Optomi is hiring: Principal Product Designer in Austin

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Base pay range

$80.00/hr - $110.00/hr

Optomi, in partnership with a premier telecommunications & technology leader, is seeking a Principal Product Designer to join their Innovation Hub. This is a high-impact role for a design leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy, craft, and research—helping transform ambiguous ideas into meaningful products and services.

This is more than just a design role: it’s an opportunity to drive zero-to-one innovation, evolve the design culture of a global company, and collaborate with some of the brightest minds in product and technology.

What You’ll Do

• Lead design initiatives end-to-end—shaping the vision, strategy, and execution of products from early discovery through launch.
• Independently direct your own work, operating as a highly trusted individual contributor while mentoring and elevating other designers.
• Translate nebulous or early-stage ideas into tangible concepts, prototypes, and products (zero-to-one). Even if you’re not the originator of the idea, you’ll be the one bringing it to life.
• Partner closely with product managers, researchers, and engineers to define opportunities, refine experiences, and align design impact with business outcomes (including both new revenue and cost-saving initiatives).
• Balance craft quality (visual polish, usability, communication clarity) with strategic thinking, ensuring designs are not only beautiful but also deeply effective and aligned to user and business needs.
• Mentor, coach, and influence peers, helping shape design culture and best practices across the Innovation Hub.
• Contribute to evolving the organization’s approach to design and research, helping establish a more strategic and impactful design culture.

The Right Candidate Will Have:

• 10+ years of product design experience across digital platforms, with a strong record of leading substantial, strategic projects.
• Deep expertise in both UX and research practices, including generative/discovery research, concept validation, usability testing, and iteration.
• Exceptional ability to work independently, self-direct, and set direction while balancing multiple initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to influence executive stakeholders and cross-functional peers.
• Proficiency in design tools like Figma, Sketch, Adobe Creative Suite, InVision, Principle, and Framer.
• Experience collaborating with product, technology, and research teams in fast-moving, ambiguous environments.
• Strong communication and storytelling skills—able to convey ideas, decisions, and outcomes clearly and persuasively.
• Empathy, curiosity, and a deep commitment to user-centered methodologies and design thinking.

Candidates that stand out will have a strong portfolio that demonstrates:

• Clear evidence of strategic thinking (business impact, decision-making, innovation).
• Ability to explain process and pivotal moments, not just polished final screens.
• Role clarity in case studies (how you drove strategy/innovation vs. execution).
• Evidence of zero-to-one or transformational work.

Bonus Qualifications

• Experience in innovation labs or agency-level design work.
• Background in visual design, mobile/web apps, machine learning interfaces, or design systems (though your impact should go well beyond system work).
• Comfort working on revenue-generating and cost-saving initiatives.
• Track record of mentoring and elevating design teams.
• Entrepreneurial mindset with experience launching MVPs and scaling them into successful products.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Employment type

  Contract

Job function

• Job function

  Consulting, Design, and Information Technology

• Industries

  IT Services and IT Consulting, Telecommunications, and Design Services

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