Senior Director of Product Design

Summary

Join Ontic as a Senior Director of Product Design to lead and grow the product design function. You will report to the VP of Product and collaborate with various teams to make design a strategic growth pillar. Responsibilities include managing and mentoring a design team, defining a long-term design vision, elevating design quality, contributing to design systems, and collaborating cross-functionally. You will advocate for the user, define and measure KPIs, and balance design vision with business constraints. The ideal candidate has 10+ years of experience in product design, including 3+ years in a senior leadership role at a B2B SaaS company. Ontic offers a competitive salary, bonus plan, equity, and benefits.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in product design, including 3+ years in a senior design leadership role at a growth-stage B2B SaaS company
• Proven success building, mentoring, and scaling high-performing design teams
• A strong design portfolio that shows end-to-end product thinking and measurable business impact
• Experience maturing design processes in a scrappy, startup-to-scaleup environment
• Deep understanding of user research methodologies and data-informed design
• Ability to balance design vision with practical product and business constraints
• Clear, confident communication and a collaborative, low-ego leadership style

Responsibilities

• Lead the Design Function For Products: Manage and mentor a growing team of product designers and UX researchers. Establish clear career paths and performance standards
• AI Focus: Ability to use AI in practice and design for AI
• Drive Design Strategy: Define a long-term design vision and roadmap that aligns with company objectives, customer needs, and product strategy
• Elevate Design Quality: Champion a consistent design language and user experience across the product portfolio. Raise the bar on usability, accessibility, and delight
• Contribute To The Design Systems: Work in partnership with the Director of Design, Platforms to build and implement scalable design systems, processes, and tooling to enable consistency and efficiency as we scale
• Be a Cross-Functional Leader: Collaborate deeply with Product, Engineering, Marketing, and Customer Success to ensure design is integrated across the product lifecycle
• Advocate for the User: Embed user research and feedback into the product development cycle. Cultivate a culture of human-centered design
• Own Metrics: Define and measure KPIs that reflect design impact on adoption, retention, customer satisfaction, and product quality

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in Global Security industry
• Background working with complex information architectures
• Fluency with accessibility and inclusive design practices

Benefits

• $200,000 - $220,000 a year
• Bonus plan
• Equity
• Medical, Vision & Dental Benefits
• 401k
• Stock Options
• HSA Contribution
• Learning Stipend
• Flexible PTO Policy
• Quarterly company ME (mental escape) days
• Generous Parental Leave policy
• Home Office Stipend
• Mobile Phone Reimbursement
• Home Internet Reimbursement for Remote Employees
• Anniversary & Milestone Celebrations