P6P6 — Principal Professional
Strategist / Executive
Level P6 represents the most senior UI/UX role, often equivalent to a senior executive or 'Distinguished Designer.'
What this level means
Top individual contributor; recognized authority with strategic impact, equivalent to a low executive level
- Scope
- Organization-wide architecture and the hardest problems
- Autonomy
- Defines direction; minimal oversight
- Complexity
- Strategic, open-ended problems shaping the technical future
- Impact
- Organization-wide
- Decision rights
- Sets technical strategy for a major area
- Leadership
- Recognized authority; multiplies many teams
- Typical experience
- 12–18 yrs
What you'd do
- Craft the long-term design vision for the company
- Influence product strategy across all divisions
- Champion a user-centered and ethical design culture company-wide
- Develop long-term design vision
- Influence company-wide strategy
- Champion design culture
Skills, knowledge & tools
- Long-term strategic planning
- Cross-divisional influence
- Cultural leadership
- Ethical design advocacy
- Long-term UX strategy
- Business integration
- Cultural leadership
- Ethical design principles
- Mastery of UX strategy and business integration
- Exceptional strategic leadership and influence
What good looks like
- 15+ years of diverse experience in UX design and leadership
- Outstanding track record of innovation
- Graduate-level education or equivalent strategic experience
Common titles
User Interface Design VIUser Interface Design 6Principal User Interface DesignUser Interface Designer VIUser Interface Designer 6Principal User Interface DesignerUser Experience Design VIUser Experience Design 6Principal User Experience DesignUser Experience Designer VIUser Experience Designer 6Principal User Experience DesignerStrategist / Executive
What it pays
Market-pay benchmarks for this family × level are being recalibrated across all survey sources and will return shortly.
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