Product Designer, Principal Associate level

Capital One
Richmond, VA
Product Designer, Principal Associate level

We’re currently seeking a Product Designer to join our Experience Design team. We’re passionate about creating memorable, meaningful product experiences that build the Capital One brand with humanity and drive business advantage and innovation.

The Experience Design team at Capital One is at the forefront of enriching our customers’ digital and physical experiences. We champion a thriving environment of collaboration, authenticity and healthy critique, in which we honor diversity of thought, create a culture of belonging, and elevate one another. If you’re a creative innovator who embraces an environment where you can experiment, learn, and change banking for good, we’d love to hear from you.

Role Expectations

As a Product Designer, you’ll combine your craft expertise with an understanding of our customers and the business to co-create innovative solutions to complex problems.

Here are some of the expected competencies for this role:

Product Design Expertise: Leverage deep expertise in product design and skills across interaction, visual and service design to elevate the quality and maturity of the design practice at Capital One; in collaboration with cross-functional partners, use appropriate tools, platforms, frameworks and design systems and work with teams to create artifacts that may include journey maps, blueprints, high-fidelity designs and prototypes

Human-Centered: Champion the customer through the design process, leveraging critical-thinking skills that factor in data, research insights, scalability, tech constraints and feedback

Business-Focused: Understand and apply business and customer strategy, facilitate design process activities with team and partners, negotiating customer needs and business goals for harmonious outcomes

Problem-Solving: Actively build an understanding of the potential of tech and data capabilities and emerging technologies and use this knowledge to inform work, identify new opportunities and help your team navigate technical limitations

Collaboration: Foster relationships with partners and continuously expand your network, listening to diverse points of view and collaborating with an informed perspective to influence outcomes, break down silos and gain alignment

Communication: Present work to audiences across levels and job functions using a human-centered approach that integrates design frameworks, data and research insights to effectively articulate insights and design decisions

The ideal candidate has a strong portfolio demonstrating their process, results, and impact.

Basic Qualifications

  • At least 3 years of experience in a Product Design role

  • At least 3 years of experience with design and prototyping tools, such as Figma

Preferred Qualifications

  • At least 4 years of experience in a Product Design role

  • At least 4 years of experience with design and prototyping tools, such as Figma

  • At least 4 years of experience collaborating with product, tech and business partners

  • At least 4 years of experience working with an established design system

  • Experience working in heavily regulated, data heavy problem spaces

At this time, Capital One will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

The minimum and maximum full-time annual salaries for this role are listed below, by location. Please note that this salary information is solely for candidates hired to perform work within one of these locations, and refers to the amount Capital One is willing to pay at the time of this posting. Salaries for part-time roles will be prorated based upon the agreed upon number of hours to be regularly worked.

Chicago, IL: $115,900 - $132,200 for Pr. Associate, Design

McLean, VA: $127,500 - $145,500 for Pr. Associate, Design

New York, NY: $139,100 - $158,700 for Pr. Associate, Design

Philadelphia, PA: $115,900 - $132,200 for Pr. Associate, Design

Richmond, VA: $115,900 - $132,200 for Pr. Associate, Design

San Francisco, CA: $139,100 - $158,700 for Pr. Associate, Design






Candidates hired to work in other locations will be subject to the pay range associated with that location, and the actual annualized salary amount offered to any candidate at the time of hire will be reflected solely in the candidate’s offer letter.

This role is also eligible to earn performance based incentive compensation, which may include cash bonus(es) and/or long term incentives (LTI). Incentives could be discretionary or non discretionary depending on the plan.

Capital One offers a comprehensive, competitive, and inclusive set of health, financial and other benefits that support your total well-being. Learn more at the Capital One Careers website . Eligibility varies based on full or part-time status, exempt or non-exempt status, and management level.

This role is expected to accept applications for a minimum of 5 business days.

No agencies please. Capital One is an equal opportunity employer (EOE, including disability/vet) committed to non-discrimination in compliance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. Capital One promotes a drug-free workplace. Capital One will consider for employment qualified applicants with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable laws regarding criminal background inquiries, including, to the extent applicable, Article 23-A of the New York Correction Law; San Francisco, California Police Code Article 49, Sections 4901-4920; New York City’s Fair Chance Act; Philadelphia’s Fair Criminal Records Screening Act; and other applicable federal, state, and local laws and regulations regarding criminal background inquiries.

If you have visited our website in search of information on employment opportunities or to apply for a position, and you require an accommodation, please contact Capital One Recruiting at 1-800-304-9102 or via email at [email protected] . All information you provide will be kept confidential and will be used only to the extent required to provide needed reasonable accommodations.

For technical support or questions about Capital One's recruiting process, please send an email to [email protected]

Capital One does not provide, endorse nor guarantee and is not liable for third-party products, services, educational tools or other information available through this site.

Capital One Financial is made up of several different entities. Please note that any position posted in Canada is for Capital One Canada, any position posted in the United Kingdom is for Capital One Europe and any position posted in the Philippines is for Capital One Philippines Service Corp. (COPSSC).

Posted 2025-09-10

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