative approval of work completed by others on the design team.
SHAPE THE FUTURE OF RETAIL TECH
As a Product Design leader, you’ll be able to shape the future of retail technology alongside one of Forbes Top 50 CIOs. You’ll also be leading a talented team who share your passion for innovation and excellence. Our halls are filled with brilliant minds from all walks of life who have the freedom to collaborate, explore their every curiosity, and build the future.
We have the stability you need to focus on looking to the future and bringing your team there with you. And you’ll be surrounded by peers who are visionaries in their areas – people who can collaborate with you to challenge you, help you grow, and inspire you. Here, you will be empowered to explore new solutions and spearhead groundbreaking advancements in UX/UI. You have the autonomy to lead and create, backed by a team that trusts your vision and ability.
LOCATION
This position is based at our on-site Tech Hub in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lowe's Tech Hub is an ultramodern work environment, complete with cutting-edge technology, collaborative workspaces, an on-site barista and Zen Garden, and other perks to enhance your work experience.
WHAT YOU WILL DO
- Drives alignment to design standards and industry best practices. Oversees the architecture and design of high-quality and engaged experiences for customers and associates.
- Leads the most complex design projects that span product groups or portfolios; owns overall design decisions across multiple highly complex projects that span design domains and have significant business implications. Reviews and signs off on high-impact, high-visibility design projects.
- Champions product design best practices, innovations, and trends across the organization; provides input and direction that helps the organization improve its practices; sets the standard for product design excellence. Works with product design team to ensure a consistent design experience across products, product groups, and product portfolios.
- Resolves the most complex design problems at the cross-portfolio enterprise level; works to simplify, optimize, and remove bottlenecks for the product design team.
- Builds and sustains key cross-functional partnerships to drive project execution and efficiency and enhance overall design quality.
- Holds expert knowledge of external processes and technologies, both standard and unique to the company, including the work processes, technologies, platforms, and services of business and technology capabilities.
- Coaches, directs, and approves designs for other product designers; facilitates complex design decisions among other product designers; shares an in-depth understanding of company and industry methodologies, policies, standards, and controls.
- Serves as a thought leader across all aspects of design projects, providing input and advice that helps improve and optimize the designs of others on the team.
- Helps shape and drive the team’s roadmap in close partnership with product and engineering leads.
- Provides input into departmental budget forecasting and allocation decisions.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s degree in interaction design, graphic design, industrial design, or related field or equivalent years of experience in lieu of education requirement, if applicable
- 10 years of experience in user experience design
- Experience defining and enforcing product design standards
- Experience building strategic cross-functional partnerships for the purpose of driving overall design capability
PREFERRED SKILLS/EXPERIENCE
We encourage you to apply even if you do not have all the preferred skills or experience.
- Deep expertise in native mobile app design, including Apple Human Interface Guidelines and Android Material Design guidelines, patterns, and platform conventions
- Demonstrated experience designing native iOS and Android experiences that balance platform-specific conventions with a cohesive cross-platform product and brand experience
- Ability to create high-fidelity, functioning prototypes that demonstrate native interactions, motion, transitions, and end-to-end product experiences for concept validation, usability testing, and engineering collaboration
BENEFITS
- 401k with up to 4.25% match
- Discounted Employee Stock Purchase Plan (15% discount of strike price)
- Tuition-Free Education
- 10-week Maternity/Parental Leave
- 10% Associate Discount
For information about our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
ABOUT LOWE’S
Lowe’s Companies, Inc. (NYSE: LOW) is a FORTUNE® 100 home improvement company with total fiscal year 2025 sales of more than $86 billion. Lowe’s employs approximately 300,000 associates and operates over 1,750 home improvement stores, 540 branches and 120 distribution centers. Lowe’s is a core value S&P 500 equity stock and a dividend aristocrat. Based in Mooresville, N.C., Lowe’s supports the communities it serves through programs focused on creating safe, affordable housing, improving community spaces, helping to develop the next generation of skilled trade experts and providing disaster relief to communities in need. For more information, visit Lowes.com.
Lowe’s is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law.
PAY RANGE
Pay Range: $142,400.00 - $270,600.00 annually Starting rate of pay may vary based on factors including, but not limited to, position offered, location, education, training, and/or experience. For information regarding our benefit programs and eligibility, please visit https://talent.lowes.com/us/en/benefits.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Green Card Sponsorship as a Principal Designer
Document your specialized design credentials early
Gather portfolio evidence that demonstrates advanced UX research, systems design, or cross-functional leadership. PERM requires your employer to verify you meet the minimum requirements for the role, so a clearly documented credential package speeds that process.
Target employers with active PERM filing history
Search PERM disclosure data through the OFLC Wage Search to identify companies that have sponsored Principal Designer or senior UX roles before. Prior filings signal an established internal process, which shortens your onboarding-to-petition timeline significantly.
Find green card sponsoring roles on Migrate Mate
Migrate Mate filters Principal Designer jobs by employers who actively sponsor employment-based green cards, so you're not wasting applications on companies that only offer H-1B visa or no sponsorship at all.
Negotiate sponsorship commitment before accepting an offer
Ask whether the company will begin PERM filing within a defined window after your start date. Design roles sometimes shift scope after hire, and a delayed PERM can reset your priority date if the job duties change materially.
Confirm the job description matches your O*NET profile
DOL cross-references PERM applications against O*NET occupation data for Principal Designer and related design titles. Mismatches between listed duties and the standard occupational definition are a common reason for PERM audit or denial.
Understand how your birth country affects EB-2 versus EB-3 timing
If you were born in India or China, EB-2 backlogs can run years longer than EB-3 for certain priority dates. Filing under EB-3 first and later upgrading to EB-2 through a concurrent I-140 is a strategy worth exploring with your immigration counsel.
Green Card Principal Designer: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Principal Designer role qualify for EB-2 or EB-3 green card sponsorship?
Principal Designer roles typically qualify under both categories. EB-2 applies when the position requires a master's degree or equivalent, or when you hold a bachelor's degree plus five or more years of progressive experience in design. EB-3 covers roles requiring at least a bachelor's degree in a related field such as graphic design, human-computer interaction, or a comparable discipline. Your employer's job description and your credentials together determine which category fits.
How does green card sponsorship differ from H-1B sponsorship for a Principal Designer?
H-1B is a temporary nonimmigrant status capped at 85,000 per year and subject to an annual lottery. Green card sponsorship through PERM and I-140 has no annual cap at the EB-3 level for most countries and leads to permanent residency rather than a renewable but uncertain status. The PERM process takes longer upfront, often nine to eighteen months from labor certification to I-140 approval, but the outcome is permanent and not lottery-dependent.
What does the PERM labor certification process involve for a design role?
Your employer must conduct a supervised recruitment process to demonstrate no qualified U.S. workers are available for the Principal Designer position before DOL will certify the PERM application. This includes posting the role, reviewing applicants, and documenting results. The job duties and minimum requirements listed in the PERM must match what you actually do, so employers and candidates should align on the job description before filing begins.
How can I find Principal Designer jobs where employers are already open to green card sponsorship?
Migrate Mate lets you search specifically for Principal Designer roles filtered by employers with green card sponsorship history, so you're targeting companies that have already run PERM processes for design talent. This matters because many job postings don't mention sponsorship status, and cold-applying to companies with no prior PERM history in design often leads to a dead end during offer negotiations.
Can my employer start the green card process while I'm on H-1B status?
Yes. Employers regularly file PERM and I-140 while you're working on H-1B, and an approved I-140 protects your priority date even if you change employers later. Under AC21 portability rules, once your I-140 has been approved and your adjustment of status application has been pending for 180 days, you can move to a same-or-similar role without losing your place in the green card queue.