P5P5 — Expert Professional
Product Designer (UI/UX Designer) P5–P6
Focus on product-level user experience metrics and holistic design quality.
What this level means
Expert in field; key problem solver and project leader, authority in multiple areas
- Scope
- Multiple systems or a technical domain
- Autonomy
- Sets direction within the domain
- Complexity
- Novel, high-ambiguity problems; establishes the approach
- Impact
- Org / multi-team outcomes
- Decision rights
- Authority over a technical domain
- Leadership
- Leads cross-team technical initiatives
- Typical experience
- 8–12 yrs
What you'd do
- Improve UX outcomes
- Ensure design quality
- Link design to business goals
- Mentor junior designers
- Enhance UX outcomes.
- Ensure design quality.
- Align design with business goals.
- Mentor junior designers.
Skills, knowledge & tools
- UX metrics analysis
- Design quality assurance
- Business goal alignment
- Mentorship
- Leadership
- Strategic design
- Advanced prototyping
- Communication
- User experience metrics
- Design quality standards
- Business strategy alignment
- Mentorship techniques
- Leadership principles
- Advanced design tools
- Strategic design thinking
- Communication strategies
- Product-Level User Experience Metrics
- Holistic Design Quality & Consistency
- Design KPIs Linked to Business Goals
- Mentorship and Design Leadership
What good looks like
- Proven track record in design leadership
- Strategic vision
- Experience in mentoring and design strategy
Common titles
UI Design VUI Design 5Staff UI DesignLead UI DesignExpert UI DesignUI Designer VUI Designer 5Staff UI DesignerLead UI DesignerExpert UI DesignerUX Design VUX Design 5Staff UX DesignLead UX DesignExpert UX DesignUX Designer V
Where it sits & what it pays
O*NET / SOC: 27-0000 — Arts, Design, Entertainment, Sports, & Media Occupations(inferred · under review)
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are coming — JobFrame anchors pay to the family/level structure rather than the raw title.