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Description

We are seeking a Product Designer to lead the creation of our AI-ready design system and agentic experiences for Amazon Devices shopping on Amazon.com. This role is a unique blend of UX design, product strategy, and program management. As the single-threaded owner, you will define the vision, unify stakeholders, and drive execution across Design, Product, Engineering, Research, and Marketing.

You will be responsible for designing scalable design system components, setting product requirements, driving cross functional alignment, and prioritizing features while navigating trade-offs. This is a high-impact role where you will both design and orchestrate, ensuring our design system accelerates product innovation and supports AI-driven experiences across Devices and Amazon more broadly. This role is focused on building the foundations for and defining an agentic-AI future that accelerates and transforms the design process at scale.

Key job responsibilities

Design System Ownership

- Define, design, and evolve an AI-ready design system for Amazon Devices digital shopping experiences (components, patterns, accessibility, documentation).

- Ensure system scalability across multiple product surfaces and platforms.

Product Strategy & Requirements

- Partner with stakeholders to define product requirements, user needs, and system adoption goals.

- Prioritize features, manage trade-offs, and establish measurable success criteria.

- Align design system development with AI-driven use cases and future-proof requirements.

UX Design Execution

- Conduct user research and usability testing to validate design system adoption and effectiveness.

- Create wireframes, prototypes, and documentation for design system usage.

- Maintain high-quality design standards that ensure consistency, usability, and accessibility.

Program & Stakeholder Management

- Act as the single-threaded owner, aligning Product, Engineering, Research, and Brand stakeholders.

- Drive projects forward with clear communication, accountability, and delivery focus.

- Own program timelines, facilitate design critiques, and manage cross-functional mechanisms and feedback loops.

Ideal Experience Includes

- Hybrid Skillset: Strong UX design foundation, with experience in product management (requirements, roadmapping, prioritization, trade-offs).

- Technical Collaboration: Proven track record of working closely with engineers to ensure system adoption and technical feasibility.

- Leadership: Comfortable being the single-threaded owner of an initiative, balancing strategic vision with tactical execution.

- Tools: Expert in Figma (or equivalent design tools), prototyping, and documentation platforms.

- Mindset: User-centric, curious, detail-oriented, collaborative, decisive; thrives at the intersection of design and product strategy.

What Success Looks Like:

- Delivering a robust AI-ready design system that accelerates design velocity and consistency across products.

- Clear goal definition and adoption and usage of the system across multiple teams.

- Cross-functional stakeholders aligned and engaged in system development.

- A repeatable process for scaling and evolving the system as AI and product needs grow.

About the team

We are a global organization spanning market research, UX research, and UX design that leads the strategic direction, design strategy, innovation, and customer experience for the Amazon Devices shopping experience on Amazon.com (supporting products across Echo & Alexa, Fire TV, Kindle E-readers, Ring & Blink security, Fire Tablets, and more). We also own the design and CX for automation & scaling tools, leveraging AI to drive efficiency and improve output quality. We execute market & UX research that informs Device hardware, software, marketing strategies, and shopping customer experience. We design platforms and programs to support device sales and engagement in e-commerce across shopping platforms (mobile/app/web), and execute ideas from start to end. Our team culture is rooted in collaboration, cross-team partnership, and bonding which drives innovation and maintains a safe and inclusive design & research community.

Basic Qualifications

- 6+ years of design experience

- Experience defining and maintaining design patterns and UX standards

- Experience in delivering design solutions for projects of large scope and complexity

- Experience working with stakeholders to plan and execute programs that are strategic in nature

- Have an online portfolio or samples of work on resume, demonstrating experience creating great end-to-end, user-centered design solutions and patterns, across desktop and mobile devices

- Experience in a variety of design, wire-framing, and prototyping tools

Preferred Qualifications

- Experience applying scrum to visual or UX design processes

- Experience with UX design of complex workflows

- Experience in product, program, or project management in leading cross-functional teams in delivery of major new products or services

- Experience building AI-integrated tools or systems.

- Familiarity with design tokens, accessibility standards (WCAG), and component libraries at scale.

- 2+ years contributing to or leading design systems

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.

Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $127,100/year in our lowest geographic market up to $211,600/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit https://www.aboutamazon.com/workplace/employee-benefits . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.