Principal User Experience Designer

We are seeking a Principal UX Designer to lead experience design for complex reporting, data visualization, and learning analytics experiences across our K–12 educational technology platforms. This role will also serve as a senior leader in evolving and optimizing our mature design system. This is not a component-consumer role. We are looking for someone who has built, scaled, and governed design systems in mature product environments — and who understands how system thinking elevates reporting, dashboards, and AI-driven insights at scale. You will work at the intersection of product strategy, AI innovation, analytics, and scalable design infrastructure — translating complex educational data into intuitive, actionable experiences for educators and administrators. What You’ll Own 1. Reporting & Data Visualization Strategy You will lead the UX strategy and execution for high-impact reporting and dashboard initiatives, including: - Administrative dashboards and system-level reporting tools - Complex student performance and growth data visualizations - AI-driven insight experiences (e.g., Assignment AI Insights) - Combined math, literacy, and Lexile reporting enhancements - Learning analytics experiences within multi-product ecosystems You will: - Translate complex educational data, learning analytics, and AI outputs into clear, actionable user experiences - Define visualization patterns that scale across products - Ensure dashboards support decision-making, not just data display - Simplify multi-dimensional datasets without oversimplifying meaning - Establish UX principles for reporting consistency across product lines 2. Design System Leadership (Mature System Environment) You will play a critical role in strengthening and optimizing our design system. We are specifically looking for someone who has: - Built components from scratch — not just assembled existing libraries - Defined usage guidelines, interaction models, and accessibility standards - Partnered with engineering to implement token-based systems - Led governance, contribution models, and release cycles - Improved system adoption across multiple product teams Responsibilities include: - Expanding system patterns for data visualization and reporting - Defining scalable charting, dashboard, and insight components - Creating documentation that enables consistency across teams - Establishing feedback loops between product design and system evolution - Driving process optimization for intake, review, and release - Ensuring accessibility and performance standards are embedded at the system level 3. Cross-Product Experience Alignment - Provide strategic UX continuity across multiple product lines - Partner closely with Product, Engineering, Data Science, and AI teams - Align reporting experiences across platforms to reduce fragmentation - Establish UX standards for how AI insights are surfaced and explained - Ensure experience cohesion while enabling product-specific differentiation What You Bring Required Experience - 8+ years in UX/Product Design, including experience at a senior or principal level - Deep expertise in data visualization and dashboard design - Demonstrated experience designing complex administrative or analytics tools - Experience working with AI-driven features and insight surfacing - Proven experience building and scaling a mature design system - Experience creating components, not just consuming them - Strong understanding of: - Design tokens - Accessibility (WCAG) - Interaction modeling - Responsive and scalable layout systems - Data visualization best practices - Experience partnering directly with engineering to ensure system fidelity Ideal Background - Experience in EdTech, SaaS, enterprise platforms, or analytics-heavy products - Experience designing for educators, administrators, or institutional users - Familiarity with learning analytics or student performance reporting - Experience working in multi-product ecosystems - Experience leading cross-functional design reviews and governance How You Think - Systems thinker — you see patterns across products and create scalable solutions - Data translator — you make complexity understandable without losing nuance - Craft-driven — you care deeply about interaction details and clarity - Process optimizer — you improve how design systems are built and maintained - Strategic partner — you influence roadmap decisions, not just screens - AI-curious — you think critically about how insights are presented, explained, and trusted Impact You’ll Have - Elevate reporting from “data display” to decision-support experiences - Improve consistency and scalability across products through system maturity - Enable faster development through robust, well-documented components - Increase clarity and usability of AI-generated insights - Reduce UX fragmentation across the product ecosystem Savvas Learning Company provides access to a benefits experience created to offer our employees choice, flexibility, and the opportunity to save money for the future. Benefits include medical, dental, vision, tax-advantaged accounts, pharmacy, life insurance, disability insurance, matching 401(k), and paid time off. Our benefits are part of a total package that is carefully designed to support the total well-being of our employees.   Savvas Learning Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Savvas Learning complies with all applicable federal, state and local laws regarding recruitment and hiring. Savvas prohibits discrimination against individuals based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, and other protected group status. We strive to create a fair and inclusive workplace where everyone feels valued and respected. Learn more about your EEO rights as an applicant.   Savvas Learning is an affirmative action employer and participates in E-Verify. 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