Principal Product Designer, AI Native, Core

Zigsaw

Principal Product Designer leading AI-driven design efforts for Pinterest business products. Collaborating across teams to deliver innovative design solutions and mentor talent.

Posted 7/2/2026full-timeSan Francisco • California • 🇺🇸 United StatesLead💰 $210,161 - $432,684 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish the strategic direction and product vision for our most complex problems, including the future of integrating AI based assistive tools into our consumer product, while bridging the gap between vision and execution
Be at the forefront of major design initiatives and broadcast the efforts of the design team across Pinterest
Set and refine the design quality bar, in partnership with design leadership, through our principles and design system
Be responsible for mentoring and helping grow talent within the team

Requirements

What you’ll need

12+ years with a track record of shipping inspiring well built experiences leveraging the latest technology
Experience with LLMs, prompt shaping/engineering, prototyping, and working on AI product flows and with agentic systems
A respected designer and product thinker that has mastered their craft and cohesive product strategy, ideally a renaissance person with endless curiosity
A mentor who is energized by growing others’ careers and knows how to motivate a team
An inspiring communicator that represents creative work, builds trust and influences alignment of our creative vision across marketing, PR and product
A portfolio demonstrating breadth and creativity and proven experience in product design, design thinking and product strategy
Bachelor’s degree in design, a related field or equivalent experience.

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
Retirement plans
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development

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Hard Skills & Tools

Product DesignPrototypingPrompt ShapingLLMsDesign System

Soft Skills

Inspiring CommunicatorTeam MotivationCreative Influence

Certifications

Bachelor’s Degree in Design