Principal Design Lead

Principal Designer

Schneider Electric's purpose is to empower all to make the most of our energy and resources, bridging progress and sustainability for all.

At Schneider, we call this Life Is On.

We are driving digital transformation by integrating the most advanced energy and automation technologies.

We connect products, control platforms, software, and services throughout the lifecycle of our customers' activities to the cloud for integrated management of residential housing, commercial buildings, data centres, infrastructures, and industry.

Schneider Electric is seeking a design professional with expertise in user experience for complex enterprise software.

This individual will report to the Head of Design for Schneider's Digital Energy group and be responsible for leading the experience of a key strategic software initiative.

The team is fast growing and want to do so healthily.

Our mission oversees digital design across Schneider Electric, infuses design culture into the company, and scales these efforts through systems and collaboration.

We create consistent, enjoyable, and memorable experiences with meaningful outcomes around sustainability, decarbonization, and optimizing the switch renewable energy.

This is design work with a purpose.

This role will be responsible for leading start to finish design efforts on a program that aligns Schneider Electric's power and buildings domains.

This multi-year and highly strategic effort requires a seasoned designer's skills to collaborate with product leaders and technical teams to envision, form, and communicate the desired user experience.

This designer will take a Lead position in & amongst other designers on the team.

You will wear the captain's armband and be ultimately responsible for maintaining a cohesive design direction and arbitrating decisions that impact the user's experience.

Successful candidates will have experience representing design within similar team structures to discover unmet user needs, craft and test experience concepts, and align into development details.

They will be familiar with the use of corporate design systems to quickly design interfaces that are consistent and on-brand, while knowing when and how to extend components and contribute to the ecosystem's health.

Schneider Electric's customers operate in complex industrial spaces which necessitates a humble and curious attitude and a willingness to learn from experts in the energy domain.

At the same time, the design team is defining our digital industrial future which requires skills in concept creation, story telling, and iterative creativity.

Your mission:
User-centered design.

Apply different tools and methodologies required for the problem, timing, and context.

Be transparent and mentor colleagues across stages of the design process.

Facilitation and co-design.

Prepare and lead workshops to align teams and converge on a common product and service vision.

Include others and motivate with curiosity, a consta...