Yahoo · 2 months ago
Principal Product Designer, Yahoo Search - Tentpole & Editorial Experiences
United States of America
Full-time
Hybrid
Lead/Staff
$144K/yr - $299K/yr
10+ years expYahoo serves as a trusted guide for hundreds of millions of people globally, helping them achieve their goals online through our portfolio of iconic products. They are seeking a Principal Product Designer to define and lead the design vision for tentpole event experiences within Yahoo Search, focusing on creating engaging and trustworthy experiences during significant events.
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Responsibilities
Define and drive the long-term design vision for tentpole and live-event experiences across Yahoo Search, translating ambiguous business and user problems into a clear, compelling direction
Establish the design architecture and experience strategy for major product areas that activate during high-traffic, high-visibility moments
Balance short-term event execution with long-term platform thinking, making thoughtful trade-offs that scale beyond a single moment
Influence product and design strategy across multiple teams and overlapping initiatives, ensuring a cohesive, high-quality user experience
Identify systemic UX and platform gaps exposed by tentpole events and partner with teams to address them through durable solutions
Shape roadmaps by anticipating future moments, risks, and opportunities tied to live content, news cycles, and sports calendars
Champion a fun, expressive, and delightful design approach that enhances clarity and trust without sacrificing usability or performance
Evolve and expand design patterns for our design system, interaction models, and visual language tailored to live, dynamic, and time-sensitive experiences
Set and uphold the quality bar for multiple teams, serving as a role model for design excellence and craft
Improve organizational effectiveness by creating new standards, frameworks, principles, and strategic artifacts that increase design quality and velocity
Lead impactful efforts to extend and refine design systems to better support live events, personalization, and rapid iteration
Direct others in the adoption of best practices and scalable design mechanisms
Align teams and senior leadership around a shared vision by telling a compelling strategic story rooted in user needs, business impact, and cultural relevance
Anticipate and resolve high-level conflicts across product, engineering, editorial, data, and partnerships
Turn complex, and sometimes conflicting, feedback into clear, actionable next steps
Mentor and develop designers, raising the overall bar for product thinking and execution
Lead cross-functional initiatives, helping teams navigate ambiguity, debug conflict, and stay aligned under pressure
Conduct interviews and technical assessments for senior and principal-level design candidates
Serve as a role model for professional maturity, ethical decision-making, and strong product judgment
Qualification
Required
10+ years of experience in product design, with a proven track record leading large-scale, consumer-facing products
Demonstrated ability to operate at an Principal level, setting vision and influencing strategy across multiple teams
Deep product thinking: you understand how design decisions drive business outcomes, engagement, and trust, especially during high-stakes moments
Exceptional storytelling, collaboration, and negotiation skills
A portfolio that shows both systems-level thinking and craft-level excellence, with examples of delight, personality, and impact
Comfort thriving in highly ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Preferred
Experience designing for live, real-time, or event-driven experiences (sports, news, media, commerce, or cultural moments strongly preferred)
Benefits
Healthcare
A great 401k
Backup childcare
Education stipends
Much (much) more
Company
Yahoo
Yahoo is a technology and media company that serves users through its portfolio of digital platforms, products, and services. It is a sub-organization of Verizon Media.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.8MKey Investors
SoftBank GroupSequoia Capital
2021-05-03Acquired
1996-04-12IPO
1995-11-30Series B· $4.8M
Leadership Team
Monica Vorn Mijaleski
Chief Financial Officer
Mike Gupta
SVP Finance / Chief Treasury Officer
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