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Principal Product Designer
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[Hiring] Principal Product Designer @Technology & Product
Mar 28, 2025 - Technology & Product is hiring a remote Principal Product Designer. 💸 Salary: competitive. 📍Location: Japan.
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Role Description
We’re now looking for a Principal Product Designer to lead the charge in raising the bar for experience design at Zeals — both through the craft of their work and the impact of their leadership.
- Lead and execute critical product design initiatives with high visibility and business impact
- Apply deep expertise in UX, UI, and interaction design to create elegant, scalable experiences
- Set and influence product-wide design standards that raise the quality and consistency of our work
- Partner with cross-functional leaders to shape product strategy and ensure the user voice is central in decision-making
- Drive the evolution of our design system, enabling speed, consistency, and visual excellence at scale
- Mentor and support other designers (both senior and junior), contributing to their growth and the strength of the overall team
- Champion user-centered thinking across the organization, and elevate design’s role in achieving business outcomes
- Identify opportunities for strategic research and partner with UX researchers to uncover actionable insights
Qualifications
- 8+ years of product design experience with a proven track record of leading high-impact projects
- A portfolio that demonstrates exceptional design craft and strategic impact on products and teams
- Mastery of UX, UI, and interaction design principles — with a sharp eye for detail and systems thinking
- Experience setting or evolving design systems for large-scale products
- Strong storytelling and communication skills — able to align, inspire, and influence stakeholders at all levels
- Experience mentoring and supporting other designers to do their best work
- Comfort operating in ambiguity and defining structure where needed
- Proficiency in Figma; familiarity with design operations or workflow tools is a plus
Requirements
- Experience working in conversational UI, chat products, or AI-powered interfaces
- Background in SaaS, e-commerce, or marketing technology
- Business-level Japanese language ability
- Cross-cultural design experience or working with globally distributed teams
Benefits
- Competitive salary range
- Performance review twice a year
- 10 days paid holidays during the first year, weekends off, national holidays, summer and winter break
- Visa support for the right candidates
- Highly flexible, remote-first organization (in Japan), Interim work from overseas
- Housing allowance (within 1.5km away from office)
- Club activity allowance
- Team building allowance and Lunch allowance
- Zeals Bar (bi-monthly free flow beer party)
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Design
Design
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Salary
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competitive
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Remote
Location
Japan
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Job Type
full-time
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Posted
Mar 28, 2025
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| 📍 | Be aware of the location restriction for this remote position: Japan |
| ‼ | Beware of scams! When applying for jobs, you should NEVER have to pay anything. Learn more. |
