Sr. Principal Product Designer, Products & Services Marketplace

Company Description

LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed.

Join us to transform the way the world works.

Job Description

At LinkedIn, we trust each other to do our best work where it works best for us and our teams. This role offers a hybrid work option, meaning you can both work from home and commute to a LinkedIn office, depending on what’s best for you and when it is important for your team to be together.

Why join the Product Design team at LinkedIn?

• Designers are strategic partners, from product innovation and planning to launch
• Work and learn with passionate, talented, and supportive people
• We work on both consumer and enterprise products and encourage team rotation, so you can stay engaged and keep growing
• We’re equipped with the best design tools in the business, including Figma, Principle, and Miro 
• A trusting, open environment helps us do our best work…and we have fun together!

Reporting directly to our Sr. Director of Product Design for LinkedIn’s Products & Services Marketplace, you will primarily lead 0>1 initiatives across the company, working collaboratively with leadership to establish a clear vision and strategy for the future of our products and charters. From helping LinkedIn customers to unlock transformational growth to reshaping how members connect and engage around products and services, this role leads with design across the Products and Services marketplace and the company, working in close collaboration with our profile, feed, and other core consumer teams, to reimagine the future of B2B commerce. You’re an expert in systems thinking, relationship building, storytelling and collaborating across teams to create cohesive experiences. You have a high bar for craft and can lead in both consumer and enterprise product experiences, creating a bridge for simplifying and unifying workflows. You can call on a full range of organizational and interpersonal skills to help your talented team operate at their highest and most effective level. 

How can we help buyers connect within communities and with brands to make more informed B2B buying decisions? What are creative ways we can leverage AI to help customers and members get their jobs done? How do we ensure our 900M+ members have a trusted experience with brands on LinkedIn? How do we balance the marketplace, increase transparency, and drive more equitable marketing and sales outcomes? If these questions spark your interest, we’d love to see your application.

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Responsibilities:

• Lead Design vision and strategy for key growth and 0 to 1 initiatives
• Set expectations and maintain high standards of quality of the work; inspire excellence and collaboration 
• Establish trust and build confidence with cross-functional partners and executive leadership (e.g., Design, UXR, Product, Engineering, and Marketing); collaborate cross-functionally and across teams 
• Improve operational excellence, prioritizing work and resources across product teams to maximize impact on the business and the user experience 
• Co-create the future of LinkedIn by designing best-in-class products
• Act as a mentor, leader, and coach across the LinkedIn Design team, be an ambassador within and outside of LinkedIn to build our global Design brand

Qualifications

Basic Qualifications:

• 10+ years of combined hands-on experience through practice of Product Design in the business context 
• Bachelor’s degree in a Technology or Design related field, or equivalent experience
• Experience designing products across platforms and devices
• Deep knowledge of associated practices, including content design, user experience research, motion, and accessibility standards

Preferred Qualifications:

• Ability to influence multiple product areas while being able to drive a strategy and vision across an organization that helps shape the future of the business
• Ability to deliver design solutions that grow the business area and create new value for members/customers 
• Ability to develop teams of designers to become the next generation of key contributors - promoting sharing work openly and welcoming feedback  
• Strong a