Sr UX Designer

About the Role

We’re looking for a Senior UX Designer to own end-to-end experiences within a product area, driving both discovery and delivery. You’ll shape product direction, elevate team practices, and integrate AI into the design process in thoughtful, high-leverage ways.

• Lead discovery efforts to identify high-impact opportunities.
• Shape product direction through strong problem framing and insight.
• Define success metrics and evaluate outcomes.
• Design scalable, end-to-end experiences across a product area.
• Use AI and other emerging technologies to accelerate research synthesis, concept exploration, and iteration.
• Drive alignment across Product, Engineering, and stakeholders.
• Mentor designers on craft, product thinking, and modern tooling.
• Raise the bar for design quality and critique.

• 5–8+ years of experience in product/UX design.
• Strong proficiency in Figma and modern design workflows.
• Proven ability to influence product direction and roadmap decisions.
• Strong experience leading discovery and research initiatives.
• Demonstrated ability to harness AI and new technologies to evolve design workflows, streamline collaboration with engineering, and accelerate high-quality product delivery.
• Systems thinking across features and journeys.
• Ability to clearly and professionally articulate and defend design decisions, and manage stakeholders.

• Case studies demonstrating ownership of a product area or major initiative.
• Clear examples of discovery, problem framing, and outcome definition.
• Work that spans multiple features or user journeys.
• Strong storytelling that connects design decisions to impact.
• Evidence of shaping the problem, not just solving it.
• Clear articulation of tradeoffs and constraints.
• Systems thinking across features and experiences.
• Integration of accessibility (WCAG 2.2) into your work.
• Use of AI tools for research synthesis, exploration, or iteration.

• Improve both product outcomes and team capability.
• Use AI and other emerging technologies to increase speed, depth, and learning—not reduce rigor.
• Elevate how design is practiced within your team.

Base pay range is $77,100 – $90,000 annually, with an incentive bonus program. Individual base pay will vary based on qualifications, experience, and location.

Cengage is committed to working with broad talent pools to attract and hire strong and most qualified individuals. Job applicants are considered regardless of any classification protected by applicable federal, state, provincial or local laws.

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