Senior Director, User Experience

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in United States.

📋 Description

• Develop and refine the design vision and strategy for Alteryx’s product offerings, particularly focusing on AI-driven and agentic user experiences.

• Serve as a design representative in senior leadership discussions, advocating for user-centric results and maintaining high design quality.

• Collaborate with product management, engineering, and executive leaders on roadmaps, prioritization, and key product decisions.

• Convert customer insights, telemetry, Voice of Customer feedback, and findings from preview programs into actionable design directions.

• Create and manage the operational framework for a globally distributed design team consisting of 30 members.

• Oversee staffing, capacity planning, prioritization frameworks, and design operations across four teams and various product lines.

• Implement processes for design discovery, design review, and seamless engineering handoff.

• Define and uphold design metrics and quality standards.

• Incorporate AI into the design methodology.

• Manage budget, tools, and relationships with contractors and vendors.

• Mentor and oversee four design leaders.

• Foster a culture of rigorous critique and high standards in craftsmanship.

• Advocate for career development paths, leveling, and growth plans for design professionals.

• Assist the team in crafting agentic and AI-enhanced experiences.

⛳️ Requirements

• Over 15 years of experience in product design.

• More than 6 years in leadership roles managing design managers or leads.

• Experience in a SaaS or enterprise software environment.

• Proven ability to lead multiple design teams concurrently across a diverse product portfolio.

• Experience with complex, technical, or data-intensive products is a significant advantage.

• Passion and a strong perspective on designing AI-powered and agentic experiences.

• Capability to shape strategy alongside executives while providing hands-on design feedback.

• Experience in building and managing design operations at scale, including resource models, metrics, review schedules, and tools.

• Experience in managing distributed global teams across various time zones.

• Familiarity with design systems, accessibility, and localization principles.

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.

• Ability to influence peers and executives without formal authority.

• Collaborative mindset and a strong partnership with product, experience & insights, and engineering teams.

• Capacity to comply with U.S. export controls.

🏝️ Benefits

• Eligibility for bonuses or commissions.

• Medical benefits.

• Retirement benefits.

• Financial perks.

• Wellness initiatives.

• Paid time off.

• Employee discounts.

• Support for a growth mindset throughout all career stages.

• A diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace.