Robert Half is recruiting for a client in the tech industry who is looking for a Principal Product Designer. This is a 4 month remote contract opportunity, candidates must be local to the Greater Toronto Area to attend occasional in-person meetings and events.

This is an opportunity for an experienced design leader who thrives in complex environments and is passionate about elevating design quality, influencing strategic decisions, and mentoring others through example. As a senior individual contributor, you'll play a pivotal role in shaping product experiences, driving design excellence, and partnering with cross-functional teams to solve meaningful business and customer challenges. You'll combine strategic thinking with exceptional craft, helping teams deliver high-quality, user-centred solutions while championing the value of design across the organization.

What You'll Be Doing Lead the design vision across multiple initiatives, ensuring a consistently high standard of quality from concept through delivery. Provide expert guidance on product design direction, balancing user needs, business objectives, and technical considerations. Partner with product, engineering, and business stakeholders to shape solutions, influence decision-making, and advocate for human-centred design practices. Contribute to strategic discovery, product vision, and experience planning for complex business initiatives. Foster a culture of design excellence by providing thoughtful feedback, facilitating design critiques, and mentoring fellow designers through coaching and collaboration. Champion best practices in UX, interaction design, visual design, and design systems to create scalable, intuitive experiences. Explore and integrate AI-enabled design approaches to improve workflows, enhance creativity, and evolve design practices across the team. Capture learnings, outcomes, and success stories that demonstrate the business impact of design and support continuous improvement. Promote collaboration across cross-functional teams, helping build trust in design through strong communication, sound judgment, and exceptional execution.

Requirements 10+ years of experience in Product Design, UX Design, or UI Design, with a portfolio demonstrating impactful work across complex digital products and platforms. Proven ability to lead design initiatives through influence, building alignment across cross-functional teams without formal people management responsibilities. Strong strategic thinking skills with experience contributing to product vision, service design, and end-to-end customer experiences. Deep expertise across the full product design lifecycle, from research and problem definition through interaction design, visual design, prototyping, and delivery. A strong point of view on design quality, paired with the confidence to advocate for user-centred solutions while navigating competing priorities. Experience mentoring designers through constructive feedback, design reviews, and collaborative problem solving. Practical experience incorporating AI tools and emerging technologies into the design process, with an interest in shaping the future of design practices. Advanced proficiency with Figma and experience working within and evolving design systems. Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence audiences at all levels of an organization. A collaborative leadership style, sound judgment, and the ability to remain calm and decisive in fast-paced environments.

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