Principal, UX Design

The Principal, UX Design owns Summit K12 ’s product-experience architecture, UX standards, design system, and proportionate validation approach. This is a hands-on functional leadership role accountable for coherent, accessible experiences across the product portfolio, personally delivering complex and consequential design work. The Principal directs UX design practice through standards, judgment, implementation follow-through, and cross-functional partnership, while the UX Design Lead independently owns assigned experiences. The Principal does not require a separate design management layer or routine approvals. Product Managers retain product priorities, requirements, acceptance, and outcomes. Key Responsibilities 1. Experience Architecture & Standards Define coherent navigation, information architecture, interaction patterns, and experience principles across student, educator, administrator, and applicable family workflows. Personally design and resolve complex or consequential cross-product experiences using working prototypes and explicit decisions. Make recurring UX debt visible and recommend evidence-based improvements to accountable Product leaders. 2. Design System & Accessibility Own governance, documentation, versioning, and evolution of shared components, patterns, UX writing conventions, and accessible interaction standards. Collaborate with the UX Design Lead on reusable patterns while keeping routine experience decisions close to assigned work. Work with