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Senior AI Product Designer roles are among the most actively sponsored positions in tech right now. Most employers file H-1B visa or O-1 visa petitions for this title, and a bachelor's degree in a design, HCI, or computer science field is typically required to qualify as a specialty occupation. For detailed occupation requirements, see the O*NET profile.
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The Senior Talent and Transformation team enables Amazon's senior leaders, and through them the company, to be as successful as possible inventing and delivering for customers, today and tomorrow.
We seek a Principal UX Designer who excels in strategic thinking and thrives where no playbook exists. You will define the vision for how these leaders shape their talent strategy, designing AI-native tools in a domain where customer needs, requirements, and technical feasibility are often undefined.
Your work will cut through the complexity of leadership at Amazon: human-centered interfaces that speed innovation and decision-making. You will multiply the team's impact, leading collaborations with senior leaders, setting the interaction patterns engineers build against, and raising the bar for the designers, researchers, and scientists you work with.
To succeed, you must be an innovative self-starter, a strategic big-picture thinker, and a hands-on technical collaborator obsessed with elevating both the work and the people around you.
Key job responsibilities
- Set UX vision and influence the strategic product roadmap.
- Develop working prototypes to learn and fail fast.
- Facilitate work sessions with executive leaders.
- Own the design of end-to-end product experiences and features.
- Lead design through all phases of the product development lifecycle, from discovery to launch.
- Champion human-centered design culture.
- Drive creative process and collaboration with cross-functional partners to propose new ideas and strategies.
- Model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles in their team and raises the design bar for the organization.
- Provide coaching and feedback, with an emphasis on growing junior designers into future leaders.
- Create and drive adoption of design guidelines, mechanisms, best practices, process, and tools.
A day in the life
As a Principal UX Designer, you will be working with product and engineering stakeholders closely on a day-to-day basis. You will independently own major experiences, and collaborate deeply with other UX designers and research across teams, connecting individual features to a holistic, wide-ranging experience. You will share design work regularly with design team peer review, stakeholder review, and leadership.
About the team
Our team harnesses the power of design thinking to deeply understand our customers. We are highly motivated by accessibility and inclusion. We work on unique problems and define experiences that reinforce Amazon's unique culture.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design
- Experience in life cycle design projects from design strategy through execution
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience providing and effectively communicating strategic and tactical recommendations based on data
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, Keynote, and InVision
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: 164,000.00 - 221,800.00 USD annually
DESCRIPTION
The Senior Talent and Transformation team enables Amazon's senior leaders, and through them the company, to be as successful as possible inventing and delivering for customers, today and tomorrow.
We seek a Principal UX Designer who excels in strategic thinking and thrives where no playbook exists. You will define the vision for how these leaders shape their talent strategy, designing AI-native tools in a domain where customer needs, requirements, and technical feasibility are often undefined.
Your work will cut through the complexity of leadership at Amazon: human-centered interfaces that speed innovation and decision-making. You will multiply the team's impact, leading collaborations with senior leaders, setting the interaction patterns engineers build against, and raising the bar for the designers, researchers, and scientists you work with.
To succeed, you must be an innovative self-starter, a strategic big-picture thinker, and a hands-on technical collaborator obsessed with elevating both the work and the people around you.
Key job responsibilities
- Set UX vision and influence the strategic product roadmap.
- Develop working prototypes to learn and fail fast.
- Facilitate work sessions with executive leaders.
- Own the design of end-to-end product experiences and features.
- Lead design through all phases of the product development lifecycle, from discovery to launch.
- Champion human-centered design culture.
- Drive creative process and collaboration with cross-functional partners to propose new ideas and strategies.
- Model behavior that exemplifies Amazon Leadership Principles in their team and raises the design bar for the organization.
- Provide coaching and feedback, with an emphasis on growing junior designers into future leaders.
- Create and drive adoption of design guidelines, mechanisms, best practices, process, and tools.
A day in the life
As a Principal UX Designer, you will be working with product and engineering stakeholders closely on a day-to-day basis. You will independently own major experiences, and collaborate deeply with other UX designers and research across teams, connecting individual features to a holistic, wide-ranging experience. You will share design work regularly with design team peer review, stakeholder review, and leadership.
About the team
Our team harnesses the power of design thinking to deeply understand our customers. We are highly motivated by accessibility and inclusion. We work on unique problems and define experiences that reinforce Amazon's unique culture.
BASIC QUALIFICATIONS
- 10+ years of design experience
- Have an available online portfolio
- Experience with best practices for User Interface Design, Information Architecture, and Interaction Design
- Experience in life cycle design projects from design strategy through execution
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Experience providing and effectively communicating strategic and tactical recommendations based on data
- Experience designing and prototyping with tools such as Sketch, Photoshop, Illustrator, Axure, Keynote, and InVision
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit https://amazon.jobs/content/en/how-we-hire/accommodations for more information. If the country/region you’re applying in isn’t listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
The base salary range for this position is listed below. Your Amazon package will include sign-on payments and restricted stock units (RSUs). Final compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, qualifications, and location. Amazon also offers comprehensive benefits including health insurance (medical, dental, vision, prescription, Basic Life & AD&D insurance and option for Supplemental life plans, EAP, Mental Health Support, Medical Advice Line, Flexible Spending Accounts, Adoption and Surrogacy Reimbursement coverage), 401(k) matching, paid time off, and parental leave. Learn more about our benefits at https://amazon.jobs/en/benefits.
LOCATION
USA, WA, Seattle
COMPENSATION
- Salary Range: 164,000.00 - 221,800.00 USD annually
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding Visa Sponsorship as a Senior AI Product Designer
Frame your portfolio around AI product impact
Visa sponsors want evidence of specialized expertise, not just good design. Lead with AI-specific work: prompt interfaces, model output visualization, human-AI interaction patterns. Concrete outcomes tied to AI products strengthen your specialty occupation case.
Target companies with an active H-1B filing history
Not every company that posts AI design roles will sponsor visas. Focus on employers who have filed H-1B petitions for similar titles in the past. DOL disclosure data shows which companies consistently sponsor design and product roles.
Get clear on which visa category fits your background
H-1B is the most common path for this role, but O-1A is worth exploring if you have notable recognition in the field. Your degree, work history, and achievements together determine which petition has the strongest approval odds.
Align your degree field to the job description
USCIS evaluates whether your degree directly relates to the role. A background in interaction design, HCI, cognitive science, or computer science maps cleanly. If your degree is in a different field, gather evidence of equivalent specialized training.
Address AI expertise explicitly in your resume
Generic product design experience won't differentiate you for senior AI roles. Specify the AI systems you've designed for, the models involved, and the complexity of the human-AI workflows you've owned. Sponsors need to justify the specialty occupation classification.
Start the sponsorship conversation early in the process
Raising sponsorship needs late in an interview process wastes time for both sides. Bring it up after initial interest is established but before final rounds. Companies experienced with H-1B sponsorship will have a straightforward answer ready.
Frequently Asked Questions
Does Senior AI Product Designer qualify as a specialty occupation for H-1B purposes?
Yes, in most cases. USCIS evaluates whether the role normally requires a bachelor's degree or higher in a specific field. Senior AI Product Designer roles typically require a degree in interaction design, HCI, computer science, or a closely related discipline, which satisfies the specialty occupation standard. Roles at larger tech companies with well-documented job requirements tend to have fewer adjudication issues than roles at smaller employers where the degree requirement is less established.
What degree do I need to get sponsored for a Senior AI Product Designer role?
Most sponsoring employers require a bachelor's degree in interaction design, human-computer interaction, cognitive science, computer science, or a related field. A degree in graphic design or fine arts alone may not satisfy USCIS without supplemental evidence connecting your background to AI product work. If your degree is in a different field, three years of specialized work experience can substitute for each missing year of education under USCIS equivalency rules.
Is the O-1A visa a realistic option for AI product designers?
It can be, particularly for designers who have published research, spoken at major industry conferences, contributed to widely used AI design systems, or held senior roles at companies with significant industry recognition. The O-1A requires evidence of extraordinary ability in the field, which is a higher bar than H-1B visa but has no lottery. If your background includes any of those markers, an immigration attorney can assess whether O-1A is worth pursuing alongside or instead of H-1B.
How do I find companies that actively sponsor visas for AI product design roles?
Browse Migrate Mate, which filters job listings specifically for visa-sponsoring employers. Beyond that, DOL Labor Condition Application disclosure data is publicly searchable and shows which companies have filed LCAs for product design and UX titles in recent years. Large technology companies, AI-focused startups with institutional funding, and enterprise software companies are the most consistent sponsors for this role category.
What happens to my H-1B sponsorship if I want to change employers after getting the visa?
H-1B portability allows you to start working for a new sponsor as soon as your new employer files an H-1B transfer petition, without waiting for approval, provided your current H-1B was approved and you've maintained valid status. Your new employer files a fresh I-129 petition. There's no need to go through the lottery again if you're already in H-1B status. The transfer process typically takes a few weeks, though premium processing can speed up the formal approval.
What is the prevailing wage requirement for sponsored Senior AI Product Designer jobs?
U.S. employers sponsoring a visa must pay at least the prevailing wage, which is what workers in the same role, area, and experience level typically earn. The Department of Labor sets this rate to make sure companies aren't hiring foreign workers simply because they'd accept lower pay than a U.S. worker. It varies by job title, location, and experience. You can look up current prevailing wage rates for any occupation and location using the OFLC Wage Search page.