Principal UX Designer
Walmart
Design
Bentonville, AR, USA
USD 110k-220k / year + Equity
Posted on Mar 27, 2026
Position Summary...
What you'll do...
Principal UX Designer — Global Design
About Walmart Design
Walmart’s Global Design organization is responsible for shaping the experiences that
connect customers, associates and partners to our mission: Save Money. Live Better. We
are multidisciplinary team of product designers, design researchers, content designers,
design technologists and operators, practicing across Walmart US, Sam’s Club,
International, and the Enterprise. We are a craft-based, strategic design team delivering
transformation of every touchpoint across all of Walmart.
As part of Global Design, you’ll work in close partnership with product, engineering,
content, research, business, and design system teams to shape experiences that balance
user needs, business goals, and operational realities. We are building a design culture
rooted in craft, clarity, inclusion, and impact.
About the role
As a Principal User Experience (UX) Designer, you will lead design direction for complex,
high-impact product areas and programs. You’ll bring clarity to ambiguity, shape
experience strategy, and guide teams toward solutions that are intuitive, scalable, and
aligned to both user needs and business goals.
This role is ideal for a designer with deep UX expertise, strong systems thinking, and the
ability to influence across functions and levels. You’ll work across teams to connect near-
term execution with longer-term vision, elevate design quality, and help drive consistency
and coherence across experiences. You’ll also play a key role in strengthening design
practice through leadership, mentorship, and collaboration.
What you’ll do
• Lead design direction for complex, high-impact product areas, platforms, or cross-
functional programs.
• Define and communicate experience strategy that connects user needs, business
priorities, and technical realities.
• Translate ambiguous or complex problem spaces into clear frameworks,
opportunities, and end-to-end UX solutions.
• Drive the design process from concept through delivery, ensuring a high bar for
usability, accessibility, and craft.
About Walmart Design
Walmart’s Global Design organization is responsible for shaping the experiences that
connect customers, associates and partners to our mission: Save Money. Live Better. We
are multidisciplinary team of product designers, design researchers, content designers,
design technologists and operators, practicing across Walmart US, Sam’s Club,
International, and the Enterprise. We are a craft-based, strategic design team delivering
transformation of every touchpoint across all of Walmart.
As part of Global Design, you’ll work in close partnership with product, engineering,
content, research, business, and design system teams to shape experiences that balance
user needs, business goals, and operational realities. We are building a design culture
rooted in craft, clarity, inclusion, and impact.
About the role
As a Principal User Experience (UX) Designer, you will lead design direction for complex,
high-impact product areas and programs. You’ll bring clarity to ambiguity, shape
experience strategy, and guide teams toward solutions that are intuitive, scalable, and
aligned to both user needs and business goals.
This role is ideal for a designer with deep UX expertise, strong systems thinking, and the
ability to influence across functions and levels. You’ll work across teams to connect near-
term execution with longer-term vision, elevate design quality, and help drive consistency
and coherence across experiences. You’ll also play a key role in strengthening design
practice through leadership, mentorship, and collaboration.
What you’ll do
• Lead design direction for complex, high-impact product areas, platforms, or cross-
functional programs.
• Define and communicate experience strategy that connects user needs, business
priorities, and technical realities.
• Translate ambiguous or complex problem spaces into clear frameworks,
opportunities, and end-to-end UX solutions.
• Drive the design process from concept through delivery, ensuring a high bar for
usability, accessibility, and craft.
• Create and guide user flows, information architecture, interaction models,
prototypes, and high-fidelity designs as needed.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, content, research, business, and design
system teams to align on priorities and move work forward.
• Use research insights, AI, agentic design, analytics, market context, and feedback to
shape decisions and refine design direction.
• Influence cross-functional and leadership stakeholders through clear storytelling,
strong rationale, and thoughtful tradeoff discussions.
• Drive consistency and scalability across experiences by working within and
extending design systems and shared patterns across a portfolio of products.
• Raise the quality of design across teams by providing critique, mentorship, and
guidance to other designers.
• Help shape team practices, design culture, and ways of working that improve
collaboration and outcomes.
• Identify strategic opportunities across journeys, products, or platforms and help
teams prioritize where design can have the greatest impact.
What you’ll bring
• Significant experience designing digital products, platforms, or services with a
record of driving impact in complex environments.
• Deep strength in UX design, including interaction design, information architecture,
systems thinking, prototyping, and visual communication.
• Ability to define experience strategy and connect detailed design decisions to
broader product and business goals.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to influence cross-functional teams and
senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Experience leading large or ambiguous initiatives across multiple teams, products,
stakeholders and/or touchpoints.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to build alignment
around a clear design vision.
• High level of craft and a strong point of view on quality, usability, accessibility, and
inclusive design.
prototypes, and high-fidelity designs as needed.
• Partner closely with product, engineering, content, research, business, and design
system teams to align on priorities and move work forward.
• Use research insights, AI, agentic design, analytics, market context, and feedback to
shape decisions and refine design direction.
• Influence cross-functional and leadership stakeholders through clear storytelling,
strong rationale, and thoughtful tradeoff discussions.
• Drive consistency and scalability across experiences by working within and
extending design systems and shared patterns across a portfolio of products.
• Raise the quality of design across teams by providing critique, mentorship, and
guidance to other designers.
• Help shape team practices, design culture, and ways of working that improve
collaboration and outcomes.
• Identify strategic opportunities across journeys, products, or platforms and help
teams prioritize where design can have the greatest impact.
What you’ll bring
• Significant experience designing digital products, platforms, or services with a
record of driving impact in complex environments.
• Deep strength in UX design, including interaction design, information architecture,
systems thinking, prototyping, and visual communication.
• Ability to define experience strategy and connect detailed design decisions to
broader product and business goals.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to influence cross-functional teams and
senior stakeholders without formal authority.
• Experience leading large or ambiguous initiatives across multiple teams, products,
stakeholders and/or touchpoints.
• Strong storytelling and communication skills, with the ability to build alignment
around a clear design vision.
• High level of craft and a strong point of view on quality, usability, accessibility, and
inclusive design.
• Experience using and evolving design systems to support scalable, coherent
experiences.
• Ability to coach others, give actionable feedback, and elevate team quality through
collaboration.
• Comfort navigating fast-paced environments, shifting priorities, and organizational
complexity.
Preferred qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Digital
Design, Information Architecture, or a related field, or equivalent practical
experience.
• 8+ years of experience in UX, product, or experience design.
• Portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, strong craft, and measurable impact
across shipped work.
• Experience designing for complex ecosystems, enterprise workflows, omni-channel
journeys, or global products is a plus.
• Experience influencing design direction across multiple teams or product areas is a
plus.
experiences.
• Ability to coach others, give actionable feedback, and elevate team quality through
collaboration.
• Comfort navigating fast-paced environments, shifting priorities, and organizational
complexity.
Preferred qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in Human-Computer Interaction (HCI), Interaction Design, Digital
Design, Information Architecture, or a related field, or equivalent practical
experience.
• 8+ years of experience in UX, product, or experience design.
• Portfolio demonstrating strategic thinking, strong craft, and measurable impact
across shipped work.
• Experience designing for complex ecosystems, enterprise workflows, omni-channel
journeys, or global products is a plus.
• Experience influencing design direction across multiple teams or product areas is a
plus.
Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to a specific plan or program terms.
For information about benefits and eligibility, see One.Walmart.
The annual salary range for this position is $110,000.00 - $220,000.00 Additional compensation includes annual or quarterly performance bonuses. Additional compensation for certain positions may also include :
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Minimum Qualifications...
Outlined below are the required minimum qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no minimum qualifications.
Option 1: Bachelor's degree in UI/UX design, graphic design, visual communication, product design, computer science, information technology, or related area and 5 years’ experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area. Option 2: 7 years’ experience in UI/UX, interactive and visual design, electronics art, multimedia design, or related area.Preferred Qualifications...
Outlined below are the optional preferred qualifications for this position. If none are listed, there are no preferred qualifications.
Design certification (for example, IDEOU - Foundations in Design Thinking Certificate), Driving product development in a user experience area, Master's degree in UI/UX Design, Interactive and Visual Design, Product Design, or related area, Related industry experience (for example, retail, supply chain, eCommerce, healthcare), UI/UX, Interactive and Visual Design, Electronics Art, Multimedia Design, or related area, We value candidates with a background in creating inclusive digital experiences, demonstrating knowledge in implementing Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) 2.2 AA standards, assistive technologies, and integrating digital accessibility seamlessly. The ideal candidate would have knowledge of accessibility best practices and join us as we continue to create accessible products and services following Walmart’s accessibility standards and guidelines for supporting an inclusive culture.Masters: Architecture, Masters: Artificial Intelligence, Masters: Business, Masters: Cognitive Science, Masters: Computer Science