The Sr. Principal Design Lead is a corporate professional position responsible for large scale business critical projects, strategic project planning, leading internal cross-functional and external multi-discipline teams and providing design direction on initiatives that impact Restaurant Development and across the organization. As Chick-fil-A continues to innovate and disrupt the restaurant industry, we are looking to add a new talent to define and drive future solutions for our restaurants, in support of key departmental and company-wide strategic initiatives.
As a Sr. Principal Design Lead on the Restaurant Design Team, you will be responsible for leading a design-thinking approach to create experiences and environments that are industry-leading and relevant to our Guests, Team Members, and Operators. Leading a multi-discipline team, you will tackle all aspects of the design process from research to ideation to physical and/or digital prototyping and validation of design solutions for our restaurant chain. You must be able to clearly define project goals and parameters in an ambiguous phase of innovating future needs of the business. You must be an ambitious problem solver, flexible, and able to succeed within a cross-functional environment. The ideal candidate for this position is able to influence strategic direction and be at ease blending business strategy with design methodologies to execute ideas into solid designs and experiences for all areas of the restaurant. Execution requires critical knowledge of development process and experience navigating through technical aspects of construction documents.
This role will provide advanced Design expertise to multiple strategic initiatives that will have a broad impact across the organization and deliver projects with major complexity.
This role requires a curious leader who can collaborate across the business to ensure successful design solutions.
Our Flexible Future model offers a healthy mix of working in person and virtually, strengthening key elements of the Chick-fil-A culture by fostering collaboration and community.