Director, User Experience

Director, User Experience

 

Location:                           Remote,  USA

Employment Type:         Full-Time

Compensation:               $160,000.00 -215,000.00  (Range applies to US candidates only) + Benefits/Variable Comp/Equity - Range may vary based on experience. 

Benefits Offered:            Vision, Medical, Life, Dental, 401K

 

 

ABOUT THE JOB

OneStream is seeking dynamic leaders to spearhead innovation in step with our rapid growth, ensuring 100% customer success. As the Director of User Experience, you will lead and expand a team of researchers and creative professionals, shaping and implementing the overall user experience vision and strategy. Reporting directly to the Senior Vice President of Product & Engineering, you will play a crucial role in enhancing UI/UX design quality and processes within the team and in collaboration with Product Management, Platform Development and MarketPlace Engineering.

 

PRIMARY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Lead a team of designers and researchers including team meetings, reviews, personal development, mentoring and coaching.
• Participate in the planning process for new features and projects.
• Work collaboratively with other areas of the business, including product management and engineering to ensure progression towards business KPI’s.
• Drive the development and evaluation of usability studies to inform customer requirements, shape the designs and evaluate the final products.
• Develop and maintain a UX program to guide designers, product management and technical teams towards main UX objective.
• Lead internal sessions, customer reviews, and usability events to gather feedback and data on design effectiveness.
• Oversee the development of, and maintenance of wire frames, user flows, interaction design, visual design mock-ups, personas, scenarios, prototypes, specifications, navigation maps and other design documents.
• Oversee the production of world-class designs and gain buy-in on them across all levels of project stakeholders.
• Guide the direction of the storyboard building to conceptualize designs and convey project plans to clients and leadership.
• Conduct performance appraisals, coaching and mentoring to UX team.  
• Encourage professional development and ensure appropriate training initiatives within the team.  
• Participate in the hiring and onboarding processes effectively. 
• Perform other duties as assigned.

 

QUALITIES OF A SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATE

REQUIRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, relevant design field, computer science, or a related technical degree is required.
• Strong portfolio of projects and a strong track record of cross-functional collaboration.
• 10+ years of overall design experience, preferably in the CPM/ERM space or Finance industry.
• 1-3 years of experience in a Director-level role within the UX space, demonstrating leadership and strategic vision.
• 8+ years of leadership/management experience of UI/UX Design teams.
• Experience managing and interacting with UX research teams.
• Expert in understanding of design, usability and research best practices.
• Experience with UX research platforms and UX design platforms.
• Exceptional leadership skills, with the ability to recruit, mentor, coach, develop and manage a team of designers.
• Dispense knowledge to a highly skilled and experienced audience ranging from developers to C-level executives.

 

PREFERRED EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Experience with any of the following preferred:
• User Testing, Adobe Suite (XD), Figma.

 

PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES

• Ability to define and advocate for a design vision and follow through with a plan on how to deliver against it.
• Exceptional leadership skills.
• Outstanding written and confident communication skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Adept at project, change, and budget management.
• Ability to present ideas in business-friendly and user-friendly language.
• Ability to perform general mathematical calculations for creating business cases, budgets, etc.
• Highly self-motivated and directed.
• Initiative to self-learn Financial Applications that comprise the Corporate Performance Management domain
• Keen attention to detail and organization.
• Proven analytical, evaluative, and problem-solving abilities.