Principal Design Lead

This position is located in Atlanta, GA or Brentwood, TN, and reports to the Senior Director, Product Delivery within our Commercial Card division.

About the role

The Principal Design Lead will shape a more connected, intuitive experience across Corpay’s B2B enterprise web and mobile products. This role defines experience direction, simplifies complex customer journeys, and ensures applications feel cohesive. The ideal candidate combines strong design craft with strategic and systems thinking, executive communication, and cross-functional influence, and is comfortable using AI to accelerate exploration, prototyping, iteration, and decision-making.

How we work

• Assigned workspace in Atlanta or Brentwood office
• Company-issued equipment

Responsibilities

• Define and lead a cohesive UX vision across Corpay’s web and mobile ecosystem, connecting complex experiences across products, workflows, and customer journeys.
• Own hands-on design work for high-impact initiatives, from early concepts and journey definition through detailed interaction design, prototyping, and validation.
• Lead the architecture, evolution, and governance of Corpay's design system across foundations, components, patterns, modules, and documentation.
• Identify systemic UX challenges and create scalable solutions that simplify complex financial, operational, transactional, and data-rich experiences.
• Influence product strategy and roadmap priorities by partnering with Product, Engineering, Technology, and Business leaders on Corpay’s most important customer and business problems.
• Use Figma, Figma Make, AI-assisted tools, and high-fidelity prototypes to rapidly explore ideas, shape AI-enabled experiences, align stakeholders, and reduce development risk.
• Raise the design quality bar across Corpay through shared experience principles and patterns, design critique, executive facilitation, mentorship, and direct contribution to complex product challenges.

Qualifications & Skills

• 6+ years of experience designing complex B2B or enterprise products across web and mobile, with a strong portfolio demonstrating craft, systems thinking, and measurable product impact.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive alignment across Product, Engineering, Design, Technology, and Business teams without relying on formal authority.
• Experience leading UX strategy for AI-enabled product experiences, translating AI capabilities into useful, intuitive customer workflows and features.
• Experience leading strategic customer journeys across products, teams, and workflows while balancing customer needs, business objectives, technical constraints, regulatory requirements, and speed to market.
• Deep experience simplifying financial, transactional, operational, or data-intensive workflows into clear, intuitive experiences.
• Strong systems thinking, with the ability to identify patterns, define experience principles, and create scalable solutions across products and platforms.
• Demonstrated ability to move from ambiguity to strategy, concepts, prototypes, and detailed product experiences while maintaining a high bar for craft.
• Advanced proficiency in Figma, prototyping, design systems, and AI-assisted design tools, with demonstrated ability to use AI to accelerate exploration, iteration, and validation throughout the design process.
• Exceptional written, verbal, visual, and executive communication skills, with the ability to clearly articulate design rationale, tradeoffs, and strategic recommendations.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental & Vision benefits available the 1st month after hire
• Automatic enrollment into our 401(k) plan (subject to eligibility requirements)
• Virtual fitness classes offered company-wide
• Robust PTO offerings including major holidays, vacation, sick, personal, & volunteer time
• Employee discounts with major providers (i.e. wireless, gym, car rental, etc.)
• Philanthropic support with both local and national organizations
• Fun culture with company-wide contests and prizes

Pay

The expected salary range for this position is $139,900 – $165,000 based on the candidate’s work location. This range reflects a good faith estimate of the expected compensation for this role at the time of posting. The final offer will be determined based on job-related factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and applicable market conditions. Additional compensation and benefits, including incentive programs, health coverage, retirement plans, paid time off, and other benefits (where applicable), may also be provided.

About Corpay

Corpay is a global technology organization leading the future of commercial payments with a culture of innovation. Our specialized payment solutions help businesses control, simplify, and secure payment for fuel, general payables, toll and lodging expenses. Millions of people in over 80 countries use our solutions.