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Alight is seeking a Senior Product Designer to join the Product Design team and help shape the future of AI-enabled product development. As a key member of our team, you will partner closely with Product, Engineering, and Enablement teams to create intuitive, scalable and intelligent experiences that deliver value to our clients and their employees.
This role expands beyond a traditional product design role. As a Senior Product Designer, you'll help shape our AI-powered design practice by creating and supporting design standards and experience frameworks that enable AI-driven product development.
You'll leverage modern AI tools to accelerate research, ideation, prototyping, and delivery while maintaining design oversight. Your expertise in UX, visual design, and design system governance will help ensure that AI enhances human creativity, not replace thoughtful design judgement.
Success in this role requires the ability to navigate ambiguity, influence product strategy, and translate complex requirements into clear and actionable design solutions by balancing user needs, business outcomes and long-term scalability.
** Please NOTE: Applicants must reside in the United States in one of the 50 States or the District of Columbia in order to be considered for this role. ****ship requirements- as this role supports services provided to the federal government and/or a federal government contractor, proof will be required to verify ship status at time of hire.**Product Design & Delivery- Lead the end-to-end design process for strategic product initiatives within an AI-enabled Product Development Life Cycle (PDLC).
- Translate user needs, business goals, and product requirements into scalable experience frameworks, wireframes, high-fidelity prototypes, and production-ready designs.
Collaboration & Design Direction- Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Delivery, and Enablement teams to guide AI-assisted product design workflows.
- Provide clear design direction and human oversight that helps shape product strategy, ensuring every experience is aligned with product goals.
- Iterate on design concepts and AI-generated outputs to ensure experiences are intuitive, accessible, scalable and consistent across products and workflows.
Design System Governance- Own and evolve the design system, ensuring it serves as the foundation for both human and AI-generated experiences.
- Ensure UI components and interaction patterns are consistent, reusable and easy for engineering teams to implement across products and workflows.
- Champion accessibility by adhering to WCAG 2.1 AA standards and supporting semantic structure, clear interaction patterns, accessible keyboard and focus behavior, readable content hierarchy, sufficient contrast, and inclusive usability throughout the user experience.
Cross-Functional Partnership- Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Research, and Content teams by proactively identifying design opportunities, clarifying ambiguous requirements, and surfacing risks early.
- Partner with Product Managers to shape product strategy, collaborate with Engineering to ensure design fidelity and technical feasibility, and work closely with Research to identify gaps, validate solutions, and translate insights into product decisions.
Design Generation & Human Oversight- Leverage AI to accelerate ideation, exploration and delivery while providing human oversight necessary to ensure thoughtful, high-quality user experiences.
- Review AI-developed experiences to ensure alignment with user needs, UX best practices, accessibility and design system standards.
- Establish quality controls that ensure AI enhances design outcomes without compromising trust and usability.
Mentorship & Culture- Lead design critiques, establish quality standards, advocate for user-centered decision making.
- Coach team members on human and AI-assisted design methodologies.
- Foster a culture where human creativity, design expertise, and responsible AI work together to deliver exceptional user experiences at scale
Qualifications and Experience- Hands-on experience using Claude, Claude Design, Figma Make, Figma Design Agent (or similar AI tools) in your day-to-day design process, with an interest in designing AI-native user experiences
- Proven ability to design and deliver exceptional product experiences for web and mobile applications, combining strong design judgment, executional excellence, and AI-native workflows. We value AI fluency and the ability to leverage emerging design tools, portfolio quality, design craft, and a thoughtful approach to solving complex user problems.
- Deep understanding of user-centered design principles, information architecture, interaction design, and typography
- Experience in motion design or micro-interactions
- Demonstrated experience building and scaling design systems, balancing speed, quality, and consistency in a fast-paced environment, with a strong understanding of governance and design-to-development handoff processes
- Advanced, expert-level proficiency in Figma, including variables, auto-layout, advanced prototyping, managing complex component libraries
- Basic understanding of front-end development (HTML, CSS, React)
- Benefits administration experience and/or experience in user research and testing are a plus
Application and InterviewBy applying for a position with Alight, you understand that, should you be made an offer, it will be contingent on your undergoing and successfully completing a background check consistent with Alight's employment policies. Background checks may include some or all the following based on the nature of the position: SSN/SIN validation, education verification, employment verification, and criminal check, search against global sanctions and government watch lists, credit check, and/or drug test. You will be notified during the hiring process which checks are required by the position.
Alight requires all virtual interviews to be conducted on video. Please be aware that Alight is a camera-on culture and may require occasional travel to one of our physical office locations.
Our commitment to InclusionWe celebrate differences and believe in fostering an environment where everyone feels valued, respected, and supported. We know that diverse teams are stronger, more innovative, and more successful.
At Alight, we welcome and embrace all individuals, regardless of their background, and are dedicated to creating a culture that enables every employee to thrive. Join us in building a brighter, more inclusive future.
As part of this commitment, Alight will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations for the hiring process. If reasonable accommodation is needed, please contact
Equal Opportunity Policy StatementAlight is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and does not discriminate against anyone based on sex, race, color, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy, marital or domestic partner status, citizenship, military or veteran status, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other legally protected characteristics or conduct covered by federal, state, or local law. In addition, we take affirmative action to employ disabled persons, disabled veterans, and other covered veterans.
Alight provides reasonable accommodations to the known limitations of otherwise qualified employees and applicants for employment with disabilities and sincerely held religious beliefs, practices and observances, unless doing so would result in undue hardship. Applicants for employment may request reasonable accommodations/modifications by contacting their recruiter.
Authorization to work in the Employing CountryApplicants for employment in the country in which they are applying (Employing Country) must have work authorization that does not, now or in the future, require sponsorship of a visa for employment authorization in the Employing Country and with Alight.
Note, this job description does not restrict management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
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We offer you a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
Salary Pay Range
Minimum :
103,000.00 USD
Maximum :
120,000.00 USD
Pay Transparency Statement: Alight considers a variety of factors in determining whether to extend an offer of employment and in setting the appropriate compensation level, including, but not limited to, a candidate's experience, education, certification/credentials, market data, internal equity, and geography. Alight makes these decisions on an individualized, non-discriminatory basis. Bonus and/or incentive eligibility are determined by role and level. Alight also offers a comprehensive benefits package; for specific details on our benefits package, please visit: Wellbeing and Benefits Selector Page - Alight
DISCLAIMER:Nothing in this job description restricts management's right to assign or reassign duties and responsibilities of this job to other entities; including but not limited to subsidiaries, partners, or purchasers of Alight business units.
Alight Solutions provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth or related medical condition, veteran, marital, parental, citizenship, or domestic partner status, or any other status protected by applicable national, federal, state or local law. Alight Solutions is committed to a diverse workforce and is an affirmative action employer.
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