Principal User Experience Jobs in Reston, VA (NOW HIRING)

14-May-2026

US (Remote)

10992BR

Company Summary

As the recognized global standard for project-based businesses, Deltek delivers software and information solutions to help organizations achieve their purpose. Our market leadership stems from the work of our diverse employees who are united by a passion for learning, growing and making a difference. At Deltek, we take immense pride in creating a balanced, values-driven environment, where every employee feels included and empowered to do their best work. Our employees put our core values into action daily, creating a one-of-a-kind culture that has been recognized globally. Thanks to our incredible team, Deltek has been named one of America's Best Midsize Employers by Forbes, a Best Place to Work by Glassdoor, a Top Workplace by The Washington Post and a Best Place to Work in Asia by World HRD Congress. www.deltek.com

Business Summary

Deltek Product Strategy is a team with a passion for delivering solutions to power success for project-based businesses. We use research and innovation to build products and experiences that connect processes across the entire project lifecycle. We are thought leaders who have a deep understanding of our customers, their industries and the challenges they face. Join us as we bring Deltek solutions to the market to help our customers achieve operational excellence.

Position Responsibilities

Role Summary
As a Principal UX Designer you will own the endtoend UX direction for complex, AIenabled enterprise systems, operating at the intersection of design systems, product strategy, research, and emerging AI workflows. Working closely with product and engineering teams to understand and help define design scope, decompose and strategize work and to deliver high quality designs to customers. The role is accountable not just for screens, but for how products are structured, scaled, validated, and evolved.
Core Responsibilities
Systemlevel UX architecture
Define and evolve information architecture, navigation models, and application shells for complex, datadense enterprise products. Establish durable UX foundations that engineering can build on while supporting future change. Own, define and drive the UX strategy for a feature or products based on solid Design Thinking and rationale
AIfirst experience design
Design AI experiences that are embedded, contextual, and workflow driven, not just simple addon experiences like chat. Define and apply established guardrails (explainability, progressive disclosure, human-in-the-loop), leveraging company standards and user-centered design principals to concrete product designs.
Vibe coded prototyping
Experienced using modern AI coding tools to build working, high-fidelity prototypes. Translate ideas into executable UX and support engineers directly, rather than static mock-ups which require re-implementation.
Design system leadership
Able to apply and contribute enhancements to design systems. Working with owners to maintain the cross-product design system, setting standards for component and patterns, source of truth governance, and integration with modern build & AI tools.
Ensure consistency between design intent and implemented UI.
Researchdriven decision making
Lead or deeply engage in user research, competitive analysis, and validation. Synthesize large, complex inputs into clear UX direction that product and engineering can act on.
Product Team Collaboration
Work as a peer partner in teams including Product Management, Engineering, and User Experience. Participate in AIassisted software development lifecycles where UX is part of generation, verification, and outcome measurement.
Enablement and influence
Enable other designers and teams through documentation, examples, training, and working artifacts. Confidently represent UX in leadership and executive contexts.

Qualifications

* 5-10 years of professional UX/product design experience, with at least 5 years in enterprise software contexts.
* Demonstrated experience designing enterprisescale, complex systems (ERP, platforms, or similarly complex domains).
* Experience leading the design process, acting as the driver and owner for work planning and organization, strategic design approach via work decomposition and planning and stakeholder management
* Proven ability to operate across strategy, architecture, research, and execution.
* Handson comfort with modern prototyping and AIassisted workflows.
* Strong systems thinking; able to reason about scale, consistency, and evolution.
* Trusted partner to senior product and engineering leaders.Demonstrated experience designing enterprisescale, complex systems (ERP, platforms, or similarly complex domains).
* Experience leading the design process, acting as the driver and owner for work planning and organization, strategic design approach via work decomposition and planning and stakeholder management
* Proven ability to operate across strategy, architecture, research, and execution.
* Handson comfort with modern prototyping and AIassisted workflows.
* Strong systems thinking; able to reason about scale, consistency, and evolution.
* Trusted partner to senior product and engineering leaders.

Career Interests

Software Development/Design

Compensation Info

The U.S. salary range for this position is $86,500.00-$152,500.00. This range is subject to change as Deltek takes a number of factors into consideration when determining individual base pay, such as location, job-related knowledge, skills and experience. Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including incentive compensation and equity.
Benefits and perks listed here may vary depending on the nature of employment with Deltek. Employees have access to healthcare benefits, a 401(k) plan and company match, paid vacation time and holidays, well-living programs, short-term and long-term disability coverage, basic life insurance and tuition reimbursement.

Position Type

FT

Travel Requirements

10%

Compliance Requirements

Certain roles may have additional privacy, security and compliance requirements to the extent they support Costpoint GCCM or similar product offerings.

EEO Statement

Deltek, Inc. is an Equal Opportunity / Affirmative Action employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status.

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Job Expires

14-May-2027