Senior Product Designer

The Amex Digital Labs team drives innovation at American Express by originating, incubating, and managing products and platforms that are essential to our customers’ digital lives. We are a fast-paced team that leverages emerging technologies to develop digital payment and financial services products and engaging Membership experiences for Card Members.

We often collaborate with technology companies and strategic partners to bring products to the market.

As a Principal Product Designer within Digital Labs, you will be a hands-on champion of AI-enabled product design.

You bring exceptional UX, UI, and visual design craft, but also think strategically, working alongside Product Managers and Engineers to identify the right opportunities, shape product direction, and bring new experiences to life.

You embrace new ways of working, using AI-assisted tools and agentic workflows to accelerate exploration, prototyping, and delivery. You know how to move quickly from ambiguity to a strong design direction, making thoughtful tradeoffs between speed, quality, and impact without getting lost in unnecessary detail.

• 7+ years of experience in product design, UX design, interaction design, or a related discipline, with a portfolio demonstrating successful digital product experiences.
• Strong product thinking and demonstrated experience designing and shipping consumer-facing web or mobile products.
• Experience partnering closely with Product Managers and Engineers throughout the full product development lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience using AI-assisted tools and workflows to accelerate design exploration, prototyping, or product development.
• Comfort creating interactive or code-based prototypes, using tools such as Cursor, Claude Code, or similar platforms.
• Strong understanding of interaction design, user-centered design, information architecture, visual design, and usability principles.
• Ability to move confidently between high-level concepts and production-ready design, applying the appropriate level of fidelity for the problem at hand.
• Experience working with design systems, reusable components, and modern digital product development practices.
• Strong communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to articulate design decisions, influence product direction, and work effectively through ambiguity.
• A growth mindset and genuine curiosity about how AI and emerging technologies are changing the way digital products are designed and built.

Employment eligibility to work with American Express in the United States is required as the company will not pursue visa sponsorship for these positions.

At American Express, our culture is built on a 175-year history of innovation, shared values and Leadership Behaviors, and an unwavering commitment to back our customers, communities, and colleagues. From delivering differentiated products to providing world-class customer service, we operate with a strong risk mindset, ensuring we continue to uphold our brand promise of trust, security, and service.

As part of Team Amex, you’ll experience our powerful backing with comprehensive support for your holistic well-being and many opportunities to learn new skills, develop as a leader, and grow your career. Here, your voice and ideas matter, your work makes an impact, and together, you will help us define the future of American Express.

We back you with benefits that support your holistic well-being so you can be and deliver your best. This means caring for you and your loved ones' physical, financial, and mental health, as well as providing the flexibility you need to thrive personally and professionally:

• Competitive base salaries
• Bonus incentives
• 6% Company Match on retirement savings plan
• Free financial coaching and financial well-being support
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
• Flexible working model with hybrid, onsite or virtual arrangements depending on role and business need
• 20+ weeks paid parental leave for all parents, regardless of gender, offered for pregnancy, adoption or surrogacy
• Free access to global on-site wellness centers staffed with nurses and doctors (depending on location)
• Free and confidential counseling support through our Healthy Minds program
• Career development and training opportunities

For a full list of Team Amex benefits, visit our Colleague Benefits Site .

American Express is an equal opportunity employer and makes employment decisions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status, disability status, age, or any other status protected by law.

American Express will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest or conviction records, in accordance with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the California Fair Chance Act, the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance for Employers, and the City of Los Angeles’ Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

For positions covered by federal and/or state banking regulations, American Express will comply with such regulations as it relates to the consideration of applicants with criminal convictions.

We back our colleagues with the support they need to thrive, professionally and personally. That's why we have Amex Flex, our enterprise working model that provides greater flexibility to colleagues while ensuring we preserve the important aspects of our unique in-person culture.

Depending on role and business needs, colleagues will either work onsite, in a hybrid model (combination of in-office and virtual days) or fully virtually.

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