Principal Design Lead

Posted Wednesday, August 19, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Corpay is currently looking to hire a Principal Design Lead within our Commercial Card division. This position falls under our Corpay Payables line of business and is in Atlanta, GA or Brentwood, TN. The Principal Design lead will help shape a more connected, intuitive experience across our B2B enterprise web and mobile products. This role reports into the Senior Director, Product Delivery and will define experience direction across products, simplify complex customer journeys, and help ensure Corpay applications feel like part of a cohesive ecosystem.

The ideal candidate combines strong design craft with strategic and systems thinking, executive communication, and cross-functional influence. This person should be equally comfortable setting experience direction and leading how AI is used to accelerate exploration, prototyping, iteration, and decision-making.

As a Principal Design Lead, Corpay will set you up for success by providing:

• Assigned workspace in Atlanta or Brentwood office

The responsibilities of the role will include:

• Defining and leading a cohesive UX vision across Corpay’s web and mobile ecosystem, connecting complex experiences across products, workflows, and customer journeys.
• Owning hands‑on design work for high‑impact initiatives, from early concepts and journey definition through detailed interaction design, prototyping, and validation.
• Leading the architecture, evolution, and governance of Corpay's design system across foundations, components, patterns, modules, and documentation.
• Identifying systemic UX challenges and create scalable solutions that simplify complex financial, operational, transactional, and data‑rich experiences.
• Influencing product strategy and roadmap priorities by partnering with Product, Engineering, Technology, and Business leaders on Corpay’s most important customer and business problems.
• Using Figma, Figma Make, AI‑assisted tools, and high‑fidelity prototypes to rapidly explore ideas, shape AI‑enabled experiences, align stakeholders, and reduce development risk.
• Raising the design quality bar across Corpay through shared experience principles and patterns, design critique, executive facilitation, mentorship, and direct contribution to complex product challenges.

• 6+ years of experience designing complex B2B or enterprise products across web and mobile, with a strong portfolio demonstrating craft, systems thinking, and measurable product impact.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Design, Technology, and Business teams without relying on formal authority.
• Experience leading UX strategy for AI‑enabled product experiences, translating AI capabilities into useful, intuitive customer workflows and features.
• Experience leading strategic customer journeys across products, teams, and workflows while balancing customer needs, business objectives, technical constraints, regulatory requirements, and speed to market.
• Deep experience simplifying financial, transactional, operational, or data‑intensive workflows into clear, intuitive experiences.
• Strong systems thinking, with the ability to identify patterns, define experience principles, and create scalable solutions across products and platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to move from ambiguity to strategy, concepts, prototypes, and detailed product experiences while maintaining a high bar for craft.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, prototyping, design systems, and AI‑assisted design tools, with demonstrated ability to use AI to accelerate exploration, iteration, and validation throughout the design process.
• Exceptional written, verbal, visual, and executive communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale, tradeoffs, and strategic recommendations.
• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits available the 1stmonth after hire
• Automatic enrollment into our 401(k) plan (subject to eligibility requirements)
• Virtual fitness classes offered company‑wide
• Robust PTO offerings including major holidays, vacation, sick, personal, & volunteer time
• Employee…