Principal Designer Jobs in New York
Principal Designer jobs in New York represent one of the most active markets in the country, concentrated across architecture, interior design, product development, and user experience, with demand at every level from emerging design professionals through senior studio leads. The heaviest hiring clusters in New York City, Buffalo, and Albany, where firms like Gensler, HOK, and IBM have established, long-standing design operations. The most sought-after specialties in New York right now are UX and digital product design, workplace and commercial interiors, and architectural project leadership. Find a role that fits below and apply directly.
Find Principal Designer JobsOverview
Showing 5 of 14+ Principal Designer jobs
Overview
Join a world-class team building the future of how small and mid-market businesses around the world run and grow with QuickBooks. As a Principal Product Designer on International, you’ll own design strategy, craft, and outcomes for one of our biggest company bets as we shift from sales-led expansion to AI-driven platform growth across Canada, the UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and Western Europe.
You’ll set design direction across multiple product areas and markets and rally product, engineering, analytics, and marketing behind a clear, customer-backed point of view. This is an offering-level role for someone who thinks in systems and journeys, not one-off screens. You’ll design experiences that are global by design: built once and deployed everywhere, while staying locally relevant for customers with different currencies, regulations, languages, and expectations.
At Intuit, we're intentionally building AI into how we design, prototype, and ship — and we're committed to equipping our teams to work at the forefront of it. We look for designers who are excited to bring AI into their workflow — using it to move faster, explore further, and save their energy for the decisions that only human judgment and creativity can make. We're looking for designers who are curious, eager to experiment, and excited to continually evolve how they work.
Responsibilities
- Own the design strategy and vision for a major International product area, connecting near-term experimentation to durable, high-quality customer experiences across markets.
- Be directly accountable for experience quality and business results, including customer growth, activation, conversion, and retention.
- Drive an AI-first design strategy, reimagining end-to-end journeys with AI and human expertise at the center, including mobile-first, agentic experiences and entry points on non-Intuit surfaces.
- Design experiences that make AI-powered features intuitive, transparent, and trustworthy for a diverse range of users
- Design for global scale. Define universal design patterns and primitives that ship internationally in lockstep with the US, and decide what must be localized and what should stay consistent.
- Shape experiences for different growth motions: a centralized, product-led engine for small businesses, and a high-touch, sales-led motion with accountants and advisors for Mid-Market.
- Set the bar for a high-velocity design and experimentation culture, from discovery through rapid prototyping and A/B testing, without sacrificing craft for speed.
- Up-level design craft across a distributed team spanning our International hubs, and raise the standard for visual, interaction, and systems-level design.
- Influence senior leadership and cross-functional partners with craft-forward storytelling and research-backed points of view. Align teams on target customers and the experience needed to win them in each market.
- Coach designers and partners on craft and strategic thinking. Help shape the team’s identity, design standards, and operating model as we scale a Hub & Spoke organization.
- Partner deeply with PM, engineering, analytics, and marketing as part of a dedicated International triad.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of product design experience, with a strong focus on product-led growth, funnel and conversion design, or B2B/SaaS growth.
- Track record of owning offering- or segment-level design strategy and delivering measurable business outcomes without compromising experience quality.
- Experience designing products for multiple international markets, including localization, multi-currency and multi-language experiences, and regulatory differences such as tax, compliance, and e-invoicing.
- Deep expertise in experimentation and A/B testing, with fluency in behavioral data and funnel analytics.
- Experience designing with AI/ML, such as personalization, agentic workflows, and AI-accelerated discovery and delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into your design workflow to improve quality, speed, or exploration
- Experience with design systems or platform-level primitives that scale across products and geographies.
- Demonstrated ability to up-level craft across a team, including remote and cross-timezone teams.
- Excellent storytelling, communication, and influence skills, including the ability to rally senior executives and cross-functional partners across regions.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating rigorous craft, systems-level thinking, and measurable impact at scale.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
Mountain View $239,000 - $323,000
New York $233,500- $316,000
Overview
Join a world-class team building the future of how small and mid-market businesses around the world run and grow with QuickBooks. As a Principal Product Designer on International, you’ll own design strategy, craft, and outcomes for one of our biggest company bets as we shift from sales-led expansion to AI-driven platform growth across Canada, the UK and Ireland, Australia and New Zealand, and Western Europe.
You’ll set design direction across multiple product areas and markets and rally product, engineering, analytics, and marketing behind a clear, customer-backed point of view. This is an offering-level role for someone who thinks in systems and journeys, not one-off screens. You’ll design experiences that are global by design: built once and deployed everywhere, while staying locally relevant for customers with different currencies, regulations, languages, and expectations.
At Intuit, we're intentionally building AI into how we design, prototype, and ship — and we're committed to equipping our teams to work at the forefront of it. We look for designers who are excited to bring AI into their workflow — using it to move faster, explore further, and save their energy for the decisions that only human judgment and creativity can make. We're looking for designers who are curious, eager to experiment, and excited to continually evolve how they work.
Responsibilities
- Own the design strategy and vision for a major International product area, connecting near-term experimentation to durable, high-quality customer experiences across markets.
- Be directly accountable for experience quality and business results, including customer growth, activation, conversion, and retention.
- Drive an AI-first design strategy, reimagining end-to-end journeys with AI and human expertise at the center, including mobile-first, agentic experiences and entry points on non-Intuit surfaces.
- Design experiences that make AI-powered features intuitive, transparent, and trustworthy for a diverse range of users
- Design for global scale. Define universal design patterns and primitives that ship internationally in lockstep with the US, and decide what must be localized and what should stay consistent.
- Shape experiences for different growth motions: a centralized, product-led engine for small businesses, and a high-touch, sales-led motion with accountants and advisors for Mid-Market.
- Set the bar for a high-velocity design and experimentation culture, from discovery through rapid prototyping and A/B testing, without sacrificing craft for speed.
- Up-level design craft across a distributed team spanning our International hubs, and raise the standard for visual, interaction, and systems-level design.
- Influence senior leadership and cross-functional partners with craft-forward storytelling and research-backed points of view. Align teams on target customers and the experience needed to win them in each market.
- Coach designers and partners on craft and strategic thinking. Help shape the team’s identity, design standards, and operating model as we scale a Hub & Spoke organization.
- Partner deeply with PM, engineering, analytics, and marketing as part of a dedicated International triad.
Qualifications
- 10+ years of product design experience, with a strong focus on product-led growth, funnel and conversion design, or B2B/SaaS growth.
- Track record of owning offering- or segment-level design strategy and delivering measurable business outcomes without compromising experience quality.
- Experience designing products for multiple international markets, including localization, multi-currency and multi-language experiences, and regulatory differences such as tax, compliance, and e-invoicing.
- Deep expertise in experimentation and A/B testing, with fluency in behavioral data and funnel analytics.
- Experience designing with AI/ML, such as personalization, agentic workflows, and AI-accelerated discovery and delivery.
- Demonstrated ability to integrate AI tools into your design workflow to improve quality, speed, or exploration
- Experience with design systems or platform-level primitives that scale across products and geographies.
- Demonstrated ability to up-level craft across a team, including remote and cross-timezone teams.
- Excellent storytelling, communication, and influence skills, including the ability to rally senior executives and cross-functional partners across regions.
- Strong portfolio demonstrating rigorous craft, systems-level thinking, and measurable impact at scale.
Intuit provides a competitive compensation package with a strong pay for performance rewards approach. This position may be eligible for a cash bonus, equity rewards and benefits, in accordance with our applicable plans and programs (see more about our compensation and benefits at Intuit®: Careers | Benefits). Pay offered is based on factors such as job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and work location. To drive ongoing fair pay for employees, Intuit conducts regular comparisons across categories of ethnicity and gender.
Mountain View $239,000 - $323,000
New York $233,500- $316,000
See All 14 Principal Designer Jobs in New York
Find roles in New York that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Principal Designer JobsPrincipal Designer Jobs by City in New York
Where New York roles are concentrated, by current openings.
Principal Designer Job Market in New York
A snapshot from current New York openings, updated as new roles post.
Who's Hiring
Top Industries Hiring
- Technology & Software
- Retail
- E-Commerce & Online Marketplaces
What New York Employers Look For
The qualifications that appear most often in principal designer jobs across New York.
- Registered architect or licensed interior designer credential recognized by the New York State Education Department
- Bachelor's or master's degree in architecture, interior design, industrial design, or a related design field
- Seven or more years of progressive design experience including project leadership and team direction
- Demonstrated portfolio showing end-to-end design ownership from concept through construction or delivery
- Proficiency in industry-standard tools such as Revit, AutoCAD, Figma, or Adobe Creative Suite
- Strong client communication and presentation skills for New York-based client-facing studio environments
Principal Designer Jobs in New York: Frequently Asked Questions
How do you become a principal designer in New York?
Becoming a principal designer in New York typically requires licensure through the New York State Education Department, either as a registered architect via the NCARB examination pathway or as a licensed interior designer through the National Council for Interior Design Qualification exam, which New York recognizes for professional credentialing. Most candidates hold at least a bachelor's degree in a design discipline and accumulate several years of progressively responsible project experience before reaching the principal level.
Which companies hire principal designers in New York?
Employers hiring principal designers in New York right now include Amazon, Intuit, and Ramp, based on current listings on Migrate Mate as of November 2026. New York's density of global architecture firms, technology companies, and media and finance sector clients means principal-level design roles appear consistently across both boutique studios and large enterprise design organizations headquartered in the state.
Which New York cities have the most principal designer jobs?
New York account for the largest share of principal designer openings in New York. New York City drives the majority of volume through its concentration of global architecture and interiors firms, UX-focused tech companies, and large corporate clients, while Buffalo and Albany generate consistent demand through public sector projects, healthcare campuses, and regional design studios serving upstate institutions.
Are there remote principal designer jobs in New York?
Yes, though they vary significantly by specialization. About 86% of principal designer openings tied to New York are remote or hybrid as of November 2026, with the strongest remote availability concentrated in digital product design and UX leadership roles, where collaboration happens primarily in software tools rather than on physical job sites or in client-facing studios.
How can I get hired as a principal designer in New York with little or no experience?
The most realistic entry path is through associate designer or designer I roles at New York City-based firms, where studios like Gensler, Perkins Eastman, and large in-house UX teams at companies headquartered in Manhattan run structured new-graduate programs and mentored rotations. Building toward New York State licensure early, whether through the NCARB intern development pathway for architecture or the NCIDQ process for interiors, and assembling a focused portfolio of academic and freelance project work gives candidates without professional experience a concrete competitive edge.
Where can I find and apply to principal designer jobs in New York?
You can find and apply to principal designer jobs in New York on Migrate Mate, which lists current openings from employers hiring in the state right now. Search the listings for roles that fit your specialization and experience level and apply directly to the ones that match.
See All 14 Principal Designer Jobs in New York
Find roles in New York that match your experience and apply in just a few clicks.
Find Principal Designer Jobs