Senior Director, User Experience

Where we work
Ontra's hybrid workplace allows for employees to choose their own adventure: remote, in-office, or a blend of both!
Available remote locations: United States (AZ, CA, CO, CT, FL, GA, IL, MA, MD, MN, NC, NJ, NV, NY, OR, PA, TN, TX, UT, VA, WA), Hong Kong, Singapore, United Kingdom.
Current offices: London, New York City, San Francisco.
Please note that we currently hire exclusively in the remote and office locations listed above and select jobs may have more specific location requirements.
For this job we are currently only hiring candidates based in the United States.
About the opportunity
Ontra is seeking a Senior Director, User Experience reporting to our Chief Product Officer.
In this role, you will lead and develop a team of UX Designers who are responsible for developing compelling, easy to use and modern user experiences for Ontra's clients and legal partners. You will not only build new product designs, but leveraging user feedback, drive a streamlined user experience across all of our software products. A customer-first mindset and superb leadership skills are critical to the success of this role.
If you are driven by taking product vision from ideation to execution, we'd love to get to know you!
What you'll do

• Lead: Hire, develop, and support a high-achieving team of embedded UX designers that become experts in their domain
• Build: Establish a robust system for user feedback that develops and grows relationships with attorneys and client users
• Create: Develop compelling mockups and prototypes that help inform roadmaps and create alignment
• Design: design fast, simple and efficient user experiences that is both modern and clean
• Continuously Improve: Work on new product/feature designs and improve them through iteration and feedback from teammates and users
• Unify: Ensure all products have a unified look and feel and create a sense of a unified platform
• Collaborate: Work with product managers to define requirements and with engineering to ensure the design vision is executed
• Partner: breed a robust system for user feedback that builds relationships with attorneys and client users

What you'll bring

• Design Experience: 15+ years experience in user experience and product design, including design prototypes and specifications
• User Experience Skills: Proficiency with Figma, Pendo, and Clicktail desired. Experience in user research and animation prototyping is a plus
• Systematic Approach: Design systematically (with best practices in mind) and contribute to shared design library
• Manage and build: Experience hiring, managing, and retaining embedded teams of UX designers
• Collaboration : Ability to communicate across the organization to articulate what is being worked, why it is being done, the objective and expected outcome

About Ontra
Ontra, the global leader in Contract Automation and Intelligence, combines AI-enabled software with a global network of highly-trained lawyers to offer a comprehensive solution for recurring legal workflows. By streamlining repetitive legal processes and transforming contracts into structured data, Ontra lowers costs, improves quality, and reduces turnaround times. Ontra is headquartered in San Francisco, with global operations across North America, Europe, and Asia. Learn more at www.ontra.ai .
Our benefits

• Opportunity to participate in one of Ontra's unit-based compensation programs
• Medical, dental, and vision insurance base plans at no additional cost
• Employer-sponsored retirement plans
• Hybrid/remote work flexibility & WFH reimbursement (equivalent of $500 USD)
• Annual professional development reimbursement (equivalent of $2K USD)
• 4 months of parental leave (52 weeks for UK employees)
• Unlimited vacation
• Twice-weekly lunch perk
• And much more!

Inclusivity
Ontra is committed to the full inclusion of all qualified individuals. As part of this commitment, Ontra will ensure that persons with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodations. If reasonable accommodation is needed to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and/or to receive other benefits and privileges of employment, please contact [email protected] .
Pay transparency
Ontra publishes salary ranges on our salary board here: http://bit.ly/3UjAOE3 , which currently includes estimated annual cash salary ranges for candidates based in Colorado and New York City, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations.
Ontra leverages current market data to determine compensation, so posted figures are subject to change as new market data becomes available.
Ontra factors in your location when benchmarking compensation for most roles. If you are not located in Colorado or New York City and have been selected to participate in our interview process, we encourage you to speak with your recruiter about compensation for the role during an initial conversation.
In addition to cash salary, the total compensation package Ontra offers includes unit-based compensation (if applicable). Certain roles in our sales and account management departments may also be eligible to receive variable compensation or commission.
Note on Employment Verification: All employees hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in their particular location.
Note to External Agencies: We are not accepting any blind submissions or resumes/CVs from recruitment agencies. Any candidates sent to Ontra will NOT be accepted or considered as a submission without a signed agreement in place.
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